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Feral pigs cost North West region $47 million, says Ag Econ study

Feral pigs cost North West region $47 million, says Ag Econ study

It’s no secret feral pigs can cause significant damage to both grazing and cropping enterprises. The pests are a huge concern for the agricultural sector, but North West Local Land Services said the exact amount of financial pain pigs cause farmers’ hip pockets hasn’t...

Royal Flying Doctor Service the nation’s most trusted charity

Royal Flying Doctor Service the nation’s most trusted charity

Fresh from its vaccination crusade across the North West, the Royal Flying Doctor Service has been named as Australia’s most trusted charity. The recently released annual Australian Charity Reputation Index recorded a survey score of 98.1 for the organisation. The...

RSL second XI scores first win of the one day campaign

RSL second XI scores first win of the one day campaign

Narrabri RSL Cricket Club’s second XI entered Saturday’s round four Narrabri District Cricket Association second grade one day competition match fresh off its third consecutive T20 premiership which it claimed just eight days earlier. However, the defending champs...

Charlie’s Charts 9th February 2022

Charlie’s Charts 9th February 2022

The local market is edging up from the lows and looks to have spiked higher into the 50 per cent retracement zone in morning trade. Perhaps some retracement to come from here. We bought Flight Centre and Webjet on news of the borders reopening. Flight Centre hit our...

Topical 9/2/22

It must be a source of wonderment to many that politicians, and no doubt others, innocently believe that their phone text messages disappear into cyberspace once they are sent and received. ‘Fraid not, as Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce and various sporting...

Topical 9/2/22

Just about everyone knows someone who has been infected with COVID. And the range of symptoms again demonstrates how unpredictable the virus is - some report feeling pretty sick for days, others say they 'just had a headache' for a few hours and others experience no...

Topical 9/2/22

Ex-Narrabri resident and the developer and former operator of The Crossroads Hotel Campbell McIntosh reportedly plans to develop his own brewery in Dowe Street, Tamworth. Boutique breweries are very much the flavour of modern times and have proved very popular.

New hall for Seventh-Day Adventist Church | PHOTOS

New hall for Seventh-Day Adventist Church | PHOTOS

After 18 years of hopes, dreams and planning of a new church hall, the construction has finally become a reality for Pastor Peau Afoa and members of the Seventh-Day Adventist congregation in Narrabri. During the past 12 months, a modular construction team has been...

Coalition committed to improving health of rivers in basin

Coalition committed to improving health of rivers in basin

The Coalition government is committed to improving the health of rivers in the Murray-Darling Basin, and I was pleased to join some of my National Party colleagues for a few exciting announcements for the Parkes electorate last week. We are providing $80 million to...

Gwen Lawty: A well-respected, generous woman of community spirit

Gwen Lawty: A well-respected, generous woman of community spirit

On Friday, October 29, 2021, Gwenda Mary Lawty (Gwen), wife of the late Edwin Lawty (Ted), mother of Peter, Kevin and Douglas (dec), mother-in-law of Elmira and Trish, passed away at the age of 86. Gwenda Mary Sadler was born at Wee Waa Hospital on March 28, 1935, the...