Tag: Balranald 2715
Youths holding town to ransom: MP
A Member of Parliament says residents in a western New South Wales town are being held to ransom by a group of out-of-control youths.[MORE]
$100k of cannabis seized near NSW-Vic border
Police have seized drugs worth about $100,000 from a car at Balranald in southern New South Wales near the Victorian border.[MORE]
Opposition questions NSW council election costs
The New South Wales Opposition says councils in the south-west are facing bills of up to $60,000 for this weekend's council elections.[MORE]
South-west NSW councils gear up for elections
Elections will be held in all three councils in south-west New South Wales next month.[MORE]
Power impact report 'unconvincing'
The NSW Opp is sceptical of a new report suggesting electricity privatisation will not adversely impact rural areas.[MORE]
Balranald feedlot increases capacity
A cattle feedlot in southern New South Wales is expanding despite the ongoing drought.[MORE]
Head-on truck smash kills drivers
Two people died in a truck crash near Balranald at the weekend.[MORE]
Two truck drivers killed in head-on
Two truck drivers have been killed in a head on collision in the far south-west of New South Wales.[MORE]
Rural financial counselling service expands
The Central West Rural Financial Counselling Service is now responsible for more of regional New South Wales and its farmers.[MORE]
Vic move 'will increase NSW logging'
The Wilderness Society fears the creation of national parks to protect red gums in Victoria will increase logging in New South Wales.[MORE]
Mildura, Dubbo to share southern NSW rural counselling services
Rural counselling services in southern New South Wales will be split between bases at Mildura, in north-west Victoria, and Dubbo in central western NSW.[MORE]
Balranald distance education centre to close
The New South Wales Department of Education says it will close a distance education centre at Balranald, in southern NSW, at the end of the school year.[MORE]
Water released to save drought-threatened frogs
Five-thousand megalitres of water is being released into the Lower Murrumbidgee flood plain, in south-western New South Wales, to help save a threatened species of frog known for its distinctive barking call.[MORE]
Greens 'not just about environment': candidate
The federal Greens say people in the Farrer electorate, in southern New South Wales, might be turning to them for the first time as a real alternative to the major parties.[MORE]
Tooleybuc Manangatang defeat Balranald
A desperate and disciplined Tooleybuc Manangatang was too good for Balranald in the Central Murray football competition in southern New South Wales.[MORE]
Memorial service to honour Kerang level crossing crash victims
The victims of this month's level crossing crash near Kerang, in north-west Victoria, will be remembered at a memorial service in Melbourne today.[MORE]
MP unhappy with Budget's south-west allocation
The New South Wales Government has been criticised for not spending some of its big State Budget surplus on desperately needed infrastructure in the south-west.[MORE]
Communities prepare for funeral services for Kerang victims
The first funerals will be held today for victims of Victoria's worst train crash in more than six decades.[MORE]
Theatre Royal revamp on hold
Plans are on hold for a $1 million refurbishment of a historic theatre in southern New South Wales.[MORE]
Meeting to coordinate Indigenous health issues
Health providers in western New South Wales are meeting to set down priorities for better health for Indigenous communities in the region.[MORE]
200 cattle die from mystery disease
Graziers across western New South Wales are trying to solve a mystery disease that has been killing cattle.[MORE]
Post-mortem to be done on angler
New South Wales police say a post-mortem examination will be carried out in the coming days on a body found on a property near Balranald yesterday.[MORE]
Drug operation triggers truckie arrests
Truck drivers are among a number of people arrested by police during a two-day drug operation on the Sturt Highway between Hay and Balranald this week.[MORE]
Police name road crash victim
Police have named a Gosford district woman killed in a single vehicle crash last Thursday near Balranald.[MORE]
Road design a possible crash cause, say Vic police
Victoria's most senior traffic policeman says it is possible the road design contributed to a crash in the state's north-west, which has killed seven people. [MORE]
