The Coonamble Times
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Image: NSW Police. NSW Police Minister Yasmin Catley has come under intense scrutiny for refuting widespread calls for a parliamentary inquiry into regional crime with the state government being accused …
PHOTO: Western Plains communities fall right in the high risk area from previous anthrax infections. (NSW DPIE) Farms across the Western Plains form part of a high-risk area for anthrax, …
PHOTO: Satellite image of irrigation dam and crops on the Brewarrina property. Image by EO Browser, Sinergise Ltd. In 2021-22, over 16,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools worth of water was overdrawn …
PHOTO: Elders in the community fondly remember enjoying the weir in their youth. (Facebook: DEG) For 20 years, Walgett’s Indigenous Elders have been asking for access to the local weir …
Limited access to childcare is nothing new for families across the Western Plains. Over the past few years, Western Plains App has reported on the many issues that surround this …
Dedication to her chosen career of nursing has seen Coonabarabran’s Garima Nepal take out one of the health industry’s top awards at the 11th annual NSW Health Excellence in Nursing …
There is a push underway in the Western Plains to ensure better early detection of Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) as health experts and indigenous activists continue to show the …
First Nation leaders, irrigators, farmers, ecologists and environmental organisations gathered in Canberra on Tuesday 14 November to give their take on the impending Murray Darling Basin Plan, urging that it …
The past week was National Recycling Week and Bogan Shire Council is one local LGA taking the opportunity to remind residents that much of what we currently send to landfill …