The 2017 NSW Women of the Year Awards celebrate remarkable and outstanding women and the contributions they make throughout NSW. Award categories include: The Premier’s Award for Woman of the Year A.H. Beard’s Community Hero Award Harvey Norman’s Young Woman of the Year Award REX Airlines’ Regional Woman of the Year...
Federal Member for Parkes, Mark Coulton today welcomed $27 million in funding for communities in New South Wales to enhance their resilience to natural disasters. Projects are jointly supported with Commonwealth Government funding matched by New South Wales and funding recipients. This funding encourages a partnership...
Federal Member for Parkes, Mark Coulton has welcomed the passing of amendments to the Higher Education Support Act 2003 by Parliament last week. The amendments, introduced into the chamber by the Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Nigel Scullion, will deliver significant benefits to Indigenous students, including those who...
NORTHERN Tablelands MP Adam Marshall says legislation passed in State Parliament on Thursday to implement a new and modern system for native vegetation will improve farm productivity and better protect biodiversity. Mr Marshall has welcomed the passage of the new Biodiversity Conservation Bill and the Local Land...
A truck driver has sustained serious burns after a collision between two heavy vehicles near Moree today (Thursday, November 17). About 2.30pm, a B-Double and a semi-trailer, both travelling north on the Newell Highway, collided approximately 25km north of Moree. As a result of the impact, both...
IN an Australian first, NSW residents can download the first ever digital licences on their smartphone or tablet. The initiative paves the way for digital driver licences by 2019. NSW residents now can access the following digital licences on the Service NSW app: Recreational Fishing Fee (fishing licence) Responsible...
NEW state-of-the-art equipment and upgraded facilities are on their way to the Moree NSW Rural Fire Service Brigade following a visit from Northern Tablelands MP Adam Marshall last week. Mr Marshall met with volunteers from the Namoi/Gwydir team at the headquarters for the Moree brigade to...
A PARTNERSHIP between the Australian College of Midwives (ACM), the Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses and Midwives (CATSINaM), the University of Queensland (UQ) and the University of Sydney (USyd) has culminated in the launch of a ground-breaking Birthing on Country maternity services program. Officially...
MEMBER for Northern Tablelands Adam Marshall has welcomed $4.8 million in NSW Government funding to roll out 28 new highway patrol vehicles across the state, including an additional vehicle in the region, to crack down on dangerous drivers and help reduce the road toll. The vehicles...
WITH paint brushes in hand, a small but dedicated team of volunteers gathered over the weekend for Graffiti Removal Day, targeting the fence on the east side of Cooee Park - between Cooee Street and Jones Avenue. [caption id="attachment_6488" align="alignleft" width="611"] Graffiti Removal Day volunteers included Mary and...