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Topical 15/1/26

Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) has unveiled its annual Summer Lamb Campaign, celebrating lamb as the dish that brings Australians together. This year’s ad tackles the news that Australia has slipped to 11th place on the World Happiness Index last year. However,...

Topical 15/1/26

Remember the Telegraph Hotel in the middle block of the main street? See The Courier archives on page 18 for a nostalgic look back at when the hotel closed in 2006. Back in the day when “people would spill out on to the footpath because it was so crowded” was one...

Topical 15/1/26

When recently resetting a password on a supermarket reward card, there was a virtual assistant to ‘help’. It was amusing when asked the question - I just need to make sure you are human and to tick the box to say ‘I’m not a robot’.

Thumbs down 15/1/26

Thumbs down to the neighbours hurling abuse over the fence. Spread kindness not hate!

Narrabri Shire Council to again offer free entry to shire pools on Australia Day

Narrabri Shire Council will again offer free entry to pool facilities in Narrabri, Boggabri and Waa Waa on Australia Day. Councillors endorsed the recommendation tabled at the final meeting of 2025, to continue the free entry arrangement. Information tabled at the...

Mayor condemns horrific violence of Bondi terrorist attack through mayoral minute

Mayor Darrell Tiemens formally condemned what he described as the “horrific and senseless act of violence” carried out at Bondi Beach in December. Cr Tiemens presented a mayoral minute at the final council meeting of the year, expressing deep sympathy and solidarity...

PFAS results well below national guidelines

The latest testing of Narrabri’s town water supply shows PFAS levels are well below current guidelines. Narrabri Shire Council published results from the Namoi reservoir last week. PFOA and PFBS chemicals were not detected. PFOS was at 3ng/l, below the guideline of...

Premiership-winning duo at the helm of Narrabri Blues Boars’ men’s teams for 2026

Narrabri Rugby Club’s men’s teams are in safe hands for the 2026 Central North Rugby Union campaign, with Mick Coffey and Craig Gleeson locked in to coach this year. Gleeson takes the reins of the first grade team for a third straight year following back-to-back...

Tatts and Boggabri through to first grade T20 grand final following crucial victories as NDCA season resumes

Narrabri District Cricket Association’s 2025/26 season first grade T20 competition went right down to the wire across the weekend as all five teams remained in contention for a spot in the grand final. Tatts entered Friday night’s round four clash against the Wilga...

Rushed firearms laws punish the regions: MPs

New firearms laws pushed forward by the NSW government in response to the terrorism attack at Bondi Beach last month have been described as “rushed” and “penalising regional people”. State and federal politicians have condemned the move to further tighten gun laws...

One hard truth: 355 lives lost. One simple message: slow down

NSW ended 2025 with 355 people losing their lives on our roads. It is a number that should give all of us pause. And that’s because behind this number sits a devastating truth: someone in our state is dying on our roads almost every single day. This is not an abstract...

Rescue helicopter deployed to horse riding accident

The Westpac Rescue Helicopter was tasked by NSW Ambulance to a property southeast of Boggabri at 10am on Friday, December 26. A woman aged in her 30s sustained serious multiple injuries after falling from a horse. The patient was treated by NSW Ambulance paramedics...