The public gallery at the final Narrabri Shire council meeting for 2019 was packed to the rafters with community members attending to hear about a number of items on the agenda including the Vickery Coal Mine Extension Project, the Narrabri Gas Project and the...
Number 94 Barwan Street resident Kylie Wales was the winner of the ‘People’s Choice’ section of the 2019 Narrabri Christmas Lights Competition. Kylie wins a $100 cash prize from The Courier. Kylie’s garden is a colourful display of lights and decorations, truly...
Narrabri Shire residents will be able to swim at the Boggabri, Wee Waa and Narrabri swimming pools for free from December 23 through to the end of the summer school holidays in 2020, following a vote at a recent Council meeting. Councillor Ron Campbell moved the...
Narrabri Shire Corporate and Community Services Director Lindsay Mason has a much closer understanding than most of the complexity of airport operations from bush strips to big city ‘gateway’ facilities. For the past five years he has been NSW Divisional Chair of the...
There are a number of essential services which regional communities must have if they are to be successful in retaining and attracting quality people. Not the least of these is immediate access to high quality medical services. Four months ago I was shocked to be...
Leaving the Basin Plan will not solve the issues we have with the allocation and management of water in this State. The Shooters Fishers and Farmers Party has been calling for a Federal Royal Commission for over a year now, with the sole intent of untangling the mess...
Della Brown is a much loved and well-travelled local lady who celebrated her 50th birthday with an ‘open house’ on Saturday, December 7 and a barbecue after their ‘Beringa’ home church the following day. When she was in Year 10, her careers teacher asked her what she...
I can see that Peter Lees (Letter to the Editor, The Courier, Tuesday) is a deep thinker and well read. So I’m interested in his alternative narrative. If it’s not a climate crisis - what is it? A wild conspiracy? Should we simply ignore the measurements of...
Thumbs up to The Courier paperboys and girls for continuing to do a great job in this extreme heat.
Thumbs up to the great photo on the front page of last Thursday’s Courier. Typically Aussie!
Thumbs down to the state of the public toilets in the main street. The doors are broken, others don’t lock and toilets don’t flush. Not a good look for people visiting Narrabri to shop.
Thumbs up to Narrabri Shire Council (if they gave the people living on the Eulah Creek gravel road an absolutely great Christmas present and came and graded our horrendous corrugated road)!