The local market surged higher early in the week on the back of strong gains in overseas markets and reached a typical Fibonacci retracement level in the process which also happened to be up 100 per cent of the range of the sideways consolidation. Some kind of...
Julie Dowleans has received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for her service to the Wee Waa community. “I’m very humbled and very grateful,” said Mrs Dowleans OAM in an interview with the Wee Waa News. “I actually dropped the phone when I first read the email,...
Thirty six years ago, Ray Faber began his own business in Narrabri, Ray Faber Sheet Metal, and not long after that he began to make Faber toolboxes, a product which is nowadays found around the region, in far flung corners right across Australia and overseas. Faber...
The NSW Parliament’s Legislative Assembly has defeated a move to declare a moratorium ‘on the prospecting for, or the mining of, coal seam gas in NSW.’ The Legislative Assembly vote last Thursday followed a vote in favour of the moratorium in the Legislative Council...
Police are appealing for public assistance after an officer was injured on Tuesday. “About 10.30pm (Tuesday June 9, 2020), officers attached to New England Police District were patrolling the Boggabilla area, about 115km north east of Moree, when a rock was thrown at...
By Roy Butler, Member for Barwon. Hi Folks, It’s been a big week in Parliament. The Coal Seam Gas Moratorium Bill came on incredibly fast in the Legislative Assembly. Thank you for your public support of the position we took, it helps to show that Government members...
Narrabri Shire Council has been in contact with the managing director of Target Australia regarding the decision to close the Narrabri Target Country store. Council stated its disappointment with their decision and expressed the inherent need for the provision of the...
“There is no excuse for hunting in a National Park, particularly when there are half a dozen state forests within an hour’s drive which allow night time hunting with dogs," said North-West Rural Crime Zone coordinator, Detective Sergeant Bennett Nolan. Detective...
NSW will ease further restrictions from this Saturday, June 13, with food courts allowed to reopen, the number of people allowed to visit homes increased from 5 to 20, and the number of people allowed to gather outdoors increased from 10 to 20. Premier Gladys...
Welcome to winter! Very cool evening temperatures over the past week, have certainly confirmed that we are in the coolest season of the year! With the recent announcement by Wesfarmers that Target Country will be closing down in Narrabri, I was astonished that such a...
While I was in business in Narrabri I endeavoured to maintain impartiality in both politics and local issues. However the recent exchanges from the anti-Narrabri Gas Project people leads me to call for some form of fact checking as to what they are proclaiming. They...
On June 20, Northwest NSW will see the return of the ‘Battle of Bands’, this time online due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Following from the successful event at the Crossing Theatre in April 2013 ‘Battle of the Bands for the Northwest’ organiser Angela Pattison with a...