ABC News: New England
| 06/26/2007 05:25 PM |
| Man dies after highway 4WD mishap |
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A 34-year-old man critically injured in an accident south of Tamworth, in northern New South Wales, has died.
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| 06/26/2007 05:19 PM |
| Council to lure energy-dependent businesses |
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Narrabri Shire Council, in north-west New South Wales, is to launch a major campaign to attract energy-dependent business.
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| 06/26/2007 05:14 PM |
| Call for tank traps management plan to be released |
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The National Parks and Wildlife Service is being pressed to release details of a management plan governing a piece of World War II history, east of Armidale in the New South Wales New England district, locals believe could be in danger.
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| 06/26/2007 04:25 AM |
| Man charged over beekeeper murder |
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A 33-year-old man from New South Wales has been charged over a shooting murder near Woodford, north-west of Brisbane.
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| 06/26/2007 12:49 AM |
| Turnbull wants Vic response on national water plan |
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Federal Water Minister Malcolm Turnbull has called on the Victorian Government to declare what it wants in legislation that would formalise a national takeover of the Murray-Darling river system.
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| 06/25/2007 07:05 PM |
| Owner of cattle shot by RSPCA may face charges |
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Charges are expected to be laid this week against a Pilliga district property owner in north-west New South Wales, whose cattle were shot in controversial circumstances by the RSPCA earlier this month.
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| 06/25/2007 07:00 PM |
| Govt agrees to retrospective drought declaration |
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The New South Wales Government has agreed to make a retrospective drought declaration for a part of the Tamworth district in the state's north-west.
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| 06/25/2007 06:45 PM |
| Tamworth gas users not impacted by shortage |
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The owners of the central ranges natural gas pipeline between Tamworth and Dubbo say their customers have not been affected by a shortage of gas experienced in other parts of New South Wales.
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| 06/24/2007 08:17 PM |
| MP to release 'Mossman's Bay' options |
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The New South Wales state MP for Northern Tablelands, Richard Torbay, has moved to defuse a feud over the future of the half sale by the Armidale Dumaresq Council of the painting Mossman's Bay.
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| 06/24/2007 08:08 PM |
| Armidale Dumaresq council faces budget deficit |
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Armidale Dumaresq council, in the New South Wales New England district, has been told it is facing a budget deficit of nearly $400,000 this financial year.
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| 06/24/2007 08:05 PM |
| Tamworth council considers emergency water plans |
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Tamworth Regional Council is to draw up emergency plans to drastically cut the north-west New South Wales city's water consumption if levels at Chaffey Dam drop to abnormally low levels.
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| 06/21/2007 06:37 PM |
| Gunnedah council pushes ahead with more CBD work |
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Gunnedah Shire Council in northern New South Wales is to press ahead with the second stage of its multi-million dollar redevelopment of the central business district (CBD).
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| 06/21/2007 06:23 PM |
| Group set to honour last great cavalry charge |
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The 12/16th Hunter River Lancers will this weekend commemorate the 90th anniversary of the charge at Beersheba during World War I.
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| 06/20/2007 10:00 PM |
| Legislative councillor issues cloning warning |
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Legislative councillor Rick Colless from Inverell, in northern New South Wales, has warned against passing new laws that would pave the way for the cloning of humans for medical research.
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| 06/20/2007 09:45 PM |
| Police yet to name road crash victims |
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Police are yet to officially release the names of a man and his wife who died yesterday in an accident south of Moree in northern New South Wales.
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| 06/20/2007 09:44 PM |
| Airport cab charges set to rise |
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Passengers from the New England and north-west New South Wales who are picked up from Sydney Airport in cabs will have to pay an extra 50 cents on the tariff charge from July.
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| 06/20/2007 12:18 AM |
| Rent rise forces health clinic closures |
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Binnaway's only visiting doctor says he has cancelled weekly clinics in the central western New South Wales town because of a rent increase.
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| 06/19/2007 06:12 PM |
| Snow prompts driver safety warning |
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Snow has fallen in the high country of the New England region of northern New South Wales overnight, prompting a warning from police to motorists to use extreme caution on icy roads.
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| 06/19/2007 05:47 PM |
| New England, north-west shares in Budget funds |
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There has been a predictable mixed reaction in the region to the State Budget that was handed down yesterday by the Treasurer, Michael Costa.
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| 06/19/2007 05:42 PM |
| New book details New England gorge history |
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Historians have welcomed the launch of a new book in Armidale that records the history of the settlement of the New England gorge country.
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| 06/18/2007 06:17 PM |
| Local MPs hope for Budget boost |
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The New South Wales Budget will be handed down today, with expectations of a big surplus.
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| 06/18/2007 06:07 PM |
| More time allowed for dam upgrade funds |
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Irrigators in the Peel Valley near Tamworth have agreed to give the Commonwealth more time to provide funding for a proposed upgrade of Chaffey Dam.
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| 06/18/2007 06:01 PM |
| Broadband plans get mixed response |
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There has been a mixed reaction in northern New South Wales to Federal Government plans to back the rollout of wireless broadband for all rural and regional areas.
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| 06/17/2007 09:16 PM |
| Tamworth receives level 1 bore water restrictions |
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New South Wales' Department of Water and Energy has imposed level 1 restrictions on domestic ground water bores in the Tamworth district.
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| 06/17/2007 09:14 PM |
| Water meeting to discuss critical irrigation issues |
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The Peel Valley Water Users Association meets tonight to discuss the ongoing campaign to attract funding to improve the capacity at Chaffey Dam near Tamworth.
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