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Sweet success for HoneyBee Hives
Clarence Valley business HoneyBee Hives are buzzing with excitement after being announced as the runner's up in the 2022 Australian Rural Business Awards, for the Excellence in E-Commerce Award. The awards are designed to recognise the strength, resilience, and talent of small business owners in rural and regional areas who have, in the last few years alone, gone through droughts, bushfires, mouse plagues, floods, lack of tourism and a global pandemic.
CVC objects to NSW Government’s RFS ‘cost shifting’
Geoff Helisma. Councillors unanimously supported a mayoral minute (MM) tabled at the July 26 Clarence Valley Council (CVC) meeting, to “advise the NSW Audit Office, as requested by Local Government NSW (LGNSW), that CVC will not conduct the stocktake of Rural Fire Service (RFS) assets and will not record assets on CVC’s financial statements”.
The 2022 Varuna-New England Writers’ Centre opening for entries
In partnership with Varuna, The National Writers’ House, the New England Writers’ Centre is delighted to announce that entries are now open for the fourth year of the prestigious Varuna-New England Writers’ Centre Fellowship.
Certainty for the environment, farmers and water users: Anderson, Griffin
There is more certainty for farmers and the environment after the NSW Government’s licensing and measurement reform became law in Water Sharing Plans for the Border Rivers and Gwydir Valleys. Minister for Lands and Water Kevin Anderson and Minister for Environment James Griffin have approved changes to the Border Rivers, Gwydir and Macquarie Water Sharing Plans.
Rare white bird specimen
Ian Hutton. As Curator of the museum, I get a lot of requests via email ... However, in May of this year, I received a most unusual email. A journalist from New Zealand contacted me asking if I considered the photo of a stuffed white bird seen in an antique shop there was the long-extinct flightless White gallinule of Lord Howe Island.
Exotic fern – alert
Holly Fern found at the Lower Road. Holly Fern Cyrtomium falcatum is an exotic introduction to LHI. It is a fast-growing fern that produces high spore load, propagates easily and loves rock face nooks and crannies. It is targeted for eradication on LHI.
Turtle necropsy results
Turtles are a key environmental value and attraction for both tourists and residents in the Lord Howe Island Marine Park ... Given marine turtles are valuable and threatened species, understanding both local and global threats to their populations is important. Injured and dead turtles are occasionally seen in the LHIMP and these observations can help identify which threats are having the greatest impact on turtles in the marine park.
Third ageing wooden bridge replaced, seven to go
Lismore City Mayor Steve Krieg has opened the new Tucki Creek Bridge at Tucki Tucki which was replaced due to safety issues. Our specialist Bridge Crew replaced the ageing wooden bridge with a new 12.1m x 4.8m single span concrete structure. This new structure founded on concrete driven piles has been designed and constructed to achieve a 100-year design life while improving its flood immunity and safety for local farmers and truck drivers.
Farmers demand fairness in energy transition: NSW Farmers
NSW Farmers members called out a lack of fairness in the energy transition during debate at the organisation's annual conference ... “You cannot simply build infrastructure to benefit substantially city users without addressing the impact on regions and rural landowners who have invested in their biodiversity and production capacity,”: NSW Farmers Energy Transition Working Group Chair, Reg Kidd
Bright prospects for Doyle stable at Port on Monday
With the stable featuring strong chances spread throughout the program, Nathan Doyle has the opportunity to capitalise on his stellar training season with further success at Port Macquarie on Monday ... Koby Jennings has a wonderful association with the stable and it is significant the accomplished hoop retains the mount on Tequila Cabos following his dominant ride on Visceral at Taree a few days ago.
Aboriginal Rangers ready to get to work on-country
Narrandera Local Land Services (LLS) has appointed four new trainees and a team supervisor as part of the New South Wales Government's Aboriginal Ranger Program. The $5.95 million program has recruited 22 new Aboriginal staff, including 16 trainee rangers - four each at Narrandera, Tamworth, Coonabarabran and Deniliquin ... “Our aim is to get the trainees exposure and training to all the work and learning aspects with LLS": Graham Kelly.
Age no barrier for Roy Barsby
The Tom Quilty Gold Cup is a tough challenge for any endurance rider, yet Wyreema’s Roy Barsby, at 71 years of age, not only completed the course but won the heavyweight division. Riding Dumaresq Suleiman, a horse he saved from being turned into dog food, Mr Barsby completed the 160 kilometre (100 miles) course in 13 hours and 40 minutes, over an hour quicker than second place.
Regulator sets sights on irrigators
The Natural Resources Access Regulator (NRAR) has released its regulatory priorities for FY 2022-23 and has set its sights on the irrigated agriculture industry in the Murray, Murrumbidgee and the Far North Coast ... “Our regulatory priorities identify and target problem activities, areas and industries that may have high levels of non-compliance with water laws or the potential to cause harm to the environment or surrounding community”: NRAR’s Director of Regulatory Initiatives Ian Bernard.
Jack’s the new legal eagle in town
As they said in the days of the old wild west, Jack Langley is the new law-man in town - but not in the gunslinger sense. The 23-year-old Narrandera resident recently became a solicitor with Farrell Goode Solicitors at his admission ceremony where one of the judges on the bench was Justice Natalie Adams, who is originally from Narrandera.
Nervous wait on FMD
Australian livestock producers are hoping that tighter restrictions can limit the risk posed by Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) ... Local dairy and beef farmer, Matthew Searle, is keeping a keen eye on the developments. “If it was to get here, it would cripple us, ” he said. With control measures like ‘Stamp Out’ (the destruction of infected stock) the Searles, like many producers, dread an FMD outbreak wiping out decades of investing in the genetics and health of their stock.
Full throttle on Choke
The Barmah Millewa Choke is in the MDBA’s sights as the pesky sand slug slithered its way out of the pages of gold mining history, to now find itself lodged fairly and squarely in the road of supplying the mounting downstream demands for the precious water stored in Hume and Dartmouth. According to the MDBA, this particular sand slug must not be confused with the Cobram beach sand slug.
ABC’s Basin Plan reporting slammed
An advocacy group has slammed what it calls “inaccurate and harmful” reporting of an issue that is crucial to rural communities and the national prosperity. Speak Up Campaign chair, Shelley Scoullar, said rural Australians are ‘fed up’ with unacceptable media standards and the lack of effort to ensure crucial issues are reported accurately and with balance. Mrs Scoullar said the latest example was from the ABC’s national environment and science reporter, Michael Slezak, and his reporting of Australia’s State of the Environment document, in which he used selective information that presented a false picture of Murray-Darling Basin Plan progress in broadcasts and online, including ABC National News.
World class skatepark to open at Yamba
Rodney Stevens. "It now not only has such a diverse range of new obstacles, ramps, stairs, rails, flats, and lots of fun, creativity-inspired skateable elements, but also boasts a super advanced and fast three-metre-deep clover-style bowl to rival any skate park on the east coast of Australia": Clarence Valley Council Manager Open Spaces and Facilities Peter Birch.
