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$150k up for grabs for New England projects

by New England Times News DeskFebruary 12, 2023

$150,000 in federal funding for projects in the New England is up for grabs in the latest round of Stronger Communities grants.

Work begins on Goonoo Goonoo Road duplication

by New England Times News DeskJanuary 30, 2023

Work has begun on the duplication of Goonoo Goonoo Road between Jack Smyth Drive and Calala Lane in Tamworth.

Armidale, Arts, Local News

Funding boosts for Moobi school, Armidale art gallery, community care

by Lia EdwardsJanuary 25, 2023

A number of small grants have been given to important community services in our region to help improve their facilities and services.

Federal Politics, Local News, News, Roads and Infrastructure

4 mil for New England airports

by Lia EdwardsJanuary 24, 2023

Over $4 million has been granted to local airports, but Member for New England Barnaby Joyce is critical of how long it took to release the funding.

Health, Uralla Shire

Uralla doctor calls for Council to take over clinic

by RK CrosbyJanuary 23, 2023

Uralla general practitioner Dr Ricardo Alkhouri, the doctor who threatened to close the clinic recently, has called for Uralla Shire Council to take over his clinic in a rambling Facebook Live that lasted almost four hours.

Armidale, Health, Local News, News

Crisis as Armidale loses at least 8 GPs

by RK CrosbyJanuary 22, 2023

By the beginning of February, Armidale will have lost at least 8 GPs, potentially 5 registrars, and more than 1 in 5 people in town will be looking for a new doctor. #longread

Energy, Environment, Investigation, News, Walcha

Bare minimum EIS for Winterbourne Wind project ‘very worst ever’

by Tom PleveyJanuary 18, 2023

Northern Tablelands State MP Adam Marshall has called the environmental impact statement for the Winterbourne Wind Farm project at Walcha “the very worst EIS I have ever, ever seen” at a public meeting in Walcha.

Health, Local News, News, Uralla Shire

Bureaucracy blamed as cause of threatened closure of Uralla’s only full time doctor

by RK CrosbyJanuary 10, 2023

The small village of Uralla has been reeling from news that the town’s only full time doctor is going to close its doors in a matter of days due to what has been described as ‘bureaucracy gone mad’.