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  • Wee Waa High School

Roy Butler hosts meeting to discuss ongoing Wee Waa High School concerns

Community members met with Shooters, Fishers and Farmers’ representatives Roy Butler and Mark Banaziak at The Imperial Hotel last week to discuss concerns about Wee Waa High School. Attendees raised a number of topics including the impact of ongoing disruptions at WWHS on students’ welfare, proposed locations for a new site and what facilities should be on offer if a new school is built. Member for Barwon Roy Butler said he would be urging the Minister for Education to seek local feedback and knowledge about the best location for a new school site after a number of attendees described a […]

Apr 21, 2021

  • Anzac Day

Narrabri’s Anzac Day commemorations will go ahead this weekend

The Narrabri RSL has finalised preparations for this weekend’s Anzac Day gatherings and is ready to welcome as many locals as possible. A dawn service at 5am at the Narrabri West memorial will take place, followed by a second dawn service at the Narrabri war memorial at the RSL Club at 6am. The 6am gathering will be followed by a 7am breakfast at the club, provided by the RSL Sporting Body. A bus will then collect patrons from the RSL and transport them to Barwan Street at 10.10 for the march, mustering between the Narrabri Public School and Tafe campus, […]

Apr 20, 2021

  • bushfire season finishes

End of bushfire season but no time to become complacent, RFS warns

As the temperature continues to drop and we head further into the cooler months, it’s a reminder that bushfire season has officially finished. Usually running from October to March, the dangerous months are the hottest ones, but this is subject to varying weather conditions. The end of the bushfire season means people in rural communities no longer need to request a permit to burn. However, NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS) superintendent Michael Brooks says locals will still need to notify neighbours and the local fire department. “We need to know if you’re going to be burning, and this can be […]

Apr 19, 2021

  • trans-Tasman travel

Travellers take flight as COVID-19 bans are lifted

Narrabri couple Cecile and Kenoes van Lill had their bags packed and were ready to go when the Australia-New Zealand travel restrictions were lifted on Monday. The couple boarded their flight to Waipukurau, the largest town in the Central Hawke’s Bay District on the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand, on Monday night. “We were ready,” said Cecile. Like the approximately 5000 plus travellers who took off for New Zealand on Monday, they are excited to be catching up with family. “We haven’t seen our new grandson, the son of Dewet and Stacey van Lill, in New […]

Apr 19, 2021

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