Whitehaven Coal is celebrating their achievement of more than 5000 days without a lost time injury – 60 months free of total recordable injuries dating back to the opening of the facility in 2010.
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Life begins to return to the East Mall in Armidale
It has been close to dormant for some time, but the East End Mall is starting to spring back to life with new businesses bringing back the foot traffic.
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Common Sense Prevails with removal of red-tape for farmers
The Country Mayors Association has welcomed the recent announcement to remove some of the red tape that has prevented farmers from using their water to fight fires on their property.
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Growing education and autonomy for a healthy future
Just a short drive west of Inverell sits a property with aspirations to make sustainable, healthy eating attainable for everybody, and to take that model and share it across Australia.
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Budget gives money for drought, climate relief and sheep, but farmers don’t want it
Fury over a ban on live sheep export by sea is unlikely to be eased by a series of packages to manage drought and boost the agriculture workforce.
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Saving the Booroolong Frog in the Cockburn River – no croaking matter
The endangered Booroolong Frog may be on the road to recovery after an army of NSW Government scientists teamed up to save it with a targeted conservation program, releasing frogs in the Tamworth waterways.
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Uber Eats is now delivering in Armidale
Popular food delivery service Uber Eats will launch in Armidale this week, with local restaurant An Indian Affair one of the first to sign up.
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Regional job grants helping grow local business – next round open
The Regional Job Creation Fund has so far helped create over 500 jobs in the New England North West, and is set to create more with the next round of grant applications open now.