Narrabri-based scientist Dr Bec Thistlethwaite contributes a column to The Courier on the science in our daily lives. Readers are invited to send their science questions in to Dr Bec via [email protected] What causes a yawn - and why are they contagious?...
Federal Member for Parkes and Shadow Assistant Minister for Agriculture Jamie Chaffey has called on the re-elected Labor government to bring back interest-free loans for farmers from the Regional Investment Corporation (RIC), impacted by drought and floods. Mr Chaffey...
The latest Narrabri town water testing results have been released by Narrabri Shire Council, showing a slight decrease in levels of PFAS. Detection of PFHxS has decreased to 5ng/l, from 6ng/l in the previous month, while PFOS has decreased to 6ng/l, from 7ng/l in the...
Our community hospital – which formerly offered 24/7 emergency care, maternity services, and routine surgeries – has been reduced to a part-time triage outpost. After 5:30pm it offers nothing at all. The wards and equipment (including a modern palliative care wing)...
Narrabri Shire Council has agreed to reject a voluntary planning agreement offer for the development of a solar farm 25-kilometres from Narrabri. The proponent, Whitehaven Coal, offered a one-off payment of $50,000 as part of its plan to develop a solar facility...
Narrabri Rugby Club’s women’s 10s team may look a lot different to the premiership-winning sides of 2023 and 2024, but they are developing the same winning reputation in 2025 after scoring a gritty top-of-the-table victory against the Tamworth Pirates on Saturday. The...
Narrabri Rugby Club returned to the top of the Central North Rugby Union first grade ladder and also made an emphatic statement with a crushing 43-point victory at Dangar Park on Saturday. The Blue Boars welcomed Tamworth Pirates to town and prevailed 48-5 in what was...
Boggabri Kangaroos continued their old boys day winning streak with one of the local club’s most memorable victories as they came from behind to defeat the Gunnedah Bulldogs at Jubilee Oval on Saturday. The two rival clubs went head-to-head in a highly-anticipated...
Jamie Chaffey has been officially declared as the federal Member for Parkes. The Australian Electoral Commission conducted a poll declaration event in Dubbo on Tuesday. Official results show Mr Chaffey, of The Nationals, winning the electorate on a two-party preferred...
Werris Creek are the lone remaining undefeated team in Group 4 Rugby League’s 2025 first grade competition after they registered the only blowout win of the weekend in round six. In what was an otherwise tightly-contested sixth round, the Magpies cruised to a 42-4...
A man has died after a two-vehicle crash between Wee Waa and Burren Junction. About 7.50am on Monday, June 2, emergency services were called to the Kamilaroi Highway, about 63km west of Wee Waa, following reports of a two-vehicle crash involving a truck and a utility....
Narrabri Rugby Club produced one of the most memorable bluewashes ever seen at Dangar Park when the Blue Boars defeated the Tamworth Pirates in all four grades on Saturday. The two champion clubs went head-to-head for the first time this season in the fifth round of...