Words: Bill Poulos INVERELL trainer Todd Payne led back his first provincial winner last night when lightly-raced five-year-old Medal Afrique scored narrowly at Toowoomba in class-record time, indicating a bright future lay ahead for the son of Walcha-based sire Botswana. Medal Afrique came from well back to...
Media Release POLICE have stopped more than 4000 drivers as part of two major traffic operations targeting heavy vehicles in the Western region. Operation Macquarie Gateway ran from Wednesday 18 November 2015 to Friday 20 November 2015. Traffic and Highway Patrol officers conducted 1845 random breath tests and 170...
Media Release Police have arrested and charged two men after a 24kg of cannabis was seized during a vehicle stop at Boggabilla yesterday. About 12.30pm (Friday 20 November 2015), officers from Traffic and Highway Patrol Command and Barwon Local Area Command were conducting stationary random breath and...
Media Release Federal Member for Parkes, Mark Coulton took great pleasure in hosting the 13th annual Dubbo Sports Awards at the Dubbo RSL Club this evening. The annual awards event recognises the outstanding achievements of Dubbo’s most talented sports people across a wide range of individual and...
Media Release MEMBER for Northern Tablelands Adam Marshall today welcomed a new telecommunications offer and expanded training opportunities, providing NSW Seniors Card holders with another incentive to get tech savvy. The Tech Savvy Seniors program provides older Australians with the skills and confidence to connect to the...
Media Release MEMBER for Northern Tablelands Adam Marshall has taken to the floor of the NSW Parliament to condemn Fairfax Media’s proposal to cut 22 jobs at newspapers across the region. Mr Marshall has moved a General Business Notice of Motion and delivered a Private Members Statement...
Media Release THE State Government is investing more than $8 million to help young school leavers in country areas take up training and find a sustainable job in the skilled workforce, Member for Northern Tablelands Adam Marshall said today. Mr Marshall said the Regional Vocation Education and...
Story: Bill Poulos FORMER Moree super-coach John McLean has encouraged players from Moree Secondary College’s hugely successful rugby league program to “chase their dreams” after the school’s under-13s outfit scored an against-all-odds win in the Country Cup State Final at Dubbo earlier this month. And McLean should...
Media Release GLEN Innes could be the site of controlled medicinal cannabis cultivation in NSW if a proposal from Northern Tablelands MP Adam Marshall is given the tick by the NSW Government. Mr Marshall said today he had put a proposal to Primary Industries Minister Niall Blair...
MP urges Moree district to apply for economic projects Media Release NORTHERN Tablelands MP Adam Marshall has welcomed an announcement today by the Commonwealth and NSW Governments that $14.1 million of funding is now available to rural and regional communities that were most impacted by the Murray...