‘Scarred’ exhibition coincides with surge in demand for local Indigenous art
COONAMBLE artist Kevin ‘Sooty’ Welsh is reaping the rewards of his commitment to his creative work as his latest exhibition puts him in the right place at the right time …
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Dealing with supply chain disruptions
By KEA BROWNING PHOTO: Tim O’Neill is the Store Manager at Cant Bros Home Timber & Hardware. He says that electrical goods like power tools are getting harder to stock. …
Armani Gives Back
By KEA BROWNING ARMANI Dixon is nine years old. She loves basketball, soccer and art. Armani goes to St Brigid’s Catholic School and lives on a sheep farm near Combara, …
More jobs than people as western NSW becomes the land of opportunity
Unemployment in the Orana Far West region has hit historic lows – making recruitment more difficult for businesses striving to recover from the double-whammy of drought and COVID-19. While low …
The mystery of the ‘Mighty Mallet’
CALLING all amateur sleuths and detectives….An old wooden mallet was handed in to the Coonamble Times on Wednesday 29 July by Pilliga district resident Austyn McDowell.It is roughly 22 centimetres …
New partners hands-on in abattoir preparations
Agents, buyers and sellers at last Thursday’s cattle sale welcomed some new faces on the catwalk – representing the Castlereagh Regional Abattoir. It has been almost exactly twenty years since …
Record registrations for Narrabri Gas Project public hearings
The Independent Planning Commission (IPC) Panel on the first day of the hearings. SOURCE: IPC Twitter. THE controversial Narrabri Gas Project has drawn so many community responses that the NSW …
The quad bike conundrum
IN 2019, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) introduced a mandatory safety standard for quad bikes (ATVs), including the compulsory fitting of operator protection devices (OPDS) on all new quad …
Next generation say no to Narrabri Gas Project
Clancy, Katie, Ryan and Charlie were excited to be at ‘Shawwood’ protesting the coal seam gas project that The Great Artesian Basin Protection Group say threatens their futures. “I have …
Bush footy to kick on in the Castlereagh League
Whilst other NSW country rugby league competitions have decided to pull the pin on the COVID-19 affected 2020 season, the Christie and Hood Castlereagh League will be kicking off their …
Prices and spirits soar at sale
THERE was a familiar buzz around Coonamble last Thursday 11 June as the Associated Agents hosted their first Fat & Store Cattle Sale in three long years. “We yarded close …
NSW won’t ‘press pause’ on coal seam gas
The campaign continues: Flashback to the Coonamble community march against CSG on 22 March 2014. Campaigner Anne Kennedy front right. NATIONAL Party MPs from around NSW are bearing the brunt …