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Flood inquiry reforms critical as spring set for drenching

Flood inquiry reforms critical as spring set for drenching

Farmers are calling for the state government to fast-track adoption of flood inquiry recommendations as communities are forecast to face another round of drenching rain this spring. The Independent Flood Inquiry report into the handling of the state’s major floods...

Congratulations on highway path, one now needed for Guest Street

I would like to give the Narrabri Council a big congratulations for the new path alongside the highway to Narrabri West. It is great that the residents living in the west can have a choice of which side of the highway they wish to walk on. As a grandmother with a...

Topical 1/9/22

Today is the first day of spring as well as ‘wattle day’. The first wattle day was held on September 1, 1910, in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide. Over the next few years, there was a push to extend celebrations across the country. In 1913 wattle was represented on the...

Thumbs down 1/9/22

Thumbs down to political hypocrisy. In this case, the NSW Labor party demanding inquiries into what it calls ‘jobs for the boys’ done by the Liberal and National parties. No mention of the standard and long-established pathway for trade unionists and ex-Labor machine...

Thumbs down 1/9/22

Thumbs down to the state of Culgoora Road. It is disgusting and trucks shouldn’t be on it - full stop!

Whitehaven Coal projects on the horizon

Whitehaven Coal projects on the horizon

Whitehaven Coal will potentially set aside between $12 million and $17 million to acquire and develop land for employee housing in the North West. The company announced its plans for a possible housing project to support its operations in Narrabri and Gunnedah as well...

Inland Rail infrastructure, amendment report open for feedback

A preferred infrastructure report and amendment report on Inland Rail’s Narromine to Narrabri project has been placed on public exhibition. The report addresses the planning secretary’s direction to ARTC to prepare a preferred infrastructure report. This report will...

Charlie’s Charts 31st August 2022

Charlie’s Charts 31st August 2022

After hitting the 61.8 retracement zone from the June lows traders wonder if the current pullback will stall or a new low formed. The 50 per cent retracement level is also a horizontal support and resistance level. Time will tell. The short cfd position we took in the...

McDonalds a Maitland Street fashion mainstay for 75 years

McDonalds a Maitland Street fashion mainstay for 75 years

The McDonald name and Maitland Street are inextricably linked, with many in the district and beyond stepping out in style thanks to the fashion offering of one family business. McDonalds Fashions has been dressing Narrabri customers for 75 years from its early days...

Wee Waa Show makes popular comeback in 2022 | PHOTOS

Wee Waa Show makes popular comeback in 2022 | PHOTOS

After more than a two-year wait, it was finally showtime in Wee Waa on the weekend. The show’s comeback was highly anticipated after COVID-19 was a showstopper in many country towns in 2020 and 2021, so the community was beyond thrilled to see the return of the Cotton...

Wee Waa Show makes popular comeback in 2022

Wee Waa Show makes popular comeback in 2022

After more than a two-year wait, it was finally showtime in Wee Waa on the weekend. The show’s comeback was highly anticipated after COVID-19 was a showstopper in many country towns in 2020 and 2021, so the community was beyond thrilled to see the return of the Cotton...

Thumbs down 30/8/22

Thumbs down! Why is the price of fuel in Narrabri more expensive than any other towns or villages from here to Tamworth?

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