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Balranald Shire Council asks for public assistance to stop vandalism
Balranald grapples with persistent vandalism as latest incident hits senior citizen amenities. The Balranald Shire is once again dealing with the costly aftermath of vandalism, with the latest incident occurring on Saturday, May 10, targeting the Balranald Senior Citizen amenities.
Australia’s most outrageous art tour returns to Brewarrina
Excitement is in the air as the highly anticipated Bald Archy Art Prize returns to Brewarrina next month, offering residents and visitors alike the opportunity to engage with some of the most humorous, satirical and sometimes controversial, portraits in the art world.
Five years of data in one application
Star of the South is confident of lodging the environmental approval applications this year for its proposed windfarm offshore from Gippsland. This follows the state government releasing the latest guidelines to implement the offshore wind projects.
Nourishing Kyogle with a truck that feeds people
A new sustainable food rescue program in Kyogle aims to bring together businesses, producers, and home gardeners to support people experiencing food insecurity. Foodbank’s 2024 Hunger Report reported that two million Australian households are experiencing severe food insecurity and do not have enough to feed their families.
Playing for her Pops — Joshalynn one of three players selected for state rugby league comp
For the first time ever, Casino High School will have three students playing rugby league in the state comp. Ciara Close, Tye Hogan-Collins and Joshalynn Walker were selected from players between Tweed and Newcastle to play in the Combined Schools State Championship ... Joshalynn, 17, is an all round sportsperson.
Moulamein, the first of MRC school murals
Murray River Council is bringing vibrant new artwork to local primary schools through a creative mural project, delivered as part of our Council’s Arts and Culture Strategy. Each school will have the opportunity to collaborate with Mathoura artist Zowie Crump to determine the design and location of their mural, ensuring it reflects the unique identity and values of their school community.
Barham’s biggest morning tea
Barham Women's Group hosted another very successful Biggest Morning Tea on Monday 5th May. Over 100 guests enjoyed a delicious selection ... $3413.20 was sent to the Cancer Council ...
Milthorpe rattles Ley’s base, and Webster stands dominant in Mallee
Just over 78 per cent of the nation turned out for Saturday’s vote. When it came to first preferences, the Australian Labor Party received 34.80 per cent of the primary vote, enjoying a +2.22 per cent improvement. As two-party preferred, those preferences boosted Labour to 54 per cent, with the coalition trailing on 45 per cent.
Young Gillenbah recruits great addition to fire fighting ranks
Sean Cunningham. The Gillenbah Rural Fire Service recently celebrated a major win as five new recruits officially joined the ranks after successfully completing their final Bush Fire Fighting assessments ... Training, which is conducted over a couple of months, covered all the basics from how to draught water from a dam or the town's reticulated supply (main water lines), to pump operation and crew protection under extreme fire conditions.
Nationals’ McCormack secures another term
Michael McCormack looks to have another term secured ...The national swing towards Labor was not felt in the Riverina region ... On a two candidate preferred basis there was a 3.1 per cent swing towards Mr McCormack, who secured 62.81 per cent of the vote over Labor candidate Mark Jeffreson's 37.19 per cent.
Cobalt blue a winner in Leeton Cup fashion stakes for Griffith milliner
Griffith milliner Elizabeth Paterson returned to dominate the 2025 CopRice Leeton Cup Fashions on the Field by taking out the Most Fashionable Lady in striking cobalt blue. Elizabeth had won the millinery category in last year's event but returned with a striking whimsical rose headpiece and dress ensemble ...
Multibillion-dollar renewables investment by private sector to power 2.7 million NSW homes: Sharpe
Ten renewable energy projects have been given the green light to connect to the Central-West Orana Renewable Energy Zone (REZ), through agreements that will deliver enough power to supply more than half of NSW homes. The NSW Government has awarded groundbreaking ‘access rights’ to renewable energy companies ...
Regional delivery to be informed by regional engagement: Minns, Moriarty
The Minns Labor Government has today released a new guide to strengthen consultation practices with regional, rural and remote communities across the state. This is part of the Government’s ongoing work to build stronger regional communities by delivering solutions tailored to local communities and informed by local knowledge.Â
The Koondrook and Barham Bridge Newspaper, 8 May 2025
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AFF kicks off 10th ginning season
Australian Food and Fibre's Geoff Lucas and Heidi Stephens expect this year's ginning season to break all records. The Cobb Highway cotton gin, operated by Australian Food and Fibre (AFF) has entered its tenth year of processing.
Ley set to retain seat
Despite a swing against her, and Labor winning the federal election in a landslide, Liberal Party incumbent Sussan Ley appears poised to retain the seat of Farrer. At time of publication Ms Ley held an estimated 62 per cent of the vote, ahead of first-time independent candidate Michelle Milthorpe, who is expected to capture more than 20 per cent of the vote tally.
Meet Greg and Sammi-Jo of Hay Therapy Co
It's ironic; Sammi-Jo Mace supports the hidden sunflower, (global Sunflower network) but she is Hay's own ray of sunshine. Sammi-Jo, along with partner Greg Reid are the face of Hay Therapy Co. Stop in and say hello.
Our Reserve Bank and voting history
During our recent Federal election campaign, very little of practical value was unfortunately debated or said about urgently correcting Australia’s current $1,000,000,000,000 (trillion) national debt now running at about $38,000 per head of every man, woman and child in the country. In addition to this largely unsolved and growing financial problem, history has repeated itself from the 1930’s Great Depression days when the ruling Scullin Government went on another over-spending spree...
Holiday caravan motion defeated
A motion requiring Council to adhere to the conditions of approval to operate caravan parks at Brooms Head, Iluka, Minnie Water, Wooli, and conduct a full compliance audit report was defeated at the April ordinary meeting.
