The local market did make a rebound move up to a resistance zone before being walloped today after President Trump’s Liberation Day speech on tariffs. If we have a second leg down equal to the first leg down it would put the market at around 7,200 points. Time will...
After a rainstorm the evening before, the Boggabri Show and Shine went ahead in beautiful autumn weather. With 66 registered vehicles, numbers were a little down on 2024 numbers. The colouring-in competition was very successful and the market stalls reported good...
St Francis Xavier’s Catholic Church parishioners celebrated St Patrick’s Day with a luncheon at Narrabri RSL on Sunday, March 16.
Ettie Ruth Rees (Ruth), wife of Cliff (dec), mother of Rosalyn, Lea (dec), Tim and Penny, passed away on Monday, February 10, 2025, aged 96 years. Ruth was born in Narrabri on July 13, 1928, at home in Reid Street, Narrabri, to Henry and Susan Dasey, the youngest of...
Baan Baa preschool has eleven eager little people enrolled in their new fee free preschool sessions conducted by Ooranga Mobile Resource Unit. Director of Ooranga, Leanne Pryor is excited to see how the little ones have quickly adapted to their new surroundings and...
A large roll-up of members and visitors to ArtsNational Narrabri’s first arts talk of the 2025 season were treated to an exploration into the ancient world's mystique when UK art historian Sue Rollin gave an interesting talk on ‘Babylon: Art & Legend’ on Monday,...
It has been a demanding week across the shire. While the flooding was not as severe as it could have been, it certainly left its mark. Several homes in Narrabri experienced water through the house, with furniture and belongings ruined. I understand the NSW...
While I mostly like Daylight Saving time, I think it goes a bit too long. It seems odd to me that we have the sun rising after 7am and so many people are getting up in the dark while we are so far from winter. If you look at the start and finish dates of Summer time,...
A double sitting week in parliament, and there were some interesting things happening in those two weeks. One of the most notable was the presentation of the petition to save Wee Waa Hospital followed up the next week by a debate on the petition. But I also gave...
The ‘Save Our Wee Waa Hospital’ campaign has been fighting to restore the health service to 24-hour operation, but its ongoing crusade ramped up this week when the town was isolated following heavy rainfall and rising water levels. “It’s just unacceptable that in the...
Ninety-year-old Burren Junction farmer Bill Moore said he can’t remember receiving so much rain, in such a short amount of time since 1974. “That’s right, in January 1974 we had about 14 inches (350mm) from a Sunday night to a Wednesday morning, I think it was. It was...
Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton’s time as the 1029th member elected to the Australian parliament has officially come to a close. Mr Coulton’s 17-year tenure as the region’s representative in Canberra ceased once Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called the...