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Topical 30/6/20

The hoarding is apparently underway again as Victoria worries about a new spike in COVID-19. Toilet paper is always the prime target, but some food lines as well. “We have a population of 25 million,” an exasperated Victoria Health spokesperson said. “Australia...

Business support for Vickery mine extension

Narrabri Shire businesses are calling for Whitehaven’s Vickery Extension Project to be approved by the Independent Planning Commission (IPC), ahead of final public hearings into the Project to be held this week. Vickery is a proposal to construct an open-cut coal mine...

Reader’s further commentary on shire council budget

I write in response to Cr Campbell’s letter (The Courier, June 25) where he expressed the view that I was not constructive, that I had my own agenda and that I quoted Council numbers out of context. As quoted by Alice in ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ using her...

Narrabri Markets back this weekend

Normality is returning as the social restrictions of the COVID-19 crisis are further eased. Following the coronavirus clampdown at the end of March the Narrabri Markets were suspended. Three months have followed with the markets’ venue, Cameron Park and adjacent area...

Bowls is back: Wee Waa Bowling Club hosts A-grade Singles and Pairs matches

Wee Waa Bowling Club hosted A-grade Singles and Pairs matches at the weekend as bowlers eagerly returned to competition play for the first time since March after the COVID-19 pandemic halted play for more than three months. Two Singles games were played on Saturday...

Gwabegar greyhound Sunshine Ruby races to win in Gunnedah

Gwabegar greyhound trainer Eric Butler had three dogs in action at a Gunnedah Greyhound Racing Club twilight TAB meeting last Thursday, one of which was a winner. Two-year-old black bitch Sunshine Ruby raced to victory in the eighth of 11 races which was the 340-metre...

Junior league’s internationals’ season to forge ahead but NDJRL’s mini mods in doubt

Narrabri and District Junior Rugby League’s under-13s, under-15s and under-16s teams will all play in modified intertown competitions from July, however junior footy for younger players in Narrabri and Wee Waa is still in doubt. NDJRL released a statement on Sunday...

Narrabri Eagles to sit out of the 2020 season

The Narrabri Eagles’ proposed joint venture with the Moree Suns is off and the local Australian rules football club will not field a team in the AFL North West competition in 2020. Eagles’ president Tom Carberry released a statement earlier this week in which he said...

Important health message for men – from a survivor

Recently, Narrabri’s Beryl Heath was listening to a segment on ABC radio about a breast cancer awareness campaign that aims to encourage men to get checked for the disease. The segment featured passionate and articulate advocate Alice Carmichael who sadly lost her...

Winter Wonderland at Mount Kaputar

Temperatures dropped on Monday evening across the Narrabri region and residents woke to a dusting of white snow on Mount Kaputar, on Tuesday morning. The Mount Dowe weather station recorded a low of -0.2 degrees overnight on Monday. The Simpson family didn’t waste any...

Thumbs down 25/6/20

Thumbs down to the Lock the Gate television ad. Where are these renewable jobs? 1,500 renewable jobs has been quoted before. How many of these jobs have eventuated?

Thumbs up 25/6/20

Thumbs up to the CWA ladies and the National Farmers Association for being against Narrabri coal seam gas.