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Wee Waa
  • Rugby Union

Wee Waa High School trio bring home medals from NSWCHSSA rugby tournament

Three Wee Waa High School students helped guide North West Schools Sports Association to a silver medal finish at the NSW Combined High Schools Sports Association Secondary Girls’ Rugby Union Championships in Singleton last week. Taylor Horne, Matilda Currey and Georgia Horne travelled to the Hunter region town to compete in the event and the three junior Blue Boars all played crucial roles in their team’s success. North West finished last out of eight teams in 2024, but the Wee Waa High School Year 12 students and their teammates went to another level this year as they won five of […]

May 23, 2025

  • WaterNSW

Substantial water pricing reprieve on the cards for farmers in NSW

Farmers across New South Wales may be granted a substantial reprieve from exorbitant proposed water bill increases that would have priced them out of business and Aussie food off the shelves. IPART’s draft WaterNSW pricing determination released this month proposes only a 1.9 per cent increase in rural water bills in 2025-26 plus CPI, followed by CPI increases only in each of the following two years. “This is massive discount on WaterNSW’s proposed increases ranging from 3 per cent to 35 per cent every year plus CPI across inland and coastal valleys,” said NSW Irrigators’ Council CEO, Claire Miller. “NSWIC […]

May 22, 2025

  • Coalition

Decision to split with Liberal Party ‘momentous’: Chaffey

The National Party’s decision to not enter into a Coalition agreement with the Liberal Party has been described as momentous by the Member-elect for Parkes, Jamie Chaffey. The Nationals’ leader David Littleproud announced the decision to split with the Liberals in Canberra on Tuesday. Mr Chaffey said he strongly believes The Nationals are the only party that truly represents regional Australia. “We proved today that we won’t back down, and we won’t apologise for standing up for what we believe in,” Mr Chaffey said on Tuesday. “As a new member of The Nationals’ party room, I couldn’t support a position […]

May 22, 2025

  • Soccer

Namoi United stretch undefeated start to four games

When Narrabri, Wee Waa and Moree soccer players made up Namoi United back in 2016, they endured a horror start to the season that included four consecutive losses in which they were outscored 33 goals to two. What a difference almost a decade makes. After the Carps folded in 2017 and the Namoi Premier League competition returned, the quality of the players in the region began to strengthen, as did the belief that a return to the NIPL would be far more successful than the 2016 season proved to be. Last year’s comeback into Northern Inland’s premier competition was a […]

May 14, 2025

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