What’s what with water metering?
NSW government's water minister says she is considering no further changes to water metering rules although both irrigators and environmentalists say the laws are not fit for purpose. The Commonwealth …
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Quality Wool Market Report – Records continue to tumble
Records continued to tumble at wool auctions last week, with the Eastern Market Indicator (EMI) climbing 112 cents across two selling days. The rise followed the previous week’s 109 cent …
2829 shows up in Koori Knockout
The 2025 NSW Aboriginal Rugby League Knockout lit up Tamworth over the October Long Weekend, drawing an estimated crowd of over 45,000 across four action-packed days. With 165 teams competing …
Warming up for the Gold Cup
The Gold Cup races are just around the bend, with a total of 147 nominations for Sunday's eight race program. Nominations for the Qube Agri Coonamble Gold Cup closed on …
Locals compete in campdraft nationals
Coonamble names have made the big leagues after representing the town in the annual Australian Bushmen's Campdraft and Rodeo Association (ABCRA) Championships and National Finals (NF) competitions for 2025. Held …
Kelsi joins the Times team
The Coonamble Times has a new journalist taking up the pen. Queenslander Kelsi Davis joined the team straight out of university in mid-September and hit the ground running as she …
NSW Farmers fear governments will green-light Narrabri Gas
Photo: Coonamble farmers and First Nations people were part of this protest message in the Pilliga Forest in 2017. The NSW Farmers Association says recent talk of “pulling the trigger” …
Gular to get connected
Photo: The NSW government says construction is underway at Gulargambone from the town’s full-fibre internet network. Gulargambone residents can now sign up for internet with speeds on par with cities …
Government drags the chain on recommendations from 2024 Inquiry into Regional Bank Closures
Regional banking advocates say they are still waiting on the federal government's response around 500 days after a parliamentary inquiry handed down a report into branch closures. The bipartisan inquiry …