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Retired Royal Australian Air Force aircraft visits Narrabri
Narrabri residents got up close and personal to a retired Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) aircraft on Friday, as it passed through town en route to South Australia. The F-111C is part of a fleet...
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Auscott celebrates 50 years of Australian farming operations
Three hundred guests, employees of Auscott operations in Australia, were joined by the chairman of the J.G. Boswell company, Mr Jim Boswell and other senior US executives last night to celebrate...
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‘Hoax’ device shuts highway and bridge
Police are investigating who is responsible for a device found on Sunday afternoon under the Narrabri Creek Bridge, which forced authorities to set up an exclusion zone while they investigated whether...
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Senior citizen award goes to deserving Pilliga man
A lifetime of supporting just about every organisation in his hometown of Pilliga has earned Snow Draper the 2013 Wee Waa Lions Senior Citizen of the Year Award. Seventy-five guests cheered when...
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Community has its say on walk and cycle plan
Residents in Boggabri, Narrabri and Wee Waa have this week been given an opportunity to have their say on a draft plan for walk and cycle lanes. Narrabri Shire Council has engaged the services of...
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Fairfax School delighted with campdraft fundraiser
The annual Maules Creek Campdraft, ‘Up The Creek’ is also the opportunity for Fairfax School P and C to hold its major fundraiser. “We were delighted with the success of the day” said P and C...
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Shire top of the list for major projects
Narrabri Shire projects have won significant ranking on a priority list for regional infrastructure funding. The mayor, Councillor Conrad Bolton, and general manager Pat White, successfully argued...
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Renewed push for local youth centre in Narrabri
Young people face increasingly difficult and challenging times across a spectrum of issues, and those who don’t enjoy the full support of a network of family and friends can find life particularly...
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Sneak peak inside Narrabri Shire’s new aquatic centre
Tamworth is dubbed the north west’s big regional centre. But as Tamworth Council continues to talk about pipeline dreams of having its own indoor pool, Narrabri is streaking ahead. Final testing is...
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EXCLUSIVE: Daft Punk to launch album here
Daft Punk, a French band which has millions of fans worldwide, has chosen to launch its highly-anticipated new album in Australia, with the official global site to be the Wee Waa Showground. Shire...
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Fans to come 'Around the World' for launch
Fans of Daft Punk have been left in shock after it was announced the Grammy Award-winning duo would hold its official album launch party in Wee Waa on May 17 as part of the 79th annual Wee Waa Show....
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Six Shire bridges found to contain ‘high risk defects’
Repairs to the Baradine Bridge near Gwabegar will be included in the next Narrabri Shire Council budget. Last month the condition of the aged, five span timber bridge, which was built in 1940, was the...
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Shadow minister meets with Narrabri business community
Narrabri businesspeople took the opportunity to meet Federal Shadow Minister for Small Business, Bruce Billson, when he dropped in to Narrabri on Tuesday. Mr Billson, the Member for Dunkley, Victoria,...
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Daft Punk frenzy begins
Tickets to the Daft Punk Global Album Launch Party in Wee Waa sell out in just 13 minutes, as residents meet for a community briefing by Sony. A month ago, Narrabri Shire mayor Conrad Bolton thought...
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Thousands attend Nosh on the Namoi
The region’s finest produce was on display at this year’s Nosh on the Namoi, which was attended by thousands on the lawns of the Crossing Theatre last Saturday. Budding chefs battled it out at The...
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View the Daft punk special edition of the Wee Waa News online
Click the cover below to view the Tuesday, April 9, 2013 edition of the Wee Waa News.
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Let’s fix our park, mums urge
Wee Waa mothers have launched a campaign to update the play equipment at Ludowici Park. Young mums Rebecca Wager and Laura-Lee Chaplin are driving the campaign to raise funds for new, fully functional...
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Daft Punk plans continue as camping grounds proposed
As planning continues for the Daft Punk Global Album Launch Party at the Wee Waa Show on May 17, the focus continues to be on accommodation options. Owners of Seplin Estate Wines, Lindy Widauer and...
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Fire crews respond to highway blaze
A B double prime mover was destroyed in a spectacular fire which closed the Newell Highway, 13 kilometres north of Narrabri for two hours on Friday afternoon. Quick action by the driver of the...
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The Anzac tradition
Narrabri RSL Club will observe the great Aussie tradition of a game of two up on Thursday afternoon for Anzac Day. It’s all perfectly legal - two up is officially allowed on Anzac Day and the money...
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