Tag: Mr Torbay
Servies would honour community charter
If successful in its tender to take over the Belgrave Twin Cinema, the Armidale Ex-Services Club has given an assurance that it would retain...
Complacency
I am profoundly disappointed at the complacency of the Independent Member for Northern Tablelands, Richard Torbay MP after the release of the latest population...
Sustainable population growth continues
There has been a population increase of 0.7 per cent in the Northern Tablelands according to an annual report on Regional Population Growth released...
Former UNE Chancellor’s portrait unveiled
The Chancellor of the University of New England, the Hon. Richard Torbay, unveiled the official portrait of his predecessor, John Cassidy AO, during a...
NBN allows students to connect
You could have mistaken our Prime Minister Julia Gillard for the new Dr Who as she materialised on a TV monitor at the University...
Emu Bridge committee seeks three way funding
A meeting of the Emu Bridge Committee (EBC) in Bundarra late last week decided to pursue a three way funding deal to replace the...
Out in the cold
Last week's announcement by the NSW government to replace unflued gas heaters in schools with flued gas heaters, only when the majority of heaters...
Bundarra’s bridge battle
More than 80 people came together for a public meeting in Bundarra's School of Arts Hall last Wednesday night to begin a campaign for...
Program helps older people stay independent
A program to help older people in the Armidale, Guyra and Uralla area resume independent living after stays in hospital is delivering outstanding results.
Over...
Positive reforms in country policing
The Parsons' Review into Policing in NSW has broken some long standing deadlocks with the recommendation welcomed by Member for Northern Tablelands Richard Torbay.
He...
UNE awarded $36.6 million
The University of New England has been awarded $36.6 million by the Commonwealth Government in the latest round of the Structural Adjustment Fund (SAF).
The...
Practical reconciliation gets full marks
In opening up new relationships with TAS (The Armidale School), the University of New England (UNE) and New England Mutual (NEM), Minimbah School had...
