A number of small grants have been given to important community services in our region to help improve their facilities and services.
Barnaby Joyce
4 mil for New England airports
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.
Uralla doctor calls for Council to take over clinic
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.
Crisis as Armidale loses at least 8 GPs
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
Bare minimum EIS for Winterbourne Wind project ‘very worst ever’
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.
Bureaucracy blamed as cause of threatened closure of Uralla’s only full time doctor
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’.
Breaking: Marshall, Joyce seek urgent intervention to save Uralla Medical Centre
Adam Marshall and Barnaby Joyce have called for urgent intervention to save the popular Uralla Medical Centre from closing.
EXCLUSIVE: $30m cut from New England roads
The Albanese Government has cut 30 million dollars from New England roads as part of their ‘budget savings’ measures.