The Editor has received correspondence from the Acting General Manager of GISC which is included as an addendum to this report for clarity and transparency. At 8:45 am, prior to the council meeting, former Councillor Mrs Lara Gresham addressed Council in a Public Forum. Members of the public are allowed to address Councillors for 5 minutes prior to the meeting, following an application to Council. Mrs Gresham spoke against item 7.6 Psychosocial Safety and Wellbeing Framework for Councillors. The basic tenet of Mrs Gresham’s address was that the Workplace Health and Safety Act states, categorically, that it does not…
The staff, friendly service and range of stock stay the same, but watch for new professional services. Regular customers of the AMCAL pharmacy in Glen Innes may not have noticed many changes since the new owners took over last week but there are new services in the wind. Jenni Jackson, Alyce Northey and Mylene Bagasin officially took over last week. All three are familiar faces in the pharmacy, having worked with the Graydons who were the previous owners, and all three are fully qualified pharmacists. Alyce is a Glen Innes local and a member of the well-known Kempton family here,…
Thank you for the enormous support of the Glen Innes community in getting the Glen Innes News back on the streets following a series of unforeseen and unfortunate circumstances. Issue 19 is now at your regular pick up points. Thank you to our advertisers for their understanding, and a special huge thank you to Pete and Bec Davis at The Shop in Glen for printing this issue in full colour. Knowing that the paper always seems to run out quickly at many of our outlets we will be doing another run about on Monday to 'top up'.
🌧️ Rain couldn’t stop the crowds! Despite the rolling scuds of rain, Glen Innes locals — joined by curious visitors — streamed into the Old Glen Innes Power Station on Saturday. By 9:30am, the building was alive with a fantastic turnout, all eager to marvel at the technology that once powered our town through the 1930s, 40s and 50s. The undisputed stars of the show? Two enormous engines, still as impressive today as they were nearly a century ago. Guests were handed a vintage brochure from the History House, written and edited by Ivan March, recounting the story of the…
What a morning! The community came together in spectacular fashion on Sunday, raising an incredible $5,019.90 at the Friendly Faces Helping Hands Bake Sale at The Coffee Incident café. The energy was electric as locals streamed through the doors, enjoying home-baked treats, barista coffees, and a sizzling bacon brioche BBQ — all while supporting a wonderful cause. Organisers say costs were minimal thanks to the generosity of many: Local bakers who donated their finest creations. Reg and Lorraine Miller, who supplied all the milk for coffees. Bruce Family Butchery, who donated the bacon for the BBQ. A dedicated café team…
Seventy years ago, in April 1955 after his invention developed from killed polio virus had been tested in one of the largest clinical trials in history, American virologist Jonas Salk’s polio vaccine was officially declared ‘safe, effective and potent’. It was an unprecedented scientific breakthrough in the control of the spread of one of the most dreaded diseases of the 20th century. Polio, or Poliomyelitis, also known as Infantile Paralysis, is a highly infectious viral disease primarily affecting the nervous system, with flu-like symptoms, brain inflammation, and in severe cases, paralysis. In 1964 Albert Sabin’s oral polio vaccine administered as…
The Great Global Greyhound Walk (GGGW) is an annual dog-walking event that brings together sighthounds and their owners to raise awareness of sighthounds as pets. Beginning as the Great British Greyhound Walk in 2010, it expanded over time to involve other sighthounds and become a global event. In 2024, a total of 13,383 sighthounds walked at 511 events in 42 countries around the world. In addition to the relatively well-known greyhounds, whippets and Italian greyhounds, the sighthounds category also includes lurchers, deerhounds, wolfhounds, salukis, Afghan hounds, borzois and the Spanish galgos podencos, and Ibizan hounds. For what we believe is…
Member for Northern Tablelands Brendan Moylan is pleased to announce the Glen Innes and District Community Centre’s kitchen is set for a huge upgrade with funding from the Community Building Partnership program secured. The GIDCC is a valuable part of the community which provides meals, social networks, services and more to a wide range of local people and groups. The centre dishes out many meals per week and their meal preparation will now be a lot easier with a $51,571 grant to refurbish and update the current kitchen facilities. “The Glen Innes and District Community Centre provides an important service by…
Justin Power Constructions is a local Glen Innes Building team who has been recognised for excellence in the construction industry. This year the team at Justin Power Constructions, submitted three entries into the 2025 HIA Northern NSW Housing and Kitchen & Bathroom Awards. All three entries have been named finalists and now will compete against the industry’s best at the upcoming awards night, to be held in Coffs Harbour. The finalist categories are:- Finalist Country Home Finalist Custom Built Home Finalist Kitchen of the Year Justin said “Being named a finalist in multiple categories at the HIA Northern NSW Housing…
🌙✨ Shimmy in the Glen – Dance, Create, Evolve 2025 ✨🌙 On Saturday 13th, the Glen Innes Services Club will be transformed into a desert dream — a place where silk and shadow entwine, and the heartbeat of the drum calls you to journey eastward. Doors open at 5.30pm, with performances beginning from 6.00pm and the grand showtime at 6.30pm. Once each year, Glen Innes is gifted a jewel of a night: a shimmering spectacle where Australia’s finest bellydancers gather beneath our own lights. From the elegance of Egyptian classics to the fire of folkloric traditions, the pulse of sha’abi,…
