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Charlie-Lea Hulbert competes at NSW state swimming event

Charlie-Lea Hulbert competes at NSW state swimming event

Narrabri Stingrays Swimming Club was proudly represented at this year’s NSW Youth State Age Long Course Championships meeting when Charlie-Lea Hulbert lined up in three races at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre across the weekend. The 11-year-old had earned...

Rail services impacted by essential track works next week

Rail services impacted by essential track works next week

Passenger rail services will be impacted by the closure of the Hunter Valley line for essential track works. The Australian Rail Track Corporation will carry out essential maintenance and improvement works across the Hunter Valley network next week to maintain safety...

Promising results from preliminary bore testing

Promising results from preliminary bore testing

While water security discussions seem to have eased, councillors remained engaged with the updates at last week’s council meeting. The director of infrastructure delivery reported that supply was remaining stable, with the water restrictions transitioning to Level 3....

Access and cost of fuel on everyone’s mind

Access and cost of fuel on everyone’s mind

There is one thing everyone is talking about, not only in Broken Hill, Lightning Ridge, Narrabri and Forbes, not only across the electorate of Parkes, but across all of Australia, and that is the access and cost of fuel. Regional Australia is hurting over the rapid...

Chaffey takes on new portfolio in opposition cabinet reshuffle

Chaffey takes on new portfolio in opposition cabinet reshuffle

Federal Member for Parkes has been appointed to a new role in the Coalition’s shadow cabinet. Mr Chaffey will continue as Shadow Assistant Minister for Resources, however, was announced as the Shadow Assistant Minister for Regional Development, Local Government and...

Hammertime and Hounddogs remain undefeated as field switch approaches

Hammertime and Hounddogs remain undefeated as field switch approaches

Round eight of Narrabri Touch’s 2026 campaign season one mixed competition will be the last time the teams take the field at Cooma Oval ahead of the mid-season switch to Hogan Oval and Leitch Oval to play under lights. Daylight saving time will end on Monday, April 6,...

Livestock numbers ease to 5850 at this week’s sale

Livestock numbers ease to 5850 at this week’s sale

Numbers eased in Gunnedah this week to yard 5850 cattle. 1400 less than the previous week. It was a fair quality yarding with large numbers of cows presented. All major buyers were in attendance with steady competition on the cows while the top end of the feeder...

Racing returns to Narrabri as Gerety claims the Cup

Racing returns to Narrabri as Gerety claims the Cup

It was a memorable day of racing at the Narrabri Racecourse on Saturday as five races took place at the Narrabri Jockey Club's 2026 raceday. The 1200-metre Qube Agri Narrabri Cup was the fourth race of the day, which was won by the Olivia Dalton-ridden Gerety for...

Charlie’s Charts 19th March 2026

Charlie’s Charts 19th March 2026

The local market is down around 1.5 percent today after another bombing of middle-east energy infrastructure from Iran overnight. This is the local market over a longer term timeframe. The price of gold fell below $US5,000 overnight. Some analysts suggest the gold...

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