Tag: Wagga Wagga South 2650
Education Minister denies TAFE privatisation plans
The New South Wales Government says it has no intention of privatising the TAFE system, despite claims by the Greens that plans are afoot.[MORE]
Heffernan says fight to change fatigue laws pays off
Junee Liberal Party Senator Bill Heffernan says he has convinced the New South Wales Government to fix its controversial driver fatigue laws.[MORE]
Councils seek investment advice after US woes
Riverina councils are continuing to seek advice on their exposure to the United States financial crisis.[MORE]
Narrandera school welcomes Governor
The Governor of New South Wales created quite a stir yesterday on a visit to her former school Narrandera Public School.[MORE]
Forum to hear drought's social impacts
Riverina people have a chance to tell the Government about the social impacts of the prolonged drought at a three hour public forum in Griffith today.[MORE]
WYD congestion could increase ski resort visitors
Ski resort operators in the Snowy Moutains are hoping the World Youth Day activities in Sydney this week will encourage people to escape the expected city traffic congestion and head to the ski fields.[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]
Drought-hit farmers 'letting insurance slide'
New South Wales Minister for Primary Industries Ian Macdonald has raised concerns about cash-strapped farmers not being able to afford insurance.[MORE]
Small plane hits power lines
A small plane has made an emergency landing in the Riverina region of New South Wales.[MORE]
Wagga man to replace retiring Wiggle
A childrens' entertainer from Wagga Wagga, in southern New South Wales, has been named as the replacement for a retiring member of the children's group The Wiggles.[MORE]
Animal group defends piggery raid
Animal Liberation New South Wales has defended the actions of one or more animal activists who entered a Young piggery and filmed alleged cruelty in central-west New South Wales.[MORE]
City locums ease country doctors' burdens
The New South Wales Health Minister, John Hatzistergos, has officially launched a scheme that uses city doctors to give country doctors a break.[MORE]
Governments urged to inject money into Snowy Hydro
The Snowy River Alliance is demanding governments provide funds for any expansion of Snowy Hydro.[MORE]
Malcolm Fraser speaks out against Snowy sale
Former prime minister Malcolm Fraser has spoken out against the sale of the Snowy Hydro.[MORE]
PM defends vote on Snowy Hydro sale
Prime Minister John Howard has rejected legal opinion that a vote on the sale of the Commonwealth's share in Snowy Hydro is unconstitutional.[MORE]
Wounded Australians remain in Cairo hospital
Two Australian women injured in this weeks bomb blasts in the Egyptian tourist resort of Dahab remain in a stable condition after undergoing surgery. [MORE]
Police seek help to catch Griffith thieves
Police are seeking the public's help with their inquiries into an aggravated robbery in Griffith early on Saturday morning.[MORE]
MP rejects Snowy sale support claims
A Victorian independent MP says no government has a mandate for the sale of the Snowy Hydro Corporation.[MORE]
Rudd meets graingrowers
Just days after the Deputy Prime Minister Mark Vaile met with graingrowers in Victoria, Labor has also gone bush.[MORE]
Alliance may mount legal challenge to Snowy sell-off
The group which waged a long fight to help save the Snowy River says it is looking at a legal challenge to the proposed sell-off of the Snowy Mountains Hydro corporation.[MORE]
Search fails to find clues to teenager's disappearance
A last ditch search for evidence relating to a teenager's disappearance in southern New South Wales more than three years ago has failed to turn up any clues.[MORE]
Charles Sturt academics hold stop work over casualisation
The National Tertiary Education Union says academic work practices are being threatened by the increasing casualisation of staff.[MORE]
