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Support for breast cancer patients
Moree Champion - Moree,NSW,Australia
... lot of travelling, as Mrs Allen will be driving to see most of her clients, along with balancing her work commitments in the wards at Moree and Wee Waa. ...

Preliminary Final Report and Full Year Statutory Accounts
The Age - Melbourne,Australia
Development of grain containerization infrastructure at Wee Waa has commenced to further expand grain handling capacity. Namoi Cotton is unable to provide ...

69-year-old charged over shooting
Adelaidenow - Australia
They found a 66-year-old Cuttabri man dead at the property, and arrested the older man as he was driving between Cuttabri and Wee Waa. ...

RSL honours ANZAC of the Year
The West Australian - Perth,Western Australia,Australia
... Williams of NSW were recognised for their "many years of service" to their communities in the Forster district and community of Wee Waa respectively. ...

DISCORD #1 - NRL ROUND 5
World of Rugby League - Blacktown,Australia
That's the way they do things in Wee Waa. He was duly left out and everyone was happy (except Bellamy, owing to the result of the Origin series). ...

‘Roy Orbinson’ bowls
Guyra Argus - Guyra,New South Wales,Australia
2 Pennant side travelled to Wee Waa for play on Saturday, the team of Darren Kennedy, ... Big board was 71-50 to Wee Waa. Result Guyra 1, Wee Waa 5. ...

Strategy to be formed to boost Indigenous jobs
ABC Regional Online - Australia
The region includes Gunnedah, Narrabri, Quirindi, Wallhallow and Wee Waa. The Northern Inland Regional Development Board and TAFE are developing what they ...

Political heavyweights unite to tip balance of power
WA today - Perth,WA,Australia
He said he would be at a ball near Wee Waa, NSW, staged to raise money for a rescue helicopter. "I think (Earth Hour) is good theatre to bring attention to ...

Local principals reminded of strength that partnerships offer ...
Guyra Argus - Guyra,New South Wales,Australia
... Gunnedah, Narrabri, Wee Waa, Armidale, Walcha, Glen Innes, Inverell, Tenterfield, Warialda, Moree, Bingara, Barraba, Manilla and Northern Border areas.

Police enhance their investigative skills
Moree Champion - Moree,NSW,Australia
The residential part of the course takes place at Moree all this week and involves officers from Pilliga, Narrabri, Wee Waa, Boggabilla, Mungindi, ...

Petition demands RSPCA stock destruction inquiry
ABC Online - Australia
Ellen Ash, whose sister is appealing against a conviction of animal cruelty at Pilliga, in northern central NSW, has collected more than 300 signatures so ...

Drought slaughter under question in NSW
ABC Online - Australia
Ellen Ash, whose sister is appealing a conviction of animal cruelty at Pilliga, has collected more than three hundred signatures so far. ...

It's a jungle out there
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,Australia
Political analysts say this explains everything and have suggested NSW Parliament House be moved to
Wee Waa at the earliest opportunity. ...

Hazard reduction
Warren Advocate - Warren,New South Wales,Australia
“We already have had fires in Walgett, Warren and the Pilliga area and with more dry, hot conditions expected this month, people should not be complacent ...

Open Pairs competition close
Lightning Ridge News - Lightning Ridge,New South Wales,Australia
Visitors from Dubbo Macquarie, Goodooga, Wee Waa, Urulla, Bourke, Walgett, Collie and a large contingent from Lightning Ridge competed in the best of ...

Icy brush with death fails to deter adventure racer
International Herald Tribune - France
Lucy Eykamp, a 29-year-old environmental scientist, grew up on a remote cotton farm in Wee Waa, Australia,
trained in the military and has competed in the ...

Accused killer to stand trial
Inverell Times - Inverell,New South Wales,Australia
Smith, from Wee Waa, was charged with Mr Hoye’s murder after an altercation between Mr Hoye, 32, and a group of up to six men broke out in a front of ...

RSPCA investigated over legals
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
He told ICAC that Ms Downey had been prosecuted for animal cruelty relating to 48 drought-stricken cattle
on her property at Pilliga in the state's far ...

Australia’s Cotton Crop May Rise to 1.4 Million Bales
Bloomberg - USA
The Wee Waa, New South Wales-based company said it will be responsible for selling more than 35 percent of the crop. “The larger cotton crop will facilitate ...

'Cruel' farmer can't afford $300000 costs
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
Mrs Downey, who now has 53 head of cattle on her property at Pilliga, in the state's far north-west, said the area had been in drought almost continually ...
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Narrabri seeks redemption in Armidale
Tamworth Northern Daily Leader - Tamworth,New South Wales,Australia
... and Rob Packer’s side also needing a victory over traditional rivals Pilliga to continue its prominent position at the top of the ladder. ...
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Animal cruelty case to resume
Tamworth Northern Daily Leader - Tamworth,New South Wales,Australia
NARRABRI Court will resume on Monday, October 20 for the fourth week of the hearing of the RSPCA versus Pilliga property owner Ruth Downey. ...
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Five-year plan bears fruit
League HQ - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
"We were sitting in a hot bath in Burren Junction and I said, 'Come to us and you'll win a comp,"' Cleal said. "I said to him, 'Come down here and you'll ...
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Premer's pitch perfect
Land - Southwales,Australia
Pilliga from Wee Waa won the championship, beating the Hairy Bean Bags from Wollongong in the final.
The evergreen local side, Pissos, won the consolation ...
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Mixed results for reps
Armidale Express - Armidale,New South Wales,Australia
The MA Connolly Cup side had more luck against Pilliga. While representatives from that team were unable to be reached yesterday, O’Sullivan said they had a ...
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Half Yearly Report and Accounts
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
NAMOI COTTON CO-OPERATIVE LTD ABN 76 010 485 588 www.namoicotton.com.au Pilliga Road, Wee Waa NSW 2388 Telephone: 02 6790 3000 APPENDIX 4D incorporating the ...
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Downey case: Vet says blood tests don't lie
Tamworth Northern Daily Leader - Tamworth,New South Wales,Australia
THE level of suffering and distress among 48 cattle destroyed on the behest of the RSPCA on a Pilliga district property in June last year has been ...
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Memorial service to be held for Abo Winfrey
SX - Sydney,NSW,Australia
Originally from Wee Waa in north western New South Wales, Gibbs moved to Sydney in the early 2000s. He first began performing in drag as Brandy Alexander in ...
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Time capsule to be buried for 50 years
Lightning Ridge News - Lightning Ridge,New South Wales,Australia
Earlier this week Pat Knight came over from Wee Waa to see the site of the event as she isn’t available on Saturday. Her aunt Ethel Price was the first bush ...
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Lyon buries the demons
Melbourne Herald Sun - Australia
And as he pointed out, Lyon also won the Group 4 grand final with his beloved Wee Waa in 2004, prevailing over Mooree the season he walked out on his ...
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Hoping to land the Killer blow
League HQ - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
My mates at Wee Waa, it stirred them right up. "But you've got to put that sort of stuff behind you. If you get caught up in it all, you're going to stress. ...
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Ken Arthurson remembers Manly's darkest days
Courier Mail - Australia
Representative back Jamie Lyon was the prize recruit of 2007, the Wee Waa product returning to Australia after two seasons in England with St Helens. ...
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Fuzz and Cookie Magpie lifers
Tamworth Northern Daily Leader - Tamworth,New South Wales,Australia
Porter represented Group 4 seniors and in 1997 was leading pointscorer, booted the winning conversion in the grand final replay win over Wee Waa and was ...
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Cropper takes control
Weekly Times Now - Southbank,Victoria,Australia
The family operation is centred on 6000ha in a 460mm rainfall zone at Burren Junction and 5000ha in a
560mm rainfall zone 100km away at Moree. ...
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Player of Year to stay at Dogs
Tamworth Northern Daily Leader - Tamworth,New South Wales,Australia
North Tamworth fullback-five eighth Luke Taylor was the only player to be named by all other clubs while
Wee Waa backrower Lindsey Pawley was picked by all ...
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Cheers for the Ox and Lyon
The Canberra Times - Canberra,Australian Capital Territory,Australia
A teenage grand finalist in an Eels side carved up by Andrew Johns, Lyon ran away home to
Wee Waa unable to deal with the pressure before a spell in England ...
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A welcome reprieve ...
Land - Southwales,Australia
Notable falls for the past week included Gulgong 65mm, Murru-rundi 52mm, Coonabarabran 44mm,
Jerrys Plains 44mm, Ben Lomond 42mm, Wee Waa 36mm, ...
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Engine’s generation of steam
Inverell Times - Inverell,New South Wales,Australia
The engine was originally purchased by Wee Waa Council and given to the museum in
1970. At a restoration cost of $100000, the engine is steaming back into ...
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Judgement day for tidy towns
Tamworth Northern Daily Leader - Tamworth,New South Wales,Australia
BY HALEY SHERIDAN Wee Waa, Narrabri and Gunnedah were the first to be put under
the microscope by Tidy Towns judge Brian McKellar, as he makes his way ...
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Shire towns out to impress for tidy tour
Irrigator - Leeton,New South Wales,Australia
Meanwhile long-standing Leeton Tidy Towns committee member Brian McKellar assessed
Narrabri, Wee Waa, Tamworth and Gunnedah in the competition this week.
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North West just misses semi spot
Tamworth Northern Daily Leader - Tamworth,New South Wales,Australia
They were winners on both rinks, with Mitch Austin (Barraba) skipping a 13-5 win and Ty
Baker (Wee Waa) a 14-6 win. Austin’s rink was undefeated for the day ...
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Wee Waa's loss buoys Imperials
Tamworth Northern Daily Leader - Tamworth,New South Wales,Australia
COONABARABRAN upset Wee Waa’s hopes of finishing third and hosting a Namoi
Soccer League minor semi-final when the home side conjured up a 2-1 upset win in ...
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Injuries sour Dogs’ win over brave Panthers
Tamworth Northern Daily Leader - Tamworth,New South Wales,Australia
GUNNEDAH is now the only non-Tamworth side left in the race for the Group 4 premiership
after the Bulldogs overcame a courageous Wee Waa in yesterday’s ...
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NSW Fire Brigades wants you
Tamworth Northern Daily Leader - Tamworth,New South Wales,Australia
... a recruitment drive aimed at increasing number of retained firefighters, focusing on smaller
towns such as Bingara, Boggabri, Wee Waa and Werris Creek. ...
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‘Daffy’ for cancer cause
Inverell Times - Inverell,New South Wales,Australia
... Guyra, Warialda, Tenterfield, University of New England, Quirindi, Gunnedah, Barraba,
Bingara, Manilla, Nundle, Uralla, Wee Waa and Werris Creek. ...
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Bulldog spirit bubbling at Gunnedah
Tamworth Northern Daily Leader - Tamworth,New South Wales,Australia
... its side’s biggest game since its 1998 premiership success with a huge crowd expected
at Kitchener Park for Sunday’s minor semi-final against Wee Waa. ...
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Stop action to continue
Guyra Argus - Guyra,New South Wales,Australia
“What he did not point out is that positions at Moree, Narrabri, Wee Waa, Walgett and
Lightning Ridge have been vacant for up to 2 years after multiple ...
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Revolt likely if revamp in GRP4
Tamworth Northern Daily Leader - Tamworth,New South Wales,Australia
“It’s Moree, Wee Waa, Narrabri and Coona that are struggling, the sides out west. “
Without them we don’t have a comp.” The Group management committee is ...
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Barwon MP opens Cobar office
ABC Regional Online - Australia
He will close his Wee Waa electorate office and will operate from Moree and Cobar.
The Nationals' MP says the office is in a prominent position at the ...
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Wee Waa forfeit hands Lions minor premiership
Tamworth Northern Daily Leader - Tamworth,New South Wales,Australia
On Tuesday the Lions were notified by final-round opponents Wee Waa that they were
going to have to forfeit, guaranteeing the Tamworth side the win and, ...
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More schools join strike
Tamworth Northern Daily Leader - Tamworth,New South Wales,Australia
... colleagues in Moree, Wee Waa, Narrabri and Lightning Ridge protesting against changes to the regulated staffing system implemented in April this year. ...
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Humphries to defy department request
Tamworth Northern Daily Leader - Tamworth,New South Wales,Australia
Mr Humphries’ visit was backed by regional Teachers Federation organiser Owen Hasler as teachers from areas including Narrabri, Wee Waa, Moree and Lightning ...
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Lions aims Line at Mungindi cup
Tamworth Northern Daily Leader - Tamworth,New South Wales,Australia
“We play Wee Waa at Scully Park this Sunday. “If we win that we’ll host the major semi.” Meanwhile, last-start provincial winner Media Planet might be ...
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Olympic Games no distraction to Bears and Lions
Tamworth Northern Daily Leader - Tamworth,New South Wales,Australia
The Bears will play Narrabri at Narrabri and West will play Wee Waa at Scully Park next week. Division played its final round on Saturday and will start its ...
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Come support Moree Junior Soccer Club’s biggest event
Moree Champion - Moree,NSW,Australia
Goondiwindi, Wee Waa and Walgett had all confirmed teams though and would be contributing to the competition. Nine teams will be coming from Goondiwindi, ...
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Downey defence aganst cruelty
Tamworth Northern Daily Leader - Tamworth,New South Wales,Australia
BY SIMON CHAMBERLAIN PILLIGA district farmer Ruth Downey took the stand yesterday in Narrabri answering questions put to her by solicitor Michael McKeown ...
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Bring in real racism deterrents
Courier Mail - Australia
Or perhaps patrolling Church St at 2am on a Saturday night in a sandwich board that says "Jamie Lyon was right - Wee Waa is a much better joint than this ...
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Cattle cruelty case winds up
Tamworth Northern Daily Leader - Tamworth,New South Wales,Australia
... examinations of witnesses in a court case involving allegations of animal cruelty pressed by the RSPCA against Pilliga cattle producer Ruth Downey. ...
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League enigma Jamie Lyon has regrets
Melbourne Herald Sun - Australia
And who forgoes a $250000 NRL contract to call bingo at the Wee Waa bowling club? Since his 2008 Origin snub was made public, Lyon has been cracked, ...
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Kill charge after Inverell man bashed
Inverell Times - Inverell,New South Wales,Australia
Ashley Smith of Wee Waa appeared in Moree Local Court for the second time yesterday, facing murder charges after being arrested at the Narrabri Hospital on ...
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Walgett council prepares for election
ABC Regional Online - Australia
Briefing sessions for potential candidates are being held this week in Walgett, Lightning Ridge, Collarenebri and Burren Junction. ...
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Man to face court over Narrabri murder
ABC Online - Australia
Officers later arrested a 22-year-old man from Wee Waa at the same hospital. He is expected to appear in Moree Local Court today.
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Lyon's pride in family
Manly Daily - Manly,NSW,Australia
LET'S hang Jamie Lyon from the highest tree outside his hometown of Wee Waa for daring to be honest and declare to Blues coach Craig Bellamy in a private ...
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Magpies' Martin out for six weeks
Daily Examiner - Australia
Better news for the club is this weekend's return of Brenton Cochrane who has been in Wee Waa following the death of his mother. Cochrane has been absent ...
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Crossing codes causes no confusion for clever link man
Tamworth Northern Daily Leader - Tamworth,New South Wales,Australia
Other players to score three points in the NDL Group 4 Player of the Year competition on Sunday were Wee Waa’s Justin Knight, for the second week in a row, ...
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‘Fab Four’ claims district honours
Lightning Ridge News - Lightning Ridge,New South Wales,Australia
With a good win against Wee Waa in the morning 32-7, the final in the afternoon against Moree who had previously beaten Narrabri was a much tighter match. ...
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Backrower in fine form
Tamworth Northern Daily Leader - Tamworth,New South Wales,Australia
BY GRANT ROBERTSON WEE Waa backrower Wade Mallinson scored his first three points in the NDL Group 4 Player of the Year contest on Sunday as he led the ...
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Calrossy riders make their mark at Coonabarabran Expo
Tamworth Northern Daily Leader - Tamworth,New South Wales,Australia
The Calrossy polocrosse team also won the polocrosse B Grade final. Pilliga’s Field sisters – Latoya (Y12), Breana (Y10) and Ellie (Y7) – made up the team.
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Vetch - the new N source?
Stock and Land - Fairfax,Australia
In his own work around Wee Waa, NSW, Dr Rochester has seen vetch rotations regularly fix up to 200 kilograms of nitrogen per hectare under dryland ...
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Top teams battle it out
Moree Champion - Moree,NSW,Australia
This weekend Moree is focussed on defeating Wee Waa who they will play at Ron Harborne Oval. Smith said with both Wee Waa and Moree in equal second position ...
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Community helps crack drug supply operations
ABC Regional Online - Australia
... area police command says information from the community has helped his officers crack several drug supply operations in the Moree and Wee Waa districts. ...
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Police seize drugs, firearm at Pallamallawa
Moree Champion - Moree,NSW,Australia
A search warrant was also executed at Wee Waa on Saturday and about two kilograms of allegedly cannabis was located. “Again we call on the community to ...
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Farrer skipper wins CHS sport for second year
Tamworth Northern Daily Leader - Tamworth,New South Wales,Australia
Yesterday Blanch’s school-mates Jack Pawley and Jack Broughton, and Wee Waa’s Blake Pawley accounted for three of Greater Western’s five-try tally in a game ...
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Armidale rider wins Nemingha to Nundle and back
Tamworth Northern Daily Leader - Tamworth,New South Wales,Australia
Originally from Wee Waa, Lowder is working in Tamworth at the ANZ Bank and The Pub. A former NSW triathlon development squad member, he is concentrating on ...
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Five from six for Wee Waa
Tamworth Northern Daily Leader - Tamworth,New South Wales,Australia
WEE WAA extended its unbeaten Namoi Soccer League run to six when beat Gunnedah Imperial 3-nil and joined Moree in equal second on the NSL first grade ...
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Armidale sides prevail in Northern Inland Cup
Armidale Express - Armidale,New South Wales,Australia
They overcame a significantly weaker Wee Waa side 3-1 to advance at Federation Park in Tamworth. Goals from George Palmer, Dan Clydesmith and Dan Cannon ...
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Why teachers are striking today
Wauchope Hastings Gazette - Wauchope,New South Wales,Australia
“For decades the Education Department has recognized that some schools like Wee Waa and West Wyalong are harder to staff than schools like Wauchope. ...
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Police investigate weekend accidents
ABC Regional Online - Australia
Ambulance officers say a seven-year-old boy has also been flown to Sydney after a motorbike accident near Burren Junction. He has a broken leg. ...
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G4 makes changes for G19 clash
Tamworth Northern Daily Leader - Tamworth,New South Wales,Australia
Trindall, Mallinson and Lindsey Pawley weren’t so fortunate as their Wee Waa side went down to Connor’s Gunnedah Bulldogs. Moree also beat Gemmell’s ...
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NIAS welcomes the 2008 intake on board
Tamworth Northern Daily Leader - Tamworth,New South Wales,Australia
“There are players from Wee Waa, Narrabri, Moree, Inverell, Barraba and Tamworth. “We’ll train together once a month and also play games against Hunter ...
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Companions feel Scorpions’ sting
Armidale Express - Armidale,New South Wales,Australia
The following day they will travel to Federation Park in Tamworth to take on Wee Waa in game eight of the Northern Inland Cup. Wright was well aware of the ...
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Vidler the centre of attention
Tamworth Northern Daily Leader - Tamworth,New South Wales,Australia
... Year ladder with another man of the match effort at Wee Waa, another Chris was in top form and scoring his first best and fairest points of the year. ...
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Group 4 clash may miss key players
Tamworth Northern Daily Leader - Tamworth,New South Wales,Australia
... really well and hopefully we'll get a really big crowd." In Sunday's games, Coonabarabran hosts Narrabri again while North Tamworth travels to Wee Waa.
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Approval for dementia centre
Lightning Ridge News - Lightning Ridge,New South Wales,Australia
Other centres will be built at Cooma, Woy Woy, Baulkham Hills, Orange, Casino, Fairy Meadow north of Wollongong, Willoughby and Wee Waa. ...
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On the burst: North West players to lead title assault
Tamworth Northern Daily Leader - Tamworth,New South Wales,Australia
... Ryan Stevens (Warialda), Josh Skaines (Inverell), Jack Pawsey, Jack Broughton (Farrer), and Blake Pawley (Wee Waa) catching selectors’ eyes. ...
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Group 4 forwrds pack a punch
Tamworth Northern Daily Leader - Tamworth,New South Wales,Australia
He said the likes of Wee Waa duo Lindsey Pawley and Wade Mallinson, North Tamworth backrower Matt Jarrett and his Gunnedah teammate Michael Lingwood were ...
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Northern exposure
Tamworth Northern Daily Leader - Tamworth,New South Wales,Australia
The likes of Tommy Gemmell, Wee Waa pair Wade Mallinson and Lindsey Pawley and Matt Jarrett spearheaded a dominant backrow and the big boppers up front ...
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Imperials' pullout leaves twelve at armidale cup
Tamworth Northern Daily Leader - Tamworth,New South Wales,Australia
It left just three Namoi Soccer League clubs – Gunnedah United, Coonabarabran and Wee Waa – in the novel KO to play against Glen Innes and eight New England ...
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Morris shows form to win Bert Cooper
Lightning Ridge News - Lightning Ridge,New South Wales,Australia
All visitors are welcome. Good luck to Judy Greenfield who goes to Wee Waa next Tuesday, representing the Ridge to compete in the Ladies District Singles.
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3000 attend careers expo in Tamworth
Tamworth Northern Daily Leader - Tamworth,New South Wales,Australia
... yesterday’s expo catered for almost 3000 students from schools in Tamworth, Gunnedah, Narrabri, Walcha, Manilla, Barraba, Wee Waa and the Upper Hunter. ...
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Selectors in a spin
Tamworth Northern Daily Leader - Tamworth,New South Wales,Australia
Wee Waa duo Lindsey Pawley and Wade Mallinson also keep their spots and Cox hopes players will bring their club combinations to the rep side. ...
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Man in serious condition after petrol fire
ABC Regional Online - Australia
The 45-year-old received burns to his legs, arms and face in a petrol fire on the Pilliga Road, 30 kilometres from Wee Waa. He was flown from Wee Waa ...
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Responding to dementia demand
Australian Ageing Agenda - Sydney,NSW,Australia
The new centres will be located in Cooma, Woy Woy, Baulkham Hills, Orange, Lightning Ridge, Casino, Wollongong, Willoughby and Wee Waa. ...
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Six-try bear goes top of the ladder
Tamworth Northern Daily Leader - Tamworth,New South Wales,Australia
Wee Waa prop Steve Trindall is outright second after he polled two points in his side’s loss to Moree. While Group 4 has a week off this weekend, ...
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Humpty helps with treatment of sick kids in rural areas
Guyra Argus - Guyra,New South Wales,Australia
We now have 18 of these devices for our northern hospitals - from Tamworth in the south, Wee Waa in the west up to Moree and to Tenterfield in the north ...
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Group 4 sharpens it's backline
Tamworth Northern Daily Leader - Tamworth,New South Wales,Australia
... Wade Mallinson (Wee Waa), Tynan Morris (North Tamworth), Josh Schmiedel (Gunnedah), Lindsey Pawley (Wee Waa), Aaron Resch (Coonabarabran), Scott Spencer ...
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Look up above for fly in next weekend
Irrigator - Leeton,New South Wales,Australia
Recreational and general aviators from Shepparton, Yarrawonga, Deniliquin, Tumut and Wee Waa are expected to spend the weekend to be held at the Brobenah ...
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Blaze damages Wee Waa house
ABC Regional Online - Australia
Crews were called the home in Elma Street about 5:00pm AEST and say the house was well alight. No-one was in the house at the time. Meanwhile, fire crews in ...
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Suvery shows Walgett opposed to council mergers
ABC Regional Online - Australia
"People from outside Walgett and Lightning Ridge, like Collarenebri, Burren Junction, Corinda in particular, they want to make sure they've got people that ...
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Federal grant targets Barwon palliative care
ABC Online - Australia
The money is designed to increase the availability of services in more remote parts of the area including Mungindi and Wee Waa. The chairman of the division ...
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Tamworth clubs still Group 4's big guns
Tamworth Northern Daily Leader - Tamworth,New South Wales,Australia
Gunnedah beat Wee Waa and Narrabri on the way to the Wests Knockout final where it went down to West Lions. Connor said the Blues might be one of the sides ...
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School holiday activities
St George & Sutherland Shire Leader - Sydney,NSW,Australia
Seniors Cuppa and Chat Cafe: 10am-11.30am at Menai Salvation Army, 11 Pilliga Place, Bangor. All retirees are welcome. Details: 95430487. ...
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Kids plan 200km ride
Mudgeee Guardian and Gulgong Advertiser - Mudgee,New South Wales,Australia
By CASSIE HOUGH Eight intrepid students from Narrabri, Coonabarabran, Pilliga and Baradine will trek through the Pilliga forest later in the month as part ...
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Wee Waa man hurt in tree mishap
ABC Regional Online - Australia
A Wee Waa man is recovering from serious injuries after a tree fell on his campervan between Piliga and Wee Waa. The 38-year-old suffered internal injuries ...
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Tigers ready to pounce
Inverell Times - Inverell,New South Wales,Australia
Then in the final against Wee Waa, the Tigers finished 22-4. But unfortunately the win came with a cost. During the final game of the Knockout, ...
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Centenary medals to go to fasted players
Tamworth Northern Daily Leader - Tamworth,New South Wales,Australia
Western conference clubs Moree, Wee Waa, Narrabri and Coonabarabran will also receive extra support from Wests in the form of travel money. ...
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Further NSW link found in WA drug bust
ABC Regional Online - Australia
... shown in news coverage had been based at Narrabri airport, further inquiries led police to a cannabis crop on a property in the Pilliga State Forest. ...
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Will turns from a Lion to a Tiger
Tamworth Northern Daily Leader - Tamworth,New South Wales,Australia
Barraba, Wee Waa, Tingha and Bingara make up the KO at Gwydir Oval. Bingara president Rod King expects the first senior game to start at 3.30pm, ...
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Drug plane tip-off leads to Cannabis bust
ABC Online - Australia
... news coverage had been based at Narrabri airport. Further inquiries led police to a property in the Pilliga State Forest, where the cannabis crop was found.
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Top Kiwi pilot dies in midair collision
New Zealand Herald - New Zealand
He had been spraying a paddock above a farm 10km north of Wee Waa in New South Wales last Tuesday morning. Mr Maria was turning his plane when he collided ...
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Pilot feared trapped in crop duster crash
ABC Online - Australia
... is not injured but the other pilot is trapped in the wreckage. It is believed the crash happened at Trindalls Lane, about 10 kilometres north of Wee Waa.
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Dead crop duster pilot 'one of the best'
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
The aircraft collided in midair above a farm near Trindalls Lane, 10km north of Wee Waa, about 9.45am (AEDT) on Tuesday. Sixty-year-old James Maria, ...
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Pilot dies and another injured in Outback midair collision
International Herald Tribune - France
The planes collided near the farming town of Wee Waa in northern New South Wales state, state ambulance service spokeswoman Penelope Little said. ...
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Investigation launched into fatal mid-air
Scopical - Sydney,NSW,Australia
... an investigation into the reported mid-air collision between two Air Tractor aircraft that occurred yesterday morning in Wee Waa, New South Wales. ...
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NSW Mid-air collision
Sky News Australia - Australia
A man has been killed in a mid-air collision between two planes about 10 kilometres north of the northern NSW town of Wee Waa. ...
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Pilot killed mid-air in fiery smash
ABC Regional Online - Australia
Emergency crews were called to the accident about 10:00am (AEDT) on a property just north of Wee Waa. Both planes were spraying herbicides and are believed ...
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Pilot killed in midair crash
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
The accident is believed to have occurred north of Wee Waa just before 10am, a police spokeswoman said. Do you know more? Message 0424 SMS SMH (+61 424 767 ...
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Sevens tournament to be fitness test
Dubbo Daily Liberal - Dubbo,New South Wales,Australia
“Finding teams to trial against isn’t easy at the moment so we’ve got this weekend, the Group 11 trials and maybe one other against Wee Waa before the ...
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Appeal for witnesses to plane crash – Wee Waa
NSW Police Online - Australia
Police and the Air Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) are appealing for witnesses to a plane crash at Wee Waa in the state’s north-west yesterday. ...
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Cropdusters crash mid-air, one pilot dead, one injured
The Mercury - Tasmania,Australia
The planes crossed paths 10km north of Wee Waa about 9.45am today. One pilot died at the scene but a 47-year-old man was able to free himself from the ...
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Pilot dies in crop-duster collision
Daily Telegraph - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
By Kara Lawrence TRAGEDY has struck the small northern town of Wee Waa twice in little over a year, with a second crop-duster pilot dying in a crash. ...
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Pilot killed in midair crash
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
The planes crossed paths 10 kilometres north of Wee Waa just before 10am. The survivor, a 47-year-old man, was able to free himself from the wreckage, ...
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One dead in mid-air plane collision
Sunday Times.au - Perth,WA,Australia
By staff writers The Ambulance Service of NSW said the crash happened 10km north of Wee Waa in northern NSW about 9.45am (AEDT). ...
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One pilot dead, one injured – Wee Waa
NSW Police Online - Australia
Emergency services were called to a property near Trindalls Lane, about 10km north of Wee Waa, shortly before 10am after two crop dusters collided. ...
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Man dies after mid-air collision
Daily Telegraph - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
The planes collided about 9.45am today while using insecticides to dust cotton crops about 10kms north of Wee Waa, in the state’s central north. ...
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Mid-air collision claims life
Adelaidenow - Australia
Ambulance paramedics were called to the site of the plane crash 10km north of Wee Waa about 9.45am today, NSW time. One man is confirmed dead, ...
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One man dead after mid-air collision
The West Australian - Perth,Western Australia,Australia
Ambulance paramedics were called to the site of the plane crash 10km north of Wee Waa about 7.45am today. One man is confirmed dead, while a 47-year-old man ...
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Pilot killed during mid-air crash
Scopical - Sydney,NSW,Australia
An emergency helicopter is now en-route to the crash site, believed to have been in the northern New South Wales area of Wee Waa. ...
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Pilot killed in midair crash
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
The accident is believed to have occurred north of Wee Waa a short time before 10am, a police spokeswoman said. Do you know more? Message 0424 SMS SMH (+61 ...
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Teachers concerned about being stuck in regions: union
ABC Online - Australia
"From Moree district, out into the Bourke district, areas like Goodooga, Collarenebri, Walgett, Wee Waa - but also areas slighting to the east of that area, ...
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Business fears over Burren Junction bore baths closure
ABC Regional Online - Australia
The reopening of the Burren Junction bore baths has been further delayed because an evaporation pond installed last year is not big enough. ...
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No joy for stumbling Redbacks
Tamworth Northern Daily Leader - Tamworth,New South Wales,Australia
Wee Waa’s Lightning Ridge star Rod Dixon was the only Redback skip to win, defeating Neville Hardes 20-14. Armidale City’s Jay Porter four lost 20-14 to ...
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Take that...Pilliga ends Manilla's reign
Tamworth Northern Daily Leader - Tamworth,New South Wales,Australia
By Grant Robertson MANILLA’S two-year reign as Connolly Cup champions came to an end on its Brady Park home ground with Pilliga mounting a successful hit ...
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Study highlights economic damage caused by drought
ABC Online - Australia
The Cotton Cooperative Research Centre has surveyed 30 businesses in Wee Waa in north-west New South Wales. The survey found gross turnover dropped by 52 ...
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New study shows continuing impact of drought on cotton
North Queensland Register - Townsville,Queensland,Australia
The focus of the study was businesses in Wee Waa, a small county town of 2000 situated on the Namoi River floodplains in North West NSW. ...
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Rain delay bore baths reopening
ABC Regional Online - Australia
Wet weather has delayed the reopening of the Burren Junction Bore Baths in central western New South Wales. Walgett Shire Council temporarily closed the ...
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Prime NSW-Qld farmland sale frenzy
Three high profile northern NSW and southern Queensland property deals believed to be worth more than $130 million have provided a stunning new-year confidence boost to the agricultural sector.

Country tourists primed
Tamworth Northern Daily Leader - Tamworth,New South Wales,Australia
Moree and Narrabri match up in their final round Northern Conference game while Pilliga has the bye but it is already through to the semi-final against the ...
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FA Cup-style knockout on agenda for north's club
Tamworth Northern Daily Leader - Tamworth,New South Wales,Australia
“Out in the Namoi League Wee Waa is pretty strong. “ They have a good competition with teams from Narrabri (2), Moree and Gunnedah. ...
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Redbacks go for youth
Tamworth Northern Daily Leader - Tamworth,New South Wales,Australia
... and Mitch Austin to join a new look 16-man squad also containing new Redbacks Bill Ahoy (Armidale), Rod Dixon (Wee Waa) and Scott Thorning (Gunnedah). ...
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Pilliga on track for cup semis
Tamworth Northern Daily Leader - Tamworth,New South Wales,Australia
By Samantha Newsam PILLIGA confirmed their MA Connolly Cup semi-finals spot with a five-wicket win over Narrabri yesterday, while Quirindi snuck home by one ...
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High risk playground equipment to go
ABC Regional Online - Australia
Six out of the shire's seven parks will be affected, including those at Collarenebri, Cumborah, Carinda, Burren Junction and Lightning Ridge. ...
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Church gets new minister
Lightning Ridge News - Lightning Ridge,New South Wales,Australia
Mike moved to the Ridge from Wee Waa where he was an assistant minister, the couple originally hail from Sydney. "We really enjoy living in the country," he ...
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Sub plays star role for Pilliga
Tamworth Northern Daily Leader - Tamworth,New South Wales,Australia
PILLIGA'S SOS recruit helped steer them to a 101-run win over Moree at Wee Waa's Dangar Park yesterday and the top of the MA Connolly Cup Northern ...
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Farmers joins forces with Salvos
North Queensland Register - Townsville,Queensland,Australia
The Christmas mission starts on December 7 in Pilliga and travels to Burren Junction and Bourke, where Christmas gifts and vouchers will be distributed to ...
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Chaffey at 45.7%: water restrictions may ease
Tamworth Northern Daily Leader - Tamworth,New South Wales,Australia
Narrabri airport received 23mm,Walgett 15mm and Wee Waa 18mm. Armidale airport scored 37mm, Walcha 20mm and Murrurundi 24mm.
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Meeting to offer Wee Waa childcare centre update
ABC Regional Online - Australia
A meeting today in Wee Waa, in north-west New South Wales, will update the local community on a replacement long day childcare centre. ...
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Just 700 flu cases in NSW likely to still be active
Horsetalk - Canterbury,New Zealand
The great majority of new cases have been in the purple zone, with additional cases in clusters at Wee Waa, Grenfell, Gunnedah, Armidale/Walcha, ...
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Australian Cotton Production to Fall to 30-Year Low (Update1)
Bloomberg - USA
... out a substantially smaller production year,'' said Bell, of Wee Waa, New South Wales-based Namoi, which sells about a third of the nation's crop. ...
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Nowhere to go for hundreds of children as child-care centres close
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
The closures affect the towns of Harden, Wee Waa, Coolamon, Coonabarabran, Lavington and Ulladulla, and Prairiewood, in south-west Sydney. ...
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EI road signs get the message out
Parkes Champion Post - Parkes,New South Wales,Australia
... Stanthorpe, St George, Acacia Creek, Burren Junction, Lithgow, Moree, Gilgandra, Guyra, Wauchope, Grafton, Ballina, Gilgandra, Orange and Forbes.
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Teachers push for more school counsellors in Moree area
ABC Regional Online - Australia
The Department of Education's regional director, Des Gorman, says there are two counsellors based at Wee Waa and Moree. Mr Gorman says the department has ...
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Community considers taking over Coonabarabran childcare centre
ABC Regional Online - Australia
Private company Child Care Providers has announced it will shut several of its regional centres, including one at Wee Waa, on November 23 because they are ...
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History made as locals win pairs
Macleay Argus - Kempsey,New South Wales,Australia
After comfortably winning their section, Dykes and Bourke had an easy 20-3 quarter final win over Peter Dorring and Beau Wallington (Wee Waa-Kootingal) then ...
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Wee Waa to host drought emergency meet
ABC Online - Australia
The New South Wales Farmers Association will hold what it is calling a drought emergency meeting today in Wee Waa in the north-west. ...
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Woman told to drive hour to give birth: Doctors
ABC Online - Australia
"She was told to get in her private car and drive to Moree, and the Wee Waa unit was closed on the basis that people could have their babies in Narrabri. ...
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Long weekend road toll reaches two – Operation Slowdown
NSW Police Online - Australia
On Friday night, a 31-year-old woman died in a single car crash on Spring Plain Road near Wee Waa in the state's west. Yesterday, a 47-year-old Macksville ...
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Cleal has a real eye for talent
Daily Telegraph - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
When Lyon (from Wee Waa) was troubled by Sydney's lifestyle after England, Cleal took him pig-shooting. At Parramatta, Cleal had 200 scouts, including his ...
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Doctors' group wants health care closer to home
ABC Online - Australia
"She was told to get in her private car and drive to Moree and the Wee Waa unit was closed on the basis that people could have their babies in Narrabri. ...
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Sevil re-elected as Narrabri Mayor
ABC Regional Online - Australia
George Sevil says he is pleased to be returned as Mayor of Narrabri in northern New South Wales. Councillor Sevil was unopposed in his election to the ...
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Lyon joins in latest league love-in
League HQ - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
It was Millward, the St Helens coach, who telephoned Lyon while he was in Wee Waa and convinced him to join the Saints in the English Super League. ...
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Ex-MP dies under cloud of charges
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
He left home at 15, and four years later turned up as a farm hand at Wee Waa, west of Narrabri, where a broken engagement and a broken heart spurred him on ...
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Bugs and climate change
ABC Regional Online - Australia
"The temperate zone of Armidale and Gloucester and a site out around the Pilliga and Warrumbungle, which is a semi arid area." "We're actually assessing the ...
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We've come of age: Lions
Tamworth Northern Daily Leader - Tamworth,New South Wales,Australia
West earned a second chance with a 24-18 win over Wee Waa last Sunday that featured some great on-line defence. To make good in the decider, ...
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Lock holds the key for Bear threepeat
Tamworth Northern Daily Leader - Tamworth,New South Wales,Australia
He may catch the Lions out too if they suffer any hangover from last Sunday's brutal final win over Wee Waa. The Bears watched on as West and Wee Waa belted ...
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Lyon dreams of NRL title
Daily Telegraph - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
The Wee Waa junior is just 80 minutes from another grand final appearance. "The seasons are getting tougher and tougher so you have to get in there and win ...
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New horse flu command centre for Narrabri
ThoroughbredNews.co.nz - New Zealand
"Today there are 28 properties suspected or infected with Equine Influenza in Narrabri, seven in nearby Wee Waa, three in Boggabri and three in Barradine. ...
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Lions recall 2000 in quest for another premiership
Tamworth Northern Daily Leader - Tamworth,New South Wales,Australia
WEST Lions held off a spirited Wee Waa in yesterday's Group 4 final at Scully Park to secure a Tamworth derby grand final against North Tamworth next Sunday ...
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So you want to be a superstar
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
He went back to his home town, Wee Waa, played club footy and served drinks at the bowling club. Steve Merrick had the dream job - Wallabies halfback - but ...
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Four Orange men to face gun charges
ABC Regional Online - Australia
A search of the property was sparked when an officer patrolling the Burren Junction to Collarenebri Road noticed two men with guns chasing kangaroos. ...
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Horse flu: NSW campdraft new focus of investigations
North Queensland Register - Townsville,Queensland,Australia
Owners of horses attending a campdraft at Narrabri last weekend have been urged to keep an eye on their horses for symptoms of equine influenza. ...
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Benefits considered as equine flu hits livelihoods
Horsetalk - Canterbury,New Zealand
... Cattai, Medowie, Hornsby, east Maitland, Eagleton, Lake Macquarie, Terry Hie Hie, Timbumburi, Randwick, Moree, the southern Sydney region and Narrabri. ...
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Bears win thriller while Lions re-group for Wee Waa
Tamworth Northern Daily Leader - Tamworth,New South Wales,Australia
... siren when Peter Clews and Chris Vidler tangled. The two sides may meet again but Wee Waa will have a say in that when they face West in next week's final.
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We're ready to battle the Bears and Lions, say Panthers
Tamworth Northern Daily Leader - Tamworth,New South Wales,Australia
"BRING on the Tamworth sides" is the cry from Wee Waa fans after the Panthers knocked Coonabarabran out of the Group 4 title race on Sunday. Wee Waa will be ...
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Eighty-minute Panthers live to fight another day
Tamworth Northern Daily Leader - Tamworth,New South Wales,Australia
WEE Waa showed what finals football is all about with a 45-26 upset over Coonabarabran at Coona's No.1 Oval yesterday to stay alive in the race for the ...
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Panthers' mind game
Tamworth Northern Daily Leader - Tamworth,New South Wales,Australia
WEE Waa coach Matt Hogan says all the pressure is on Coonabarabran in tomorrow's Group 4 minor semi-final at Coona but his side is confident despite a poor ...
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Australian Cotton Crop May Be Boosted By Rainfall, Namoi Says
Bloomberg - USA
Wee Waa, New South Wales-based Namoi sells about a third of the nation's crop. ``I wouldn't be surprised to see the crop at 700000 bales to 800000 bales, ...
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North West out of the running for titles
Tamworth Northern Daily Leader - Tamworth,New South Wales,Australia
Yesterday North West won on both rinks, with the Matt Ballantine (Peel) skipped number one side winning 10-7, while Ty Baker (Wee Waa) led his team to a ...
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Mad Mondays coming up as 2007 season into finals mode
Tamworth Northern Daily Leader - Tamworth,New South Wales,Australia
The Group 4 first division first grade minor semi is shaping as one of the best in years with Coonabarabran facing Wee Waa at Coona's No.1 Oval next Sunday. ...
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Bears fight off Unicorns to seal minor premiership
Tamworth Northern Daily Leader - Tamworth,New South Wales,Australia
They host Wee Waa in next Sunday's minor semi-final. "We're really looking forward to next week," Watton said. "We'll just have to see how they pull up at ...
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Drought no excuse for cruelty
Bombala Times - New South Wales, Australia
THE RSPCA's laying of almost 100 charges of animal cruelty against a Pilliga cattle producer last week has prompted the NSW DPI to issue a reminder to the ...
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Panthers give Bears a fright before fight
Tamworth Northern Daily Leader - Tamworth,New South Wales,Australia
WEE Waa turned up the heat on North Tamworth in yesterday's Group 4 match of the round at Jack Woolaston Oval but after the game boiled over the Panthers ...
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Surtees gets two weeks for high shot
Tamworth Northern Daily Leader - Tamworth,New South Wales,Australia
By Grant Robertson NORTH Tamworth half Ben Surtees will miss tomorrow's clash with Wee Waa but will be back for the Group 4 finals after being handed a ...
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Wee Waa prop suspended until May for breaking rival's jaw
Tamworth Northern Daily Leader - Tamworth,New South Wales,Australia
GROUP 4's judiciary came down hard on Wee Waa's Luke Barton last night and he will not only miss this Sunday's big clash with North Tamworth at Jack ...
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Police seize guns from kangaroo hunters
Melbourne Herald Sun - Australia
POLICE have seized a cache of illegal firearms after catching four men shooting kangaroos on a property in Burren Junction, in north west NSW. ...
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Police seize firearms, ammunition from property - Burren Junction
NSW Police Online - Australia
Police are conducting inquiries after allegedly seizing a number of illegal firearms from a property near Burren Junction, in the state's north-west. ...
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Police seize guns from Burren Junction property
ABC Regional Online - Australia
Police are yet to lay charges after seizing a number of illegal firearms from a property near Burren Junction, in central western New South Wales, ...
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Boy found after spending night in bush
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
The local boy was bushwalking with parents in the Pilliga State Forest about 25km north of Baradine when he became separated from his parents on Sunday ...
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Telstra to work on Pilliga 'communications black spot'
ABC Regional Online - Australia
Telstra says it is working with the northern New South Wales community, Pilliga, to address a communications black spot. The township and surrounding area ...
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Missing boy found safe after bushwalk ordeal
ABC Online - Australia
A 10-year-old boy who went missing in the Pilliga State Forest, near Coonabarabran in central western New South Wales, is being reunited with his parents. ...
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Unforgiven Lyon's last laugh
The Australian - Sydney,Australia
He spent the remainder of the season with his junior club Wee Waa in country NSW before joining English club St Helens for two years and winning winning the ...
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Danger zone for Lions
Tamworth Northern Daily Leader - Tamworth,New South Wales,Australia
"He's a strong player and has been for years at Wee Waa," La Chiusa said. "We've been expecting him back sooner or later. "But we've talked about it and it ...
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NSW loses one of its top homicide detectives
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
He also co-ordinated the country's first mass DNA screening of 450 men following the sexual assault of a 92-year-old woman at Wee Waa in 1999. ...
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Meeting fails to quell fears
Blayney Chronicle - New South Wales, Australia
Rural Doctors Association of NSW (RDANSW) president Dr Les Woollard said the area he covered - Wee Waa, Narrabri and Moree - was in dire need of doctors and ...
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Panther fullback in purple patch of form
Tamworth Northern Daily Leader - Tamworth,New South Wales,Australia
By Grant Robertson WEE Waa fullback Matt Freeman earned his second man of the match award in as many weeks in his side's gutsy 28-all draw with West Lions ...
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Lions get out of jail with Wee Waa draw
Tamworth Northern Daily Leader - Tamworth,New South Wales,Australia
"But I'm taking nothing away from Wee Waa." La Chiusa said the Panthers came out with a game plan and it worked. "They were depleted but they played to ...
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Inside the green zone
New Statesman - London,England,UK
... the human diversity of the Pilliga forest of northern New South Wales; a stroll through the chestnut groves of the Hérault and the olive ones of Lesbos. ...
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Rain man Panthers' main man
Tamworth Northern Daily Leader - Tamworth,New South Wales,Australia
By Grant Robertson WEE Waa fullback Matt Freeman faced a custodian's nightmare at Gunnedah on Sunday with heavy rain making his job at the back more ...
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In Australia, a Drought
Wall Street Journal - USA
By PATRICK BARTA WEE WAA, Australia -- This tiny town thrived for the past few decades as a center of Australia's burgeoning cotton industry, ...
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Lions rest six but overrun Werris Creek
Tamworth Northern Daily Leader - Tamworth,New South Wales,Australia
"We've got four big weeks coming up, Wee Waa at Wee Waa, Coonabarabran here, Norths at Norths and then Moree at home," La Chiusa said. ...
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Full Boar for finals: Moree sets sights on Unicorns after ...
Tamworth Northern Daily Leader - Tamworth,New South Wales,Australia
By Grant Robertson MOREE has usurped Wee Waa to reach fourth spot on the Group 4 ladder and now Coonabarabran finds itself in the Boars' sights. ...
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Young talent time at Moree
Tamworth Northern Daily Leader - Tamworth,New South Wales,Australia
MOREE faces Wee Waa in an important Group 4 clash at Moree on Sunday with fourth spot on the line and it might be the club's youngsters who help decide the ...
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Cotton industry icon turns 40
North Queensland Register - Townsville,Queensland,Australia
Australia's leading producer and marketer of cotton seed, Cotton Seed Distributors, has celebrated its 40th birthday at Wee Waa this week. ...
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Aussie writer woos her way into US
Ninemsn - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
"While the town and its characters are purely fictional, the setting is inspired by the landscape of the Pilliga region," she said. ...
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Owner of cattle shot by RSPCA may face charges
ABC Regional Online - Australia
Charges are expected to be laid this week against a Pilliga district property owner in north-west New South Wales, whose cattle were shot in controversial ...
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Unicorns ruthless against hapless Narrabri
Tamworth Northern Daily Leader - Tamworth,New South Wales,Australia
North Tamworth came away from Wee Waa with two valuable competition points - the first side to do so this season - after a 24-10 win at Cook Oval yesterday. ...
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Starving cows shot
Daily Telegraph - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
... face charges next week of aggravated cruelty and failing to provide sufficient food to the animals on her property in Pilliga in the state's northwest. ...
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Bear star playing with dodgy knee
Tamworth Northern Daily Leader - Tamworth,New South Wales,Australia
The Bears face Wee Waa at Wee Waa this Sunday - traditionally one of the toughest trips for North - and their Northern Division custodian is in doubt. ...
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Cotton's top acheivers recognised
North Queensland Register - Townsville,Queensland,Australia
Monsanto grower of the year: Jono and David Phelps, Havana, Wee Waa. David Taylor, Neilo, Toobeah. Peter and Trish Cross, Brayland, Emerald. ...
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Elephants properly housed, say zoo staff
Bay Post/Moruya Examiner - Australia
... jobs in the past 12 years - also took an active interest in discovering the presence of a Yowie in the Pilliga State Forest while he lived in Dubbo.
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Ladies enjoy quiet week
Lightning Ridge News - Lightning Ridge,New South Wales,Australia
Merlie McCabe, Joan Gebetsberger, Lyn Carney and Judy Greenfield travelled to Wee Waa for Presidents' Day, and although they beat a good team from Narrabri, ...
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Manly's losses halves their chances
League Unlimited - Auburn,NSW,Australia
Perhaps he's a mere pig-shooter from Wee Waa who should return to his hometown and carve it up for the mighty Panthers just like he did after leaving the ...
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500kg horse falls on school girl

Wee Waa schoolgirl Anna-Jane Knight is used to being on top of her horse, not under it. But this week she was

pinned underneath when the 500kg horse fell.

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Lions steeled for third leg of treble
Tamworth Northern Daily Leader - Tamworth,New South Wales,Australia
The Lions have had to fight off determined challenges from Wee Waa and Coonabarabran in the past two weeks and the Bears are next on the list. ...
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Cotton awards finalists announced
North Queensland Register - Townsville,Queensland,Australia
Monsanto Grower of the Year:Jono and David Phelps, Wee Waa, NSW; David Taylor, Toobeah, Qld and Peter and Trish Cross, Emerald, Qld. Barb and Ralph Grey, ...
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Moree's backrow praised
Tamworth Northern Daily Leader - Tamworth,New South Wales,Australia
The win helped get fifth- placed Moree back on track after two losses and it now sits a win behind Wee Waa and Coonabarabran. ...
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North West teams show
Tamworth Northern Daily Leader - Tamworth,New South Wales,Australia
The Darren Desmid-managed side went down to Riverina 3-1 before drawing 1-all with Sydney East after Wee Waa's Alistair Baird had shown some great finishing ...
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Panthers still upbeat
Tamworth Northern Daily Leader - Tamworth,New South Wales,Australia
WEE Waa's Group 4 loss to West Lions on Sunday hasn't hurt the confidence of the side ahead of some big games to come. The Panthers came back from 30-6 down ...
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Lyon sorry for Eels walk-out
Daily Telegraph - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
Lyon controversially spent the rest of 2004 playing in his home town of Wee Waa before spending two years with English Super League giants St Helens. ...
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Namoi Water meeting to discuss new ratings values
ABC Online - Australia
He says dryland farmers should also be concerned and should attend today's meeting at Wee Waa. "We don't think it's fair in a time of drought that dryland ...
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Rookie Farrar the new Lyon hunter
Fox Sports - Surry Hills,NSW,Australia
Millward, who mentored Lyon at St Helens, is equally confident his young charge can handle the Sea Eagles' Wee Waa wonder. "I've got the highest respect for ...
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Cayless, Hindmarsh no axe to grind
Fox Sports - Surry Hills,NSW,Australia
... who went home and played for Wee Waa in the winter of 2004 and then spent two seasons with English club St Helens before returning to the NRL. ...
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Eels well over Lyon's 2004 NRL walkout
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
Asked if he was hurt by Lyon leaving to join the Sea Eagles via stints with NSW country side Wee Waa and English club St Helens, Hindmarsh said: "Hurt? ...
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Tigers in the hunt if tyros stand up
Tamworth Northern Daily Leader - Tamworth,New South Wales,Australia
... Singleton's Bryce Neely and Luke Gardner, North Tamworth's Josh Schmiedel and Wee Waa's Lindsey Pawley make it an exceptionally young side under captain ...
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Lyon expects rough roars
Fox Sports - Surry Hills,NSW,Australia
Lyon played just one game of the 2004 season for Parramatta before spending the rest of 2004 playing in his home town of Wee Waa. ...
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Older Lyon no longer closed book
Fox Sports - Surry Hills,NSW,Australia
DRIER than the parched creek beds that surround his home town of Wee Waa in northern New South Wales, Jamie Lyon doesn't come across as a candidate for ...
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Lyon forgiven, but ...
Daily Telegraph - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
After quitting the Eels, Lyon played in Wee Waa before signing a two year deal with English giants St Helens. "Being captain of the team at that time, ...
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