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Clarence Valley Council Mayor, Ray Smith is confident Council is acting in accordance with legislation concerning the impending eviction of 136 Holiday Caravan owners at four Council managed caravan parks. Letters were sent in early March to Holiday Caravan owners at Iluka Riverside Holiday Park, Brooms Head Holiday Park…

Despite the $263.8 million investment to redevelop Grafton Base Hospital, major trauma patients will still be triaged to Lismore or Tweed Heads for treatment. At a recent community meeting concerning the paramedic roster changes at Yamba Ambulance station and the impacts they could have, Australian Paramedics Association members revealed that the upgraded Grafton Base Hospital will not be classed as a major trauma hospital.

Even today, at 104 years of age, 16 years later, May Craig still stands straight with her sense of humour still firmly in place and her national pride still unquestioned ... "When war was declared in 1939, our population was just over 6 million ..."

John Williams. In April 1904, a tailor, E. Thomas brought to Nhill a French car in which a reporter from the Nhill Free Press was given a ride from Kaniva to Nhill. The type of car has been questioned: Contemporary reports suggested it was a De Dion Bouton and that Thomas was a Nhill local.

Hay has a link to a record-breaking flight - inspired by love - from England to Australia, in the early days of international air travel and aviation. Cecil Arthur Butler was born in England in 1902 but immigrated to Australia with his family in 1910, settling in Lithgow NSW.

The NSW ICPA conference, held in Euston and organised by Balranald ICPA was a resounding success ... The conference addressed critical issues for rural and remote education, including teacher retention, rural equity, inter-agency support, Early Childhood Education access and funding, transport challenges, boarding school matters, and connectivity.

In October last year, Transport New South Wales announced that Skytrans had been awarded the RPT Air route from Sydney to Lord Howe Island as a replacement for the QantasLink service which had operated since June, 1991 ... Lord Howe Island Board invited members of the public to join a "virtual" QA session with Skytrans CEO, Alan Milne ...

A Riverland commemoration involving former servicemen from three different countries provided an opportunity to reflect on the challenges of the Vietnam War.

The Federal Government’s callous disregard for rural, regional and remote Australians is on full display in the final business hours before a potential federal election is called, Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster said, after the Aged Care Minister announced an impossible timeline to save regional aged care home care services.

Michelle Daw. The harrowing story of an elderly man with a traumatic head injury who died after being sent home from hospital brought the problems plaguing local health into sharp relief at the health inquiry hearing in Wallaroo.

Michelle Daw, Rachel Hagan. About 130 people attended the meeting held at Yorketown Town Hall ... and around 60 went to the Wallaroo Town Hall meeting ... with many individuals and representatives from organisations making passionate and sometimes heartbreaking presentations. 

Glenn Capelli is a globetrotting professional speaker with a long career that’s seen him travel to 33 countries to do presentations ... our conversation was long and full of learning and included Glenn’s observation that today’s world places too much emphasis on “big dreams and end goals”.

Healthcare, infrastructure, the rising cost of living and government waste are among the key concerns impacting voters in regional towns like Naracoorte in the South East ... In this edition of Hard Talk, The [Naracoorte] News spoke with several political leaders to gain insight into the major election topics that could determine the outcome.

Isabelle Flett. Today as we celebrate the official opening of this building 100 years ago on the 19th of March, 1925, we give thanks for the faith and foresight of that early Presbyterian congregation. But, more than that, we celebrate the early settlers who saw the need 52 years before, to call the Rev. Hugh McKail in 1862 to minister to the pastoralists and their employees of the St. Arnaud-Richardson River area.

When positive change is needed in the world, it takes the most determined of characters and the most passionate of hearts to think big, then think bigger again, and then dig deep to make a difference. The two local Allora Dads have set one such bold challenge for themselves - in September this year, Max Mason and James Turner plan to cycle from Lourdes in France...

In 1995, the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action was adopted by 189 governments ... Thirty years on, over one hundred women from across Buloke and beyond, gathered at Charlton Park for an event titled “Resilient Women. Empowered Communities” to reflect on the progress we have made and the challenges that remain.

Glenda Guy. Allora Photography Group met in Allora ... to have their February topic photos, Repetition, judged by PSQ Judge, John Stewart. Our members found they needed to look outside the usual for this subject, but the results have been most effective.

Visiting an art gallery might seem like something that only tourists do, but there’s nothing stopping locals from enjoying art in their own town. Indeed, the current exhibition at Cascade Art Gallery, featuring etchings and paintings by John Wolseley, suggests that art and local galleries are part of an ecosystem to which we all belong.

This week marked the 25th anniversary of Councillor Carol Taylor holding public office between the Cambooya Shire Council and Toowoomba Regional Council (TRC). Cr Taylor was elected as a Cambooya Shire Division 4 Councillor alongside Maxwell Middleton on 25 March 2000.

Towong Shire Council and community members came together to celebrate the official opening of the Corryong Skatepark on Saturday. The event saw a tremendous turnout from residents and skatepark users with families, young skaters and community members enjoying the day.