Hotels, motels, and caravan parks in the Goondiwindi region will save a combined total of more than $105,000 in Council fees for the next financial year. Goondiwindi Regional Council announced on Wednesday that it would waive its non-residential extra pedestal sewerage charge for local accommodation businesses...
SENIOR sporting competitions across the region will be back in action from 1 July, with Northern Tablelands MP Adam Marshall this week welcoming the further easing of the State’s COVID-19 restrictions, to allow the recommencement of adult community sport. Mr Marshall said initially the decision was...
It is a day that will forever be stamped as one of infamy in the annals of Moree and district history books – a day of shame. On June 10, 1838 a group of 28 unarmed Aborigines, including women, children and elderly men, were murdered in...
NORTH Star Pony Club’s well known cross-country course is about to leap over a number of safety hurdles, with Northern Tablelands MP Adam Marshall on Wednesday announcing a $10,000 State Government grant to replace old jumps and purchase new riding protective vests. Mr Marshall said North...
NORTHERN Tablelands MP Adam Marshall on Monday welcomed the announcement QantasLink will resume flights from Sydney to Moree by the end of June, while an additional return flight will be added to the Sydney to Armidale schedule as COVID-19 travel restrictions continue to be eased. Mr...
Governor-General David Hurley today announced the Queen’s Birthday 2020 Honours List, which includes Moree Corrective Services senior officer Marty van Vegchel, Wee Waa volunteer Julie Dowleans and Goondiwindi mayor Lawrence Springborg. In all, the 2020 Honours List recognised 933 Australians. Mr van Vegchel, an officer with Corrective...
BUSINESSES in the Goondiwindi region that require a Food Business Licence will have their fees for the 2020 calendar year refunded or waived by Goondiwindi Regional Council as part of a COVID-19 recovery package. Mayor Lawrence Springborg made the announcement in Inglewood on Friday. The refund will...
The Northern Tablelands electorate has maintained its coronavirus-free status this week. We have not seen a new COVID-19 case in the region for more than a month. The challenge for us all, as we head into a well-deserved long-weekend with reduced COVID-19 travel restrictions, is how do...
NORTHERN Tablelands MP and Minister for Agriculture Adam Marshall has on Thursday slammed the Commonwealth Government, following the decision to withdraw funding from its Emergency Water Infrastructure Rebate scheme (EWIR), leaving hundreds of expectant farmers across the State high and dry. The EWIR is a Commonwealth...
NSW Farmers’ welcomes the move to review the route of Inland Rail through the Condamine floodplain in Queensland, and continues to call for a similar review in NSW. The review, ordered by Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack, is in response to warnings the route will exacerbate...