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Thumbs down 28/11/19

Thumbs down to the Council for the lack of senior women in the executive ranks.

Thumbs up to the Rapid Relief Team who delivered truckloads of drought relief with bulker bags of feed and support to Narrabri farmers last week. Thumbs down to the hobby farmers who have jobs that lined up for their share.

Pragmatic approach

The decision by Narrabri Shire Council to give its support to the Narrabri Gas Project represents a pragmatic approach to what has been a controversial issue in local, regional and national arenas. Five Councillors voted in favour of a motion from Cr Cameron Staines...

Huge audience at Anh Do ‘The Happiest Refugee’

Anh Do’s ‘The Happiest Refugee’ performance was held at The Crossing Theatre last Friday night with an audience of 580. It was one of the biggest audiences for a one person stage performance. There were a range of ages in the audience including some Rowena Public...

Rapid Relief Team day

Appreciative graziers took delivery of a tonne of stock feed supplement each for their drought impacted stock on Friday. The Rapid Relief Team, a stand alone charity run by the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church, donated and delivered 400 tonnes of the supplement to...

Charlie’s Charts 27th November 2019

The local market continues the sideways funk with a spike low last week giving some indication of market strength. We bought Audinate as it moved above the $8 level. The weekly chart shows a nice break out of consolidation. Possible resistance around the old high...

Narrabri Basketball Association grand final evening

On Thursday, November 21, the Narrabri Basketball Association held its second of two yearly grand final evenings. Both the mixed and men’s deciders were played, with both finishing as close contests which were decided by just four points. This season the two grand...

St Joseph’s Primary School FUNdraiser

It was a ‘wet and wonderful’ evening at this year’s St Joseph’s Primary School annual Family FUNdraiser as teachers and students exchanged ‘friendly fire’ in a water pistol fight. As the photos show, there were ‘smiles all round’ as the school’s community thoroughly...

Council ‘go’ for gas

For the first time, Narrabri Shire Council has taken a position on the Santos Narrabri Gas Project – it now officially supports the project. At its council meeting on Tuesday, five councillors voted in favour of a motion that included an amendment ‘to support the...

Relief by the truckload

It was a major operation, meticulously planned and executed like clock work. Drought relief aboard 12 semi trailers rolled in to Narrabri Showground on Thursday, and on Friday 420 farmers from across the North West arrived to pick up donations of stock feed...

Nandebri Home Nursing celebrates with clients at Christmas party

It is the season to be jolly and the staff from Nandebri Home Nursing were decked out in their Christmas gear when they welcomed their guests to the 2019 Christmas party. Sandra Duncan welcomed the guests and thanked the staff for the fabulous effort that they had...

Rapid Relief Team brings welcome drought aid

It has been another blustery, and dusty week for our Shire, and I must admire the resilience of all of community members during this time. It is good to see that there is still some positivity around the Shire in the lead up to Christmas, especially with the recent...