Category: Main Story
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NEW PERMIT PROGRAM PROVIDES RELIEF FOR NSW BEEKEEPERS
Relief is on the way for parts of New South Wales’ honeybee industry – as the sector remains gripped in its varroa mite crisis. Beekeepers outside biosecurity zones can apply for permits, to move their hives – finding a food source for the insects, and pollinating ours.
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BROKE RESIDENTS COUNT THE COST OF FLOOD DISASTER
Residents at Broke are still counting the cost, after the worst flood in the village’s 200-year history. Locals are waiting to see how much they can claim on insurance – while businesses are pleading for a tourism boost.
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LIFELINE FOR FLOODED ICE CREAM FACTORY
On the eve of impending stand downs, 170 employees at Norco’s Lismore ice cream factory were informed that a bespoke financial support package from the federal government would keep them employed by the dairy cooperative for another 10 weeks. Enabling time for the completion and assessment of a grant application under the Anchor Business Support.…
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NORCO PUSHES AHEAD FOR GOVERNMENT FUNDING WITH STAFF REMAINING EMPLOYED
Norco is pushing ahead with an application for more government funding, to save its flood-ravaged Lismore ice-cream factory. It follows news of lifeline to keep almost 200 workers employed for 10 more weeks… just as they were about to be stood down.
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FATAL MOTORCYCLE CRASH NEAR CASINO
A 17-year-old male motorcycle rider has died following a serious crash in the state’s north. Emergency services were called to Spring Grove Road around midday following reports a motorcycle and car had collided at Spring Grove, approximately 5km north of Casino. Sadly, the motorcycle rider died at the scene. The driver of the car, also a…
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NSW PREMIER TO PUSH FOR RETURN OF PANDEMIC LEAVE PAYMENT
NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet says he will push for the return of COVID-19 leave payments for workers who lose income during isolation at a snap national cabinet meeting next week. Australians are still required to isolate for seven days if they are diagnosed with COVID-19, but support pay ended at the start of July. This…
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NSW PREMIER EXTENDS FREE RATS PROGRAM UNTIL OCTOBER
New South Wales Premier Dominic Perrottet had today extended free access to COVID-19 rapid antigen tests for the most vulnerable. It comes after the federal support for free RATS was to run out at the end of this month. The Premier said today that the state government would step in and extend the support for…
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MAN CHARGED OVER HIGH-SPEED PURSUIT, ALLEGED CARJACKINGS
A man is in custody tonight after allegedly trying to carjack a number of drivers with a machete in the northwest. Matthew Riley is also accused of leading police of a high speed pursuit – before he was arrested at a service station – the moment captured on CCTV.
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ELDERLY WOMEN JUMPS FROM BALCONY IN BURNING EDGEWORTH HOUSE
A scene of devastation, a family home gutted by fire. And a lifetime of memories lost. An elderly woman has been taken to hospital, after jumping off her balcony to escape from her burning house at Edgeworth overnight. Steve Watson’s 78-year-old mother “Cynthia” was on her own, when the fire broke out inside her Ridley…
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MAN DRIVING 140KM/H FAILS TO PAY FOR FUEL BEFORE ATTEMPTING CARJACKING
A man has been charged by following a pursuit and multiple alleged attempted carjackings following an operation by officers attached to Oxley Police District and Highway Patrol yesterday. About 12.45pm yesterday (Wednesday 13 July 2022), a green utility allegedly failed to pay for petrol at a service station in Dunedoo, before failing to pay at…