Tag: Australian Government
Sam’s trip of a lifetime
LOCAL schoolboy, Sam Munday has just arrived back from the United States where he attended the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) Children’s Congress in...
Honour runs in family
Caption: Former resident Bob McCarthy is a recipient of Member of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the Queen’s Birthday honours list.
FORMER Armidale High...
$250,000 for NERAM
THREE major art collections housed at the New England Regional Art Museum (NERAM) will live in a better preservation environment thanks to a Federal...
Disability employment enterprise receives tick for quality
Story: Gary Fry
Local Disability Employment Service "Acacia Park Enterprises" a division of The Ascent Group, has recently received full Quality Assurance accreditation from external...
Mental health in rural areas study underway
A large-scale biological, medical and social study of mental health in rural and regional Australia has just begun at the University of New England.
The...
Health services given a boost
NSW Health Minister, Jillian Skinner, last week inspected the site where work is set to commence on the new Ambulatory Care and Chemotherapy Building...
Funding boost keeps BackTrack on track
The highly successful BackTrack Program, which helps young people at risk and gets them back on track, has been awarded $800,000 over the next...
Support for Uralla Lantern Parade
Now in its sixth year, the magical Uralla Lantern Parade and Show is attracting more financial support than ever before.
The annual event involves people...
When breastfeeding doesn’t work out
Most women want to breastfeed but, despite our efforts, sometimes it doesn't work out.
Research indicates that over 90 per cent of women start breastfeeding...
