State News - NSW

Car rego stickers scrapped

1:55 PM | Car registration stickers will not be necessary in NSW from January 1, 2013.

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Urgent warning for pet owners about parvovirus

1:15 PM | An urgent plea for pet owners to vaccinate their dogs has been issued by a leading vet after the recent outbreak of dogs being infected by parvovirus, a deadly disease, continues to reach epidemic proportions.

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Levy sought for residential claims

1:14 PM | The Lightning Ridge Advisory Board, at the meeting last Thursday, agreed to ask the minister to gazette a levy on all residential claims to replace the fee that was discontinued a couple of years ago.

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Mapping system identifies claims

1:12 PM | The availability of information to miners and farmers relating to opal prospecting and mining took a major step forward last week.

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Community strategic plan to be placed on public exhibition

1:12 PM | Council follows through with community aspirations through a suite of plans aiming to achieve the objectives of the Community Strategic Plan and better manage local infrastructure renewal.

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Businesses have say on parking

1:11 PM | A productive meeting was held on Wednesday, May 16 between Council and local business houses to discuss car parking in the business area of Boorowa.

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Many reasons behind visits

1:11 PM | It’s a popular topic - why do people visit Lightning Ridge? Or more so should I say, what prompts them to visit?

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Show Society request refused

1:11 PM | Boorowa Councillors have refused a request from the local Show Society for a reduction of annual fees for showground use at their monthly meeting on Monday night.

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Public meeting held to discuss industrial turbines as.....Council rejects wind farm pressure claims

1:09 PM | Boorowa Council has said they do not feel any “pressure to remain silent nor are they being enticed” in regards to wind farm developments in the Boorowa Local Government Area as implied by the Boorowa District Landscape Guardians in their recent media release about the Rugby Wind Farm project, general manager Therese Manns said.

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Binalong Bits

12:59 PM | WHAT a horrible foggy morning again, but again it developed into a glorious day. And so it was for the entire weekend. It seems fishing and other commitments left little time for golf on Saturday so it was just the two stalwarts, Monica and Ethel who tested the course.

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