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Ratepayers face rising water price
Ratepayers in Quirindi, Werris Creek and surrounding districts near Tamworth will be paying more for water from July 1.[MORE]
Council gets gong for theatre revamp
Liverpool Plains Shire Council has been recognised in the 2010 Local Government Cultural Awards for its upgrade to the Quirindi Royal Theatre.[MORE]
New doctors to help ease workload
Two new doctors have been found to service the Quirindi and Werris Creek regions.[MORE]
Quirindi considers 40kph speed limit
The Liverpool Plains Shire Council will this week consider introducing 40 kilometre speed zones on Quirindi's main streets.[MORE]
Farmers to rally for property rights
Farmers from Armidale, Inverell, Gunnedah and Quirindi left the region early this morning to travel to Sydney for a property rights rally outside Parliament House.[MORE]
Hospital upgrade gets council nod
Liverpool Plains Shire Council has approved a development application for alterations and additions to Quirindi Hospital, at its last council meeting for the year.[MORE]
School toilet upgrades 'not cut'
New South Wales Education Minister Verity Firth says claims some public schools in the north-west region have had funding for capital works refurbishments slashed are untrue.[MORE]
Regional schools' toilet fund slashed
Funding to upgrade toilet blocks containing asbestos at three regional schools has been cut by 80pc.[MORE]
Mayor laments waste talks withdrawal
The Mayor of Liverpool Plains Shire Council, Ian Lobsey, says it is disappointing that Chinese mining company Shenhua has withdrawn from talks to store waste from its drilling operations.[MORE]
Shenhua withdraws from waste storage talks
Chinese mining company Shenhua has withdrawn from talks to store waste from its drilling operations in Quirindi.[MORE]
Restructure blamed for water nomination snub
The New South Wales Minister for Primary Industries, Ian Macdonald, is blaming a restructure at the Northern Inland Regional Development Board as the reason he cannot accept the nomination of former Moree councillor Meryl Dillon to his water study committee.[MORE]
Swan quizzed over Shenhua approval
A New South Wales senator has joined the chorus of federal senators asking the Treasurer for answers over the approval of a Chinese miner's purchase of farmland on the Liverpool Plains in the state's north-west.[MORE]
Swan OKs Shenhua land purchases
Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan has approved the purchase of six rural properties in north-west New South Wales by Chinese-owned coal miner Shenhua Watermark.[MORE]
Farmers take on mining giants
The blacksoil Liverpool Plains are turning into a battlefield in a stoush between farmers and mining giants.[MORE]
Liverpool Plains water study 'in Minister's hands'
The New South Wales Government is under pressure to make a decision on when or if a water study will go ahead on the Liverpool Plains.[MORE]
Santos to meet with community over seismic testing
Gas explorer Santos will begin community consultations over plans to restart seismic testing in the Gunnedah Basin.[MORE]
Free school transport back on agenda
The State Government will be asked to reinstate its failed plan to reduce the costs of school transport in New South Wales.[MORE]
Santos ready to resume gas survey
Gas explorer Santos has announced it will recommence seismic geological work in the Gunnedah Basin in several weeks.[MORE]
Farmers warned over low-level flying inspections
Farmers south of Tamworth are being warned about a low-level flying inspections being conducted by Country Energy over the next fortnight.[MORE]
Mining chiefs grilled over Watermark plans
There was standing room only when nearly 170 landholders crammed into Breeza Public Hall to hear how Chinese-owned Shenhua plans to mine the Watermark district of the Liverpool Plains.[MORE]
Ex-mayor slams 'sloppy' mining water impact meeting
The former mayor of Quirindi Shire Council, Paul Nankerville, has described as "sloppy" a closed-door meeting in Tamworth held to discuss the likely impact of mining on aquifers in the Liverpool Plains.[MORE]
North-west residents share in Australia Day honours
Several people from the New England region and north-west New South Wales have been given awards in this year's Australia Day honours list.[MORE]
Breakthrough looms in push for mine water study
There are signs of a breakthrough in efforts to launch a study into the effects mining may have on groundwater reserves on the Liverpool Plains.[MORE]
Man under police guard after Quirindi wild weekend
A 41-year-old man is under police guard in Tamworth Base Hospital after a wild weekend in Quirindi.[MORE]
DPI plays down chopper survey concerns
The Department of Primary Industries (DPI) says land-holders should not be worried about recent helicopter surveys on the Liverpool Plains.[MORE]
