THE largest road project the region has seen in living memory, the $203 million rebuild of the Newell Highway from Mungle Back Creek to Boggabilla, is powering ahead, and reached a key milestone last week. Jointly funded by the Commonwealth and NSW Governments, Federal Member for...
NORTHERN Tablelands MP Adam Marshall has declared competition tennis will return to Mungindi, announcing a $208,780 grant from the State Government for the replacement of two of the town’s dilapidated courts. The news follows a $140,715 upgrade of sports facilities in the border community in the...
LOCAL gyms, yoga, indoor pools and dance studios can re-open within a fortnight and junior community sport can resume across NSW from 1 July, as more COVID-19 restrictions are lifted, Member for Northern Tablelands Adam Marshall announced on Tuesday. Mr Marshall thanked the community for its...
For the first time since March, the Northern Tablelands electorate is officially COVID-19 free. All ten of our confirmed cases have moved into the recovered category, which is an outstanding achievement and one we should all be proud of. I want to take this opportunity to extend...
NORTHERN Tablelands MP and Minister for Agriculture Adam Marshall has this week urged the region’s bushfire-affected forestry businesses, horticulturists and beekeepers to apply for assistance through the State Government’s new $140 million Bushfire Industry Recovery Package. Mr Marshall said targeted grants were now available to help...
THE largest aerial wild dog baiting program anywhere in the Southern Hemisphere is underway over the skies of northern NSW to help sheep and cattle producers recovering from drought and bushfires. Minister for Agriculture and Northern Tablelands MP Adam Marshall said wild dogs posed one of...
THE border between New South Wales and Queensland may be temporarily closed due to COVID-19, however, that hasn’t stopped the two States from coming together to improve tourism facilities at Mungindi. Northern Tablelands MP Adam Marshall on Monday a $184,000 grant from the NSW Government for...
MOREE Target Country Store is one of 11 outlets in New South Wales earmarked for conversion to a Kmart store, with the change-over expected to take place early next year. More than 150 Target stores across Australia will close permanently in the next 12 months, others...
Police searching for a man who escaped from a minimum-security correctional facility at Glen Innes on Saturday have determined he did not steal a car overnight, initiating a vehicle pursuit in the Moree district on Sunday. Two men – aged 44 and 50 – were arrested...
GALLOPING great Mulgate stands out from the crowd when past and present picnic-racing champions are compared – and some good ones have certainly graced bush racing’s Golden Triangle down through the decades. Great horses like Thalaba, Blue Blood, Right Moment, Elyra, Luluai, Another Tie, Clarebong, Royal...