HEAT WINNER: Dean Fennell of Glencoe with Fast Forward finalist Saint Ollie. Pictures: SUBMITTED By David Lewis KOROIT trial track proprietor Peter Byrne was back at Tara Raceway last Thursday with a couple of greyhounds that, by his own admission, were going to struggle at Mount Gambier’s time-graded meeting. Chasing his first winner as a … [Read more…]
A new heavy vehicle inspection station to be built on the Golden Highway will make one of New South Wales’ key freight links safer. Work to build the new facility is now underway, around seven kilometres east of Ballimore between Dubbo and Dunedoo, on the western side of the Golden Highway. Upon completion, the facility … [Read more…]
Published on 26 June 2023 Get ready for the fun-est day of the year when the Arty Farty Party children’s festival returns bringing excitement and interactive arts mayhem to the Shoalhaven Entertainment Centre on Saturday 1 July. This year’s theme for the festival is making memories and everyone is invited to come along to make … [Read more…]
Galena Mining Ltd (ASX:G1A) despatched its June concentrate shipment from the port of Geraldton on June 23, 2023, as part of its scheduled production escalation. The shipment comes from the Abra Base Metals Mine, a globally significant lead-silver project in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia just 110 kilometres from Sandfire’s DeGrussa Project. Galena delivered … [Read more…]
Dubbo Regional Council (DRC) met on Thursday 22 June 2023 to consider the 2023/2024 budget, delivery and operational plan. DRC adopted the budget with some changes based on submissions from the community. “Council undertook a comprehensive community engagement program to encourage the community to have their say about what Council’s priorities are for the next … [Read more…]
“The Commonwealth should dispose of its wastes properly and there is evidence that there is increasing concern, both within Commonwealth circles and by other people, particularly environmentalists, with the level of treatment provided by the Commonwealth.” It took 27 years after that minute was written for Defence to begin investigating the extent of firefighting pollution … [Read more…]
The day his dad took his own life was like any other, says 18-year-old Charlie Edwards. It came without warning and robbed him, his mum and his three siblings of a man that had served the NSW community for most of his adult life. Charlie says it was an ordinary day which ended in a … [Read more…]
The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a severe weather warning for damaging winds across the Illawarra, South Coast and parts of Metropolitan, Central Tablelands, Southern Tablelands and Snowy Mountains Forecast Districts. Weather Situation: A tightening pressure gradient from a deep low pressure system southwest of Tasmania is producing strong and gusty west to northwesterly winds … [Read more…]
Clashes, artillery fire and air strikes have surged in Sudan’s capital, witnesses say, as a war between rival military factions that has displaced 2.5 million people and caused a humanitarian crisis entered its 11th week. Witnesses also reported a sharp increase in violence in recent days in Nyala, the largest city in the western Darfur … [Read more…]
Hollywood mogul Arnon Milchan has begun his testimony in the corruption trial of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in a court session that was broadcast live from an English seaside town direct to Jerusalem. The trial is being held in Jerusalem but Milchan’s testimony was taking place in Brighton, which is close to where the … [Read more…]