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| Fears horse flu outbreak threatens yearling sales |
| Published: September 4, 2007, 5:12 pm |
| Tags: Business Economics Finance, Rural, Equine Production, Quarantine, Sport, Horse Racing, Australia, Nsw, Murrurundi 2338, Muswellbrook 2333, Newcastle 2300, Tamworth 2340 |
| There are fears for the immediate future of the thoroughbred breeding industry after a confirmed outbreak of horse flu in Australia's premier breeding region, the New South Wales Hunter Valley. |
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| Horse put down after contracting flu |
| Published: September 9, 2007, 7:00 pm |
| Tags: Rural, Quarantine, Sport, Horse Racing, Australia, Nsw, Tamworth 2340 |
| A trainer in north-west New South Wales says he has lost one of his top race horses to equine influenza. |
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| Warrego water auction scrapped, Bligh not happy |
| Published: September 13, 2007, 8:01 pm |
| Tags: Federal State Issues, Water, Bega 2550, Broken Hill 2880, Orange 2800, Tamworth 2340, Wagga Wagga 2650, Qld, Longreach 4730, Toowoomba 4350 |
| Queensland's auction of 8,000 megalitres of water from the Warrego River has been scrapped after the Federal Government withdrew its support for the sale. |
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| PM announces $400m for drought-affected farmers |
| Published: September 16, 2007, 11:16 pm |
| Tags: Drought, Federal Government, Australia, Bega 2550, Broken Hill 2880, Orange 2800, Tamworth 2340, Wagga Wagga 2650, Toowoomba 4350, Port Pirie 5540, Renmark 5341, Tas, Bendigo 3550, Horsham 3400, Mildura 3500, Wodonga 3690 |
| Prime Minister John Howard has announced more than $400 million in new funding for drought-affected farmers. |
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| NSW zoned for horse flu |
| Published: September 19, 2007, 1:20 am |
| Tags: States Territories, Influenza, Sport, Horse Racing, Nsw, Newcastle 2300, Tamworth 2340 |
| The New South Wales Government has established four zones within the state in an effort to free up some areas for horse activities. |
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| Police nab fire murder suspect |
| Published: September 19, 2007, 6:03 pm |
| Tags: Fires, Residential Fires, Law Crime Justice, Crime, Murder Manslaughter, Australia, Nsw, Manilla 2346, Narromine 2821, Tamworth 2340 |
| A man has been charged with murder after a body was found in a burnt-out cottage near Narromine in central western New South Wales. |
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| Man fronts court over brother's murder |
| Published: September 20, 2007, 1:15 am |
| Tags: Fires, Residential Fires, Law Crime Justice, Crime, Murder Manslaughter, Australia, Nsw, Manilla 2346, Narromine 2821, Tamworth 2340 |
| A 41-year-old man has appeared in Tamworth Local Court charged with murdering his brother in central-western New South Wales last month. |
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| Rudd to tread drought-ravaged rural track |
| Published: September 20, 2007, 5:36 pm |
| Tags: Government Politics, Elections, Rural, Federal Election 2007, Australia, Nsw, Tamworth 2340, Walgett 2832 |
| Federal Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd will see first hand the problems facing rural communities during a visit to the Walgett area in New South Wales today. |
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| Murray-Darling crisis: 'No more water in 6 weeks' |
| Published: September 24, 2007, 9:00 pm |
| Tags: Environment, States Territories, Rural, Irrigation, Water, Australia, Nsw, Bega 2550, Broken Hill 2880, Orange 2800, Tamworth 2340, Wagga Wagga 2650, Toowoomba 4350, Renmark 5341, Bendigo 3550, Horsham 3400, Mildura 3500, Wodonga 3690 |
| The New South Wales Government says irrigators in the Murray-Darling Basin only have enough water to last them about another six weeks. |
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| Man drowns saving children |
| Published: October 7, 2007, 6:07 pm |
| Tags: Disasters Accidents, Accidents, Maritime Accidents, Australia, Nsw, Manilla 2346, Tamworth 2340 |
| A man has drowned while trying to rescue three children in northern New South Wales, rocking the small community of Manilla. |
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| Volunteers head for Lismore clean-up |
| Published: October 10, 2007, 10:02 pm |
| Tags: Disasters Accidents, Emergency Incidents, Storm, Inverell 2360, Lismore 2480, Sydney 2000, Tamworth 2340 |
| Volunteers from Sydney and the northern tablelands have arrived on the New South Wales north coast to help clean up the damage caused by the storm that hit Lismore on Tuesday. |
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| Harry incident for nine year old Houdini |
| Published: October 15, 2007, 11:15 am |
| Tags: Bizzare Offbeat, Halirious, Idiot, Sad, Strange, Brett School, Dan Poirer, Police Chief Dan Poirer, Tamworth N H |
| Tamworth, N.H- Police usually put handcuffs on people, not take them off. However, when one nine year old child arrived at Brett School in Tamworth, N.H. Wednesday he was wearing handcuffs. Police Chief Dan Poirer was called, but his key did not fit the cuffs. Cheif Poirer resorted to bolt cutters to get rid of the cuffs. The mother |
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| One Nation targets rural vote |
| Published: October 27, 2007, 3:45 pm |
| Tags: Government Politics, Federal Government, Political Parties, One Nation, Rural, Federal Election 2007, Australia, Nsw, Tamworth 2340 |
| One Nation is targeting rural and regional areas in the launch of its New South Wales election campaign in Tamworth. |
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| Explosion fears as wheat silo burns |
| Published: November 18, 2007, 6:14 pm |
| Tags: Disasters And Accidents, Fires, Industrial Fires, Rural, Agricultural Crops, Grain, Australia, Nsw, Tamworth 2340, Werris Creek 2341 |
| Emergency services have evacuated several homes amid fears a burning grain silo could explode, near Tamworth, in northern New South Wales. |
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| Video: Tens of Thousands of Birds Invade Small City In Australia |
| Published: November 23, 2007, 11:18 am |
| Tags: Australia, Tamworth, Aussie, Being, Fake, Life, Plastic, Scare, Snakes, Starlings, Thousands, Trees |
| "Plastic snakes are being deployed in an effort to scare away tens of thousands of starlings that have invaded a small city in Australia." |
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