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Huge prize money increases across all NSW racing

Racing NSW today announced prizemoney increases of some $20 million annually and the creation of a new $100,000 Midway Race to be added to metropolitan Saturday race meetings. This announcement is highlighted by almost $9 million of increases in prizemoney for country race meetings to be...

Plaque honours WWII veteran John Collett

Wee Waa’s only surviving Australian World War II veteran John Collett was honoured at the Namoi Echo Museum last week with a special plaque presentation, reports the Narrabri Courier. Ninety-four-year-old John Collett doesn’t like fuss; he prefers to be called ‘John' and isn’t a fan of...