Around the Ridges

Cobar’s Newey Reserve was chosen to host a Federal Court native title hearing last Wednesday. Descendants of the region’s traditional owners of the Ngemba, Ngiyampaa, Wangaaypuwan and Wayilwan groups gathered to hear Justice Melissa Perry hand down a determination recognising their native title rights and interests in various parcels of […]

Fire & Rescue NSW held two commemorative ceremonies on Saturday to honour the life of firefighter Daniel ‘Howie’ Howard on the 10th anniversary of his death fighting a fire at the New Occidental Hotel on August 17 2014. Fire & Rescue NSW Commissioner Jeremy Fewtrell (pictured above with Daniel’s parents, […]