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  • Narrabri Shire Volunteer of the Year

Narrabri Shire volunteers applauded at awards event

Twenty-two years of volunteer work by Jeff Cloake at 2MAX FM community radio station was recognised with his award as Narrabri Shire Volunteer of the Year on Friday. Mr Cloake, and two other nominees, were special guests at an awards lunch hosted by Narrabri Shire Council at The Crossing Theatre. The event was part of National Volunteer Week. Three nominees were named for the award – Mr Cloake, Christy Browning and Tony Battam, who was represented by Sarah Rushton. “Mr Cloake has been a dedicated volunteer at 2Max FM Narrabri Shire Community Radio Station for the past 22 years and […]

May 24, 2022

  • Agricultural Societies Council of NSW

Bec Cope appointed to represent North West region on peak show societies group board

Narrabri Show Society secretary and ASC NextGen group 14 delegate Bec Cope is taking her involvement with country shows to a higher level following her appointment to the peak show body board. Ms Cope will serve as a board member of the Agricultural Societies Council of NSW (ASC), representing group 14, which takes in show societies across the North West. The ASC, which has operated for almost a century, is the peak body of almost 200 agricultural show societies in NSW. Ms Cope already boasts an extensive knowledge of show societies throughout the region after being involved in NextGen, a […]

May 24, 2022

  • Road Safety

Safety first as roadworks continue in Barwan Street

Narrabri Public School pupils are stepping out safely to cross busy roads with the guidance of escorting members of the teaching staff and Narrabri Rotarians. Work on new kerbing and guttering along Barwan Street adjacent to the school has been underway for some months and will continue for weeks yet. The construction has reached the stage where the normal Barwan Street zebra crossing, usually supervised by a ‘lollipop lady,’ is not able to be used. With the road disruption and changed traffic flow, the usual busy car, truck and bus movements are now spread across Doyle and Dewhurst streets as […]

May 23, 2022

  • Federal election

CLEAR VICTORY: Mark Coulton re-elected to Parkes

The National Party’s Mark Coulton has been comfortably re-elected to represent Parkes for a sixth term and has vowed to work with the new Labor government to ensure the electorate is strongly represented in Canberra. Mr Coulton experienced a 0.78 per cent decline in first preference votes, however, on a two-candidate preferred basis, his support increased by 1.09 per cent. Similarly, support for the National Party federally was also steady, declining by just 0.26 per cent and 0.79 per cent in New South Wales. While Mr Coulton experienced small declines in first preference votes across Narrabri Shire polling booths, he […]

May 23, 2022

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