The Legislative Assembly Committee on Law and Safety (Community safety in regional and rural communities’ inquiry) will be in the region this week. They're scheduled to visit Tamworth, Armidale, Inverell and Moree for public hearings, a meeting with BackTrack,...
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Crime Bill Gets Voted Down by NSW Government
Northern Tablelands MP Brendan Moylan was left disappointed after the NSW Government voted against the Opposition’s Crime Bill which he believes would have made communities in his electorate safer. The bill included tougher measures including expanding the definition...
Moylan Calls for Action on Youth Crime
Northern Tablelands MP Brendan Moylan has taken to the floor of state parliament this week to speak about the Opposition’s Youth Crime Bill. Mr Moylan says rural and regional communities are living the current crime problem adding they’ve taken it upon themselves to...
More Serious Crime in Moree
Member for Northern Tablelands Brendan Moylan has slammed the Minns Labor Government’s soft stance on youth crime after another serious incident in Moree on Sunday night. Police allege a group of teenagers broke into a motel overnight and stabbed the 52-year-old owner...
National Anti-Scam Centre Calls for Continued Action this Scams Awareness Week as Scam Losses Trend Up at $175M
Australians reported more than 108,000 scams and financial losses of about $175 million to the National Anti-Scam Centre’s Scamwatch service in the first half of 2025, with fake websites, online advertisements, and contact through social media criminals’ preferred...
Police Seize Drugs and Firearms After Drug Test
A man remains behind bars after he appeared in court yesterday charged after drugs and weapons were seized during a vehicle stop at Armidale on Tuesday morning. A 51-year-old man, was pulled over on the New England Hwy at around 9am and was subjected to a...
Man Involved in Stabbing Incident in Uralla remains Behind Bars
A 33-year-old man charged following separate stabbing incidents in Uralla and Kentucky last month remains in custody after appearing via video link at Armidale Local Court yesterday The man is charged after he allegedly assaulted and stabbed two women aged 33 and 22...
Hoons Called Out After Damage to Warialda Cemetery
Gwydir Shire Council acting General Manager Leeah Daley has slammed those responsible for damaging headstones at the Warialda Cemetery. In a social media post, Ms Daley says it appears that some clown thought it would be a good idea to do 'burn outs' at the cemetery...
Siblings Charged
A brother and sister aged 13 and 12 have been charged following the theft of a motor vehicle from a dealership in Vivian Street, a police pursuit and an accident in Inverell last Thursday Inverell Police responded and located the stolen vehicle on Byron Lane and...