As the donation period draws to a close, The Salvation Army, Newcastle Permanent, and Greater Bank are encouraging the community to support their annual Christmas Toy Drive Appeal and help share the spirit of the season. A long-standing tradition between The Salvation Army, Newcastle Permanent and GreaterBank, each year the annual Toy Drive delivers thousands of gifts to children and familiesfacing hardship at Christmas time. Plenty of gifts have already been donated, including classics like play sets, LEGO, vouchersand Barbies, which will all find their way into hands on Christmas morning, bringing joy to…

As part of the global 16 Days of Activism campaign, Women’s Shelter Armidale is inviting the community to come together for The Clothesline Project, a free and powerful awareness event taking place in the Armidale Mall on Wednesday 10 December from 11am to 2pm.

The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) has secured a Federal Government commitment to extend Right to Repair reforms to agricultural machinery, hailing it a historic win for farmers and a direct result of years of advocacy from the farm sector.

The Symposium, Resonance: Exploring the Sound and Significance of Regional Music, will bring together experts from diverse musical backgrounds to examine how music shapes social, cultural, educational and economic life in regional Australia.

Tooheys will take centre stage at the 2025 Toyota Tamworth Country Music Festival, with the iconic New South Wales brewer announced as the event’s new official beer partner.

Long distances are not the only thing stopping young rural men seeing their doctor, with social stigma and loneliness also hindering care.

Youth workers and professionals who support young people in the New England region are invited to register for The Nitty Gritty, a free one-day training course in reproductive and sexual health.

With the huge increase in our audience in 2025, and our expansion to cover the North Coast, our advertising prices will be going up significantly in 2026. But before that […]

Communities across the New England region are gearing up to celebrate the International Day of People with Disability (IDPwD) this Wednesday, with a fantastic line-up of events

The Armidale Regional Chamber of Commerce is making a comeback to set the Armidale and Guyra business communities on fire.

The Armidale Regional Chamber of Commerce is making a comeback to set the Armidale and Guyra business communities on fire.

Pilot decision-making takes centre stage at a free CASA safety seminar in Tamworth aimed at helping flyers make smarter, safer calls in the cockpit.

National Party Leader David Littleproud Nationals leader David Littleproud says he holds “no animosity” towards Barnaby Joyce and is leaving the door open for the New England MP to return to the party.

National Party Leader David Littleproud Nationals leader David Littleproud says he holds “no animosity” towards Barnaby Joyce and is leaving the door open for the New England MP to return to the party.

Armidale Urban Rivercare Group hosted a Creeklands Bus Tour this week to showcase more than two decades of ecological restoration along Dumaresq Creek.

A new look Regional Development Australia Northern Inland Committee has been announced. It is a diverse mix of quality people from a range of backgrounds, ages, skills and experiences, coming from across the New England.

A student from The Armidale School has travelled to Newcastle to take part in the Newcastle Permanent Primary School Mathematics Challenge, held this week.

Glen Innes Severn Council has endorsed a Mayoral Minute calling for simple, practical changes to the NSW planning system to speed up housing approvals and boost supply across the state. Council says two key bottlenecks are still holding up new homes, even after the passage of the Planning System Reforms Bill 2025 and the introduction of the 60-Day Deemed Approval Bill. The first is that basic, low-risk home builds still have to lodge a full Development Application (DA) and go through the same complex steps as a major commercial project. This ties up council planners, delays standard homes and sheds and slows approvals for more complex, higher-density housing as well.

The New England Regional Art Museum is encouraging artists from around New England who want to improve their skills and more to apply for a $3500 bursary.

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Business leaders, decision-makers, and industry professionals across the New England North West are encouraged to secure their seat now for the region’s economic luncheon in Tamworth.

The New England region is continue to celebrate through to Santa visit day, with Christmas markets, concerts, carnivals and even a horse racing event set to bring colour and cheer to communities across the region.

Political operatives around the region are not surprised, and are not changing any of their campaign plans, in response to the news that the Member for New England Barnaby Joyce is now an Independent. 

Political operatives around the region are not surprised, and are not changing any of their campaign plans, in response to the news that the Member for New England Barnaby Joyce is now an Independent.