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06/26/2007 05:25 PM
Man dies after highway 4WD mishap
A 34-year-old man critically injured in an accident south of Tamworth, in northern New South Wales, has died.
06/26/2007 05:19 PM
Council to lure energy-dependent businesses
Narrabri Shire Council, in north-west New South Wales, is to launch a major campaign to attract energy-dependent business.
06/26/2007 05:14 PM
Call for tank traps management plan to be released
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.
06/26/2007 04:25 AM
Man charged over beekeeper murder
A 33-year-old man from New South Wales has been charged over a shooting murder near Woodford, north-west of Brisbane.
06/26/2007 12:49 AM
Turnbull wants Vic response on national water plan
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.
06/25/2007 07:05 PM
Owner of cattle shot by RSPCA may face charges
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.
06/25/2007 07:00 PM
Govt agrees to retrospective drought declaration
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.
06/25/2007 06:45 PM
Tamworth gas users not impacted by shortage
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.
06/24/2007 08:17 PM
MP to release 'Mossman's Bay' options
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.
06/24/2007 08:08 PM
Armidale Dumaresq council faces budget deficit
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.
06/24/2007 08:05 PM
Tamworth council considers emergency water plans
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.
06/21/2007 06:37 PM
Gunnedah council pushes ahead with more CBD work
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).
06/21/2007 06:23 PM
Group set to honour last great cavalry charge
The 12/16th Hunter River Lancers will this weekend commemorate the 90th anniversary of the charge at Beersheba during World War I.
06/20/2007 10:00 PM
Legislative councillor issues cloning warning
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.
06/20/2007 09:45 PM
Police yet to name road crash victims
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.
06/20/2007 09:44 PM
Airport cab charges set to rise
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.
06/20/2007 12:18 AM
Rent rise forces health clinic closures
Binnaway's only visiting doctor says he has cancelled weekly clinics in the central western New South Wales town because of a rent increase.
06/19/2007 06:12 PM
Snow prompts driver safety warning
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.
06/19/2007 05:47 PM
New England, north-west shares in Budget funds
There has been a predictable mixed reaction in the region to the State Budget that was handed down yesterday by the Treasurer, Michael Costa.
06/19/2007 05:42 PM
New book details New England gorge history
Historians have welcomed the launch of a new book in Armidale that records the history of the settlement of the New England gorge country.
06/18/2007 06:17 PM
Local MPs hope for Budget boost
The New South Wales Budget will be handed down today, with expectations of a big surplus.
06/18/2007 06:07 PM
More time allowed for dam upgrade funds
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.
06/18/2007 06:01 PM
Broadband plans get mixed response
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.
06/17/2007 09:16 PM
Tamworth receives level 1 bore water restrictions
New South Wales' Department of Water and Energy has imposed level 1 restrictions on domestic ground water bores in the Tamworth district.
06/17/2007 09:14 PM
Water meeting to discuss critical irrigation issues
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.