NENW travellers urged not to cancel QLD holidays after Yasi
The Mayor of Whitsunday Regional Council in Queensland, Mike Brunker, is pleading with people from the New England North West not to cancel their holidays to the Whitsundays in the wake of Cyclone Yasi.
View ArticleUpgrades to make school safer for travelling students
Tamworth Regional Council will take measures to make it safer for students to travel to and from a local school.
View ArticleLocal flights disrupted by Chilean ash cloud
Local flights to and from Sydney are grounded as the volcanic ash cloud from Chile disrupts regional air travel.
View ArticleTamworth IPTAAS jobs to go
The state government is closing down the Tamworth branch of the Isolated Patients Travel and Accommodation Assistance Scheme, with the loss of six jobs.
View ArticleFree cuppa program adopted by more councils
A program that last year handed out free cuppas to motorists passing through half-a-dozen Central and North West council areas has been expanded to take in nine L-G-As.
View ArticleContaminated PNG coconut blamed for beef disease outbreak
Stock feed contaminated with human faeces is being blamed for an outbreak of beef measles in northern NSW three years ago.
View ArticleJRRP members caught in Brindabella cancellation
A flight cancellation by Brindabella forced Wednesday morning's meeting of the Northern Joint Regional Planning panel to be delayed by four hours.
View ArticleRex urges NSW govt to revoke Brindabella operating licences
Virgin and Rex have followed QantasLink's lead to offer relief airfares to stranded customers caught in the financial collapse of Brindabella Airlines.
View ArticleBull bar ban: MP calls for permanent exemption for country drivers
A regional MP calls for drivers in the bush to be eligible for a permanent exemption on soon-to-be-banned five-post bull bars.
View ArticleGreyhound bus ban on unaccompanied passengers under 15 angers rural parents
Greyhound Australia will no longer accept unaccompanied passengers under 15, upsetting parents who rely on the coaches to get their children to school.
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