Alliance pushes for billions for damaged roads
PHOTO: One of many flood damaged roads in the Western Plains area. The newly-formed organisation Rural Roads Alliance is calling on the Federal Government to inject sick rural roads with a $5.5 …
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Coona’s Fred Kearney 2023 Lions Australia Youth of the Year
PHOTO: Fred Kearney is the recipient of the 2023 Lions Australia Youth of the Year award. PHOTO: Supplied. Local Coonabarabran boy, Fred Kearney (17) has been awarded the 2023 Lions …
Government push to cut nurse shortage
PHOTO: How many nurses does it take to safely staff our health facilities? The NSW Government has announced the establishment of the Safe Staffing Working Group to attempt to fill …
Where have the Warrumbungle cattle gone?
PHOTO: Chris Knox from DSK Angus and Charolais Stud in Coonabarabran said he hasn’t noticed any large changes in cattle numbers in Warrumbungle Shire. Warrumbungle Shire is one of the …
Regional visas failing to attract migrants
Image: Australian Government. A review of Australia’s migration system says regional visas aren’t working and the benefits of migration to regional areas may be overstated. The 200-page report says Australia’s …
Walgett water: Minister says river system ‘very sick’
PHOTO: New Water Minister Rose Jackson in Walgett on Friday. Minister for Water Rose Jackson has called for a “reset” on river management, but stopped short on outlining a precise …
Self-help for distress and depression
Anxiety “can help protect us from danger”. Depression is “treatable and many techniques and strategies have been proven to help”. The average amount a problem gambler loses per is $21,000…
Coona cops called for back-up
PHOTO: Touch footy participants at the 2021 event. Coonabarabran police have been called in to Mendooran as reinforcements for an important assignment – the decider of the local touch footy …
The Nyngan coming back to life
PHOTO: The Nyngan Hotel today ONE of Nyngan’s oldest buildings, the 140-year-old Nyngan Hotel, is being brought back to life as boutique accommodation by an entrepreneurial local couple who have discovered …
Five star welcome for new Warren newspaper
PHOTO: Journalist Harriet Gilmore is loving her new position. After a ten month period of having no print media, Warren has a new newspaper, the Warren Star, with the second …
Poker machine profits rise in the Western Plains
PHOTO: Image: Pixabay. Government data for the last six months of 2022 reveals that poker machine (pokies) profits in the region are up and have increased markedly on three-year levels. While the …
Lightning Ridge Rotary give country kids a leg up
PHOTO: Joan Treweeke, a member of Lightning Ridge Rotary Club, says the the group’s donation to Royal Far West can changes lives. Lightning Ridge Rotary Club recently donated money to …