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OFFICIAL: The official ceremony opening the new Inverell Police Station will see several roads temporarily closed on Monday, May 17. Photo: Jacinta Dickins

WHAT'S ONYou're invited to ceremony opening Inverell's new police station

Jacinta Dickins
2hrs ago

NSW Farmers' and the Country Women's Association of NSW are calling on the government to implement a financial support package, providing up to $25,000 per farm business to subsidise 50 per cent of the cost of bait products. Photo: NSW Farmers'

Inverell farmer details mouse plague cost as crops abandoned

Samantha Townsend

MAN DIES: A 20-year-old motorbike rider has died in hospital after a crash at Inverell last week. Photo: File

BREAKINGCritically injured motorbike rider dies in hospital after crash

Madeline Link

Woman's anxious wait over as verdict for Warialda Road crash decided

EXCLUSIVEWoman's anxious wait over as verdict for Warialda Road crash decided

Jacinta Dickins

CRITICAL: The 20-year-old motorbike rider remains in a critical condition. Photo: Jacinta Dickins

Crash at Inverell leaves motorbike rider in critical condition

Jacinta Dickins

TARGET: Fraudsters are impersonating caravan and motorhome companies in a recent scam that is circualting across Asutralia.

Scamwatch: If the price is too good to be true, it might be fake

CLUB SONG: Western Districts Football Club president, Tony Nolan get the club to sing "When the Saints go marching in" after the AFL funding announcement. Watch the song in the video.

AFL helps fund $4 million club rebuild on Kangaroo Island

Stan Gorton

OFFICIAL: The official ceremony opening the new Inverell Police Station will see several roads temporarily closed on Monday, May 17. Photo: Jacinta Dickins

WHAT'S ONYou're invited to ceremony opening Inverell's new police station

Jacinta Dickins
2hrs ago

NSW Farmers' and the Country Women's Association of NSW are calling on the government to implement a financial support package, providing up to $25,000 per farm business to subsidise 50 per cent of the cost of bait products. Photo: NSW Farmers'

Inverell farmer details mouse plague cost as crops abandoned

Samantha Townsend

Mark Richards has barely worked since Hazelwood power station closed in 2017. Picture: Tom Melville

LISTENCommunity left behind as nation snubs coal

Health minister Greg Hunt says new on-shore mRNA vaccine production could include Moderna. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Moderna deal paves way for local mRNA production

The latest federal budget contains a $17.7 billion plan to improve Australia's aged-care system.

Record $17.7b to improve aged-care system

Tradesmen will be among those to benefit from the extension of business investment incentives.

Business gives big budget spend thumbs up

Missing: Cash for purpose-built quarantine facility

DIGESTMissing: Cash for purpose-built quarantine facility

All you need to know on the big-spending budget

DIGESTAll you need to know on the big-spending budget

John Paul Moloney

ANU vice-chancellor Brian Schmidt says the university sector in one industry bearing the brunt of border closures. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

'We will be left behind': ANU vice-chancellor calls for border plan

Sally Whyte

Why two Newmans are making headlines

DIGESTWhy two Newmans are making headlines

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

DIGESTDo you know your ABC? Appreciation, Budget, Coronavirus

Victoria Lee

Phil Mickelson has been given a USGA exemption to gun for the US Open title that's long eluded him.

Mickelson gets special invite for US Open

The British and Irish Lions tour to South Africa is set to go ahead in July with a revised schedule.

Lions tour schedule revised due to virus

Gerald Imray

CLUB SONG: Western Districts Football Club president, Tony Nolan get the club to sing "When the Saints go marching in" after the AFL funding announcement. Watch the song in the video.

AFL helps fund $4 million club rebuild on Kangaroo Island

Stan Gorton

Phil Mickelson has been given a USGA exemption to gun for the US Open title that's long eluded him.

Mickelson gets special invite for US Open

Playing Josh Hodgson as a loose forward could be just what the Canberra Raiders need. Photo: Matt Blyth/Getty Images

OPINIONLaurie Daley | Canberra Raiders, Josh Hodgson look to right the ship

Laurie Daley

FIRSTS: First Grafton to Inverell winner Alan Grindal watched his former student Ruby-Roseman Gannon win the inaugural Gibraltar to Inverell. Photo: Jacinta Dickins

Inaugural Gibraltar to Inverell winner trained by racing legend

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Mark Richards has barely worked since Hazelwood power station closed in 2017. Picture: Tom Melville

LISTENCommunity left behind as nation snubs coal

Mark Richards has barely worked since Hazelwood power station closed in 2017. Picture: Tom Melville

LISTENCommunity left behind as nation snubs coal

Jim Morrison (centre) and other members of the Special Operations Group responded to the Port Arthur shooting in 1996. Picture: Supplied

LISTENFirst responders break silence on Port Arthur massacre

Jim Morrison (centre) and other members of the Special Operations Group responded to the Port Arthur shooting in 1996. Picture: Supplied

LISTENFirst responders break silence on Port Arthur massacre

Community solar farms empowering small towns

LISTENCommunity solar farms empowering small towns

Community solar farms empowering small towns

LISTENCommunity solar farms empowering small towns

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BEGIN: The Inverell Eisteddfod is set to begin, with excitement building after COVID cancelled last year's event. Photo: Jacinta Dickins

WHAT'S ONDancing shoes polished, voices warmed up as our Eisteddfod returns

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Preparations at the Australaian Standing Stones are underway.

THINGS TO DOCeltic essentials and a COVID safe fringe festival, it's all here

Donna Ward

SOUND OF MUSIC: Armidale's Li Ling Chen and Inverell's Peta Blyth and Keiko Robertson will grace the Shire with a special concert in Inverell. Photo: Supplied

WHAT'S ONInverell Town Hall to see local, live music return to our stages

Jacinta Dickins

BEGIN: The Inverell Eisteddfod is set to begin, with excitement building after COVID cancelled last year's event. Photo: Jacinta Dickins

WHAT'S ONDancing shoes polished, voices warmed up as our Eisteddfod returns

MARCH ON: Tingha and Warialda will be having Anzac Day marches for 2021's Anzac Day, while Inverell's proved too logistically challenging for COVID safety, with traditionally large crowds attending.

Tingha, Warialda blessed to be small enough for Anzac Day tradition

Jacinta Dickins

PREPARED: New England Week of Golf tournament director Jim Shadlow is preparing to host over 100 players from across the state. Photo: Supplied

Inverell prepares for influx of avid golfers as tournament approaches

Jacinta Dickins

Country Kids 2021

Country Kids 2021

Rochelle Tubb

Power of education: Solicitor Paul Ell was just one of the thousands of young people assisted by the Learning for Life program that is supported by VIEW Clubs of Australia. Photo: Supplied.

The club that offers children a view to a better future

Dayle Latham

Everyone's a winner with Pennytel

Everyone's a winner with Pennytel

Emma Brown

Country Kids 2021

Country Kids 2021

Making a difference: Natasha Bull and her grandmother Evelyn Berg.

Family affair: The united front of women with passion for supporting kids in need

Rosie Ryan

Outback tour will have you travelling again

Outback tour will have you travelling again

Emma Brown

JOIN FORCES: Property syndicates suit those who may have a limited budget and want to see long-term growth rather than flip properties. Photo - Shutterstock.

Alternative ways to invest in property

JOIN FORCES: Property syndicates suit those who may have a limited budget and want to see long-term growth rather than flip properties. Photo - Shutterstock.

Alternative ways to invest in property

The path to buying property will take almost 20 months for many Australians. Picture: Wilm Ihlenfeld/Shutterstock

How long does it take to buy a new home? Research says 20 months

The path to buying property will take almost 20 months for many Australians. Picture: Wilm Ihlenfeld/Shutterstock

How long does it take to buy a new home? Research says 20 months

CUTE AND COMFY: The renovated caravan, which proved the perfect tiny house, on the Louth Park property. Pictures: Ben Wirt Photography

Thinking small a big step in the right direction for home hunters

Alex Morris

PROTECT YOUR ASSETS: According to the Insurance Council of Australia, landlords should consider how they can protect their premises, its assets and the income they receive from their tenants. Photo - Shutterstock.

Insurance is fundamental to protect your investment

Property prices are becoming unaffordable

Property prices are becoming unaffordable

TARGET: Fraudsters are impersonating caravan and motorhome companies in a recent scam that is circualting across Asutralia.

Scamwatch: If the price is too good to be true, it might be fake

MEMORIES: Second Lieutenant John O'Halloran fought in Vietnam only to return to a country and a town that couldn't have cared less. Photo: file

New England veteran shares Vietnam memories in new book

Andrew Messenger

VALE: Guyra legend and family man Ted Mulligan died on Friday.

Ted was a family man first and leaves behind a lasting legacy

Anna Falkenmire

TARGET: Fraudsters are impersonating caravan and motorhome companies in a recent scam that is circualting across Asutralia.

Scamwatch: If the price is too good to be true, it might be fake

Warialda Show back with a bang in 2021 | Photos

PHOTOSWarialda Show back with a bang in 2021 | Photos

Cady Biddle

CAKE: Mrs Lockery celebrated surrounded by family and friend of 70 years Joan Ticehurst at Grace Munro Centre.

GOOD NEWSOne hundred reasons and more to celebrate Norma Lockery

Jacinta Dickins

Mariana di Girolamo and Gael Garca Bernal in Ema. Picture: Supplied

REVIEWEma, a difficult and strange experience

Marisol Nicholls and Chris Rock in Spiral: From the Book of Saw. Picture: Lionsgate

REVIEWChris Rock takes on Saw franchise

Now 68, David Gulpilil's life hangs in the balance as he battles widespread, stage-four lung cancer. Picture: Supplied

Gulpilil brings the lens to life in new documentary

Member for Hughes Craig Kelly. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Parliament to decide if Facebook banning MPs is contempt

A still from The Man in the Hat. Picture: Supplied

REVIEWComedic road trip with little to say

Jane Freebury

Angelina Jolie as Hannah and Jon Bernthal as Ethan in Those Who Wish Me Dead. Picture: Warner Bros.Pictures

REVIEWThose Who Wish Me Dead a western in contemporary clothing

Cris Kennedy

The choice to paint Stan Grant has been labelled "insulting" by some Indigenous elders in Batemans Bay. Photo: Maeve Bannister

'No proper consultation': Mural angers local Indigenous elders

Maeve Bannister

CLUB SONG: Western Districts Football Club president, Tony Nolan get the club to sing "When the Saints go marching in" after the AFL funding announcement. Watch the song in the video.

AFL helps fund $4 million club rebuild on Kangaroo Island

Stan Gorton

That 'old lush', the English language, loves all our abuse. Picture: Getty Images

OPINIONPreserving those terms of endearment

B. R. Doherty

Mindfulness: much more than a mind hack

OPINIONMindfulness: much more than a mind hack

Dr Rob Schtze

Howard Springs was better known for its bakery's donuts before the quarantine came along.

REAL AUSTRALIAHoward Springs is in the national spotlight but don't forget the donuts

Chris McLennan

New research has found 70 per cent of Australians aged 65 and do not have any form of advance care planning document in place and of the 30 per cent that do, the majority of them are either incomplete, invalid or not legally binding. Photo: Shutterstock

End-of-life crisis looming for older Australians

Geraldine Cardozo

Foods seniors should be eating

Foods seniors should be eating

Samara Ross

WOMEN'S BUSINESS: Obstetrician Caroline de Costa has been delivering babies for almost 50 years. Photo: Sean Davey.

How delivering babies has changed in 50 years

Samara Ross

About 80 Australians returned from India have begun quarantining at Howard Springs.

PM working with Qantas on India testing

1hr ago

About 80 Australians returning from India have been bussed to the Howard Springs quarantine centre.

Half-full India flight lands in Darwin

Labor Leader Jodi McKay says NSW mining communities should get more benefit from resource royalties.

NSW Labor seeks mining fund overhaul

1hr ago

A series of incidents across western Sydney has left four young men in hospital with stab wounds.

Five injured in stabbings across Sydney

1hr ago

Victoria's opposition is demanding James Merlino name a Labor MP accused of improper conduct.

Vic MP's conduct 'inappropriate': Merlino

1hr ago

A Sydney tow truck driver convicted of intimidating police has lost his operator's certificate.

Abusive tow truck driver loses certificate

2hrs ago

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg: "We are not seeking to cut spending after the next election."

Frydenberg promises no post-election cuts

Colin Brinsden, AAP Economics and Business Correspondent
2hrs ago

Priya and Nades and their two children have been in detention for the past three years.

Tamils protest Aust-Sri Lanka links

European smokebush (Cotinus coggygria flame) has large, dark green leaves and brilliant, long lasting autumn colour.

The ingredients for flaming leaves

FIONA OGILVIE
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Third placed Macarthur Anglican School Cobitty, first-placed Farrer Memorial Agricultural High School, Tamworth and second-placed Peel High School, Tamworth. Photo: Billy Jupp

Farrer claims top gong in NSW Sheep Show interschool competition

Billy Jupp

Tattykeel reigns supreme at NSW Sheep Show in Dubbo

Tattykeel reigns supreme at NSW Sheep Show in Dubbo

Billy Jupp

LAYER: A roman blind combined with the soft dreamy look of curtains Photo: Supplied.

Window furnishings to help you keep warm this winter

How to get your dog to walk calmly on a leash

How to get your dog to walk calmly on a leash

RSPCA

"We all have the capacity for change. It's our choice whether we change up or change down". Picture: Shutterstock.

ADVICETo change up or change down, choice is your own

Gary Bentley