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Federal drought funds restored
Exceptional Circumstances (EC) drought funding has been restored to parts of central north and north-west New South Wales that were removed last month.[MORE]
Barraba supermarket to ban plastic bags
A supermarket in Barraba will no longer provide plastic shopping bags to its customers.[MORE]
Governments urged to fund pipeline design
The federal and state governments are to be asked to fund the cost of designing a pipeline between Split Rock Dam and Barraba.[MORE]
Govt urged to discuss abortion law changes with Catholic doctors
The Nationals' Upper House MP, Peter Hall, says the Government needs to sit down with Catholic doctors and discuss planned changes to abortion laws.[MORE]
Farmers to discuss drought aid changes
Farmers in the Barraba and Bingara districts are expected to meet tonight to discuss changes that will exclude them from Exceptional Circumstances drought funding.[MORE]
Union joins fight to clean up asbestos mine
One of Australia's biggest unions is joining Tamworth Regional Council to get the New South Wales Government to clean up an abandoned mine site at Barraba.[MORE]
Health service keeps mum over asbestos mine report
Hunter New England Health is remaining tight-lipped on a report it has prepared on the public health issues surrounding the Woodsreef asbestos mine near Barraba in northern New South Wales.[MORE]
MP questions pipeline cost
The Member for Tamworth, Peter Draper, is raising questions about the proposed cost of the Split Rock Dam to Barraba pipeline. [MORE]
Barraba committee seeks urgent pipeline meeting
The Barraba Development Committee is seeking an urgent meeting with the New South Wales Water Minister, Nathan Rees, about the proposed Splitrock to Barraba Pipeline, after media reports that showed the Minister knows very little about the project. [MORE]
Govt urged to clean up abandoned asbestos mine
The Asbestos Diseases Foundation says an abandoned white asbestos mine at Barraba, in northern New South Wales, is dangerous, and the State Government must act urgently to clean it up.[MORE]
Rees invited to discuss Barraba water
The state MP for Tamworth says he has invited the New South Wales Water Utilities Minister Nathan Rees to Barraba to discuss the future of its water supply.[MORE]
Meeting to debate water pipeline funding
A meeting in Barraba this afternoon is expected to discuss a new strategy to attract both state and federal funding for a water pipeline between Split Rock Dam and Barraba.[MORE]
Tamworth council backs water pipeline plan
The Tamworth Regional Council has confirmed its support for a water pipeline between Split Rock Dam and Barraba.[MORE]
Report urges council to drop water pipeline plans
A report to the Tamworth Regional Council is recommending it abandon plans to build a water pipeline from Split Rock Dam to Barraba.[MORE]
Body airlifted from Horton Falls National Park
A post-mortem examination is expected to be carried out on the body of a man found at the Horton Falls National Park near Barraba.[MORE]
Average to high rainfalls in 2007
The weather bureau has released a break down of of last year's rainfall patterns and it shows most parts of the New England North West have recorded average to high falls.[MORE]
Humid weather brings on new stripe rust strain
The warm, wet and humid weather of the past few weeks is being blamed for a new strain that has emerged of the fungal disease stripe rust in triticale crops in the New South Wales New England and north-west.[MORE]
Lack of investors won't deter Woodsreef miner
The company hoping to rehabilitate the Woodsreef asbestos mine near Barraba says it remains committed to the project, despite resistance from investors.[MORE]
NSW Govt backs Split Rock Dam to Barraba pipeline
The New South Wales Government has given in-principle agreement to build a water pipeline between Split Rock Dam and Barraba.[MORE]
Barraba predicted to run dry in 4 months
The Tamworth Regional Council has been told that Barraba will run out of water in four months without widespread rain.[MORE]
Tamworth toughens water restrictions
Tamworth council will today increase its water restrictions at Nundle, Barraba and Manilla in response to dwindling supplies.[MORE]
Tamworth council to toughen water restrictions
Tamworth City Council will tighten water restrictions at Barraba, Manilla and Nundle this Friday as local supplies continue to drop.[MORE]
Researcher to map overlooked asbestos deposits
An Australia-wide study starting next month aims to map areas across the country where residents are at risk of developing cancer due to asbestos deposits.[MORE]
Environmental assurances as water released
A major release will begin today of water from Split Rock Dam near Barraba, bringing with it an assurance it will not harm the environment.[MORE]
Report supports water pipeline plan
A report to the Tamworth Regional Council has backed a proposal to build a pipeline to provide domestic water supplies to Barraba.[MORE]
