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4:00 AM | GUNNEDAH isn’t the only town able to boast a fashion icon in model Miranda Kerr, with the spotlight recently turned on Moree’s up-and-coming fashion designer Dylan Cooper.
‘We need farmers’
4:00 AM | GOVERNOR-General Quentin Bryce used her Australia Day address to highlight the importance of careers in agriculture and the vitality of farmers for all Australians.
Force gets old horses back on course
11 Feb 12 | MORE THAN 20,000 Thoroughbred foals were born in Australia last spring - 6737 of them in NSW - and the reality is that not all of them will be racetrack stars.
Tea tree the good oil
11 Feb 12 | NEW research indicating oil from the Australian native tea tree is effective in treating flystrike and lice infestations in sheep could provide wool producers with a natural insecticide to which lice are unlikely to be able to develop any immunity.
Diversity at Glen Innes
11 Feb 12 | MINIMAL tillage and a focus on enhancing soil condition while consecutively reducing inputs and increasing yields, has been part of a diversity improvement program critical to the long-term sustainability of the Burridge family’s Northern Tablelands mixed enterprise.
10 Feb 12 | PENRITH experienced flooding overnight as more than 100mm of rain fell, its heaviest in 15 years.
Santos confirms Narrabri CSG leaks
10 Feb 12 | FOUR separate leaks of polluted water have now taken place at a coal seam gas drilling site near Narrabri in northern NSW since June, the resources company Santos confirmed.   | Govt investigates CSG saline ...CSG under the microscope
Farmers’ grain stoush
10 Feb 12 | A PUSH from within the State’s peak farmer body to dump its own grains committee has failed.   | CommentsComments (1)
09 Feb 12 | FLOODING rain is likely in southeastern New South Wales, the ACT and eastern Victoria in the next few days, starting as early as today, which has prompted the issue of a flood watch.
Flood warnings set to continue
09 Feb 12 | More heavy rain stretching to the south-east of NSW is predicted until Saturday, prompting new flood warnings and hampering efforts to clean up areas already washed out.
Down came the rain and washed the spiders out
09 Feb 12 | IF you thought that white blanket across this road east of Moree was fog, think again.   | CommentsComments (1)
09 Feb 12 | FARMERS along the Narran, Culgoa, Bokhara and Birrie river systems in the State’s far north are preparing for what are expected to be among the biggest flows since European settlement.   | CommentsComments (1)
Flooded-in prepare for isolation
08 Feb 12 | THOUSANDS of residents in northern NSW face weeks of isolation as floodwaters from Queensland sweep south, with more bad weather forecast.  | CommentsComments (1)
08 Feb 12 | Flooding continues to affect various roads around the state.
Peppin-Shaw comp kicks off
07 Feb 12 | THE 21st annual Peppin-Shaw Riverina flock competition kicked off this morning.
07 Feb 12 | The Gwydir Highway has reopened between Moree to Warialda, however motorists are advised the Gwydir River Bridge is closed in both directions at Gravesend. Motorists are not able to cross the bridge.
Condo Quality Meats our best butcher
07 Feb 12 | The people of NSW have spoken and declared Daryl Nairn of Condo Quality Meats the State’s best butcher.  | CommentsComments (5)
07 Feb 12 | THOUSANDS of people remain isolated on properties around Wee Waa in northern NSW and residents in the Queensland town of Charleville are not yet out of danger from flooding, as residents of other towns are being allowed to return to evacuated properties on both sides of the border.
Locust numbers low but more flagged for Feb
07 Feb 12 | LOCUST population density remained low throughout western Queensland, New South Wales, and in northern Victoria during January.
Bush backlash saves unleaded fuel
07 Feb 12 | A SUCCESSFUL campaign by petrol retailers across the State resulted in a backflip by Premier Barry O’Farrell on banning regular unleaded petrol from July 1.   | CommentsComments (2)
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