Roy’s Round Up – Roy Butler, Member for Barwon
G’day folks, After a week in Parliament earlier in May, I spent last week on the road, which took me out to Broken Hill, Silverton, White Cliffs, Wilcannia and Cobar, …
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Introducing: Gus, Fermin and Pipo
Photo: L-R: Gus, Fermin and Pipo. Fermin Bejer, Pipo Bejer de Ustaran, and Agustin ‘Gus’ Antonio Peralta have come all the way from Rosario, Argentina, the third most populous city …
Flamin Galahs give Rams women a wakeup call
Photo: Gular’s Sarah Chandler makes a quick tag on Rams player, Ana Newstead. After a strong start to the 2025 season, the Coonamble Rams women’s side had a real wakeup …
CAHS chair defends travel expenses
The chair of the Coonamble Aboriginal Health Service (CAHS) says they did not use government funding for overseas trips following a weekend article in the Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) questioning …
Coonamble Cares – Early intervention group begins
Photo: Early Intervention Working Group interim chair Azita Sobhani joins co-chair Treena Ellis, secretary Kerrie Edwards and Sam Conn and Elsie Manson as temporary office bearers. Organisers of Coonamble's Early …
Gathering stories of ‘Tin Town’
Photo: Local Literacy For Life Foundation staff Gail Turnbull, Rose Jones, Mark Jones and Debbie Welsh around the ‘Tin Town’ site. Team members at the Literacy for Life Foundation are …
Giddy up Coonamble – are you ready to rodeo?
Photo: It’ll be on for young and old next weekend as Coonamble gears up for the June Long Weekend Rodeo & Campdraft. This young gun conquered his beast at the …
Sorry Day speaker calls for movement on Bringing Them Home report
Photo: Students dancing outside the Coonamble Local Aboriginal Land Council buliding on a cloudy Sorry Day. More than 50 people gathered at the Coonamble Local Aboriginal Lands (LALC) Council on …
Marra Creek quake shakes Siding Springs and beyond
Photo: Map showing where people reported the earthquake was ‘felt’. SOURCE: Geoscience Australia Residents across a wide area of western NSW were jolted awake in the early hours of last …