Month: September 2025

Sep
18
2025
By Brendan Moylan MP
GRANT HELPS COMMUNITY CENTRE SERVE UP IMPROVEMENTS

GRANT HELPS COMMUNITY CENTRE SERVE UP IMPROVEMENTS

Local News,
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…
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Sep
15
2025
By Newsroom
Housing Awards Finalists – Justin Power Constructions

Housing Awards Finalists – Justin Power Constructions

Local News
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…
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Sep
11
2025
By Newsroom
A night of silk, rhythm and fire in the heart of the Highlands

A night of silk, rhythm and fire in the heart of the Highlands

Local News,
🌙✨ 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,…
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Sep
11
2025
By Eve Chappell
Our History – The Power House

Our History – The Power House

Local News
An Open Day on Sunday 20 September from 9am to 4pm is a great opportunity for us to tour and consider adaptive re-use of the Power House at the rear of the Town Hall. ‘Adaptive reuse is the process of repurposing old buildings for new uses while retaining their historic features.’ To briefly shed some light on our power history: In 1884 the streets were illuminated by 25 gas lamps, but lighting these could be dangerous. Lamplighter Henry Wheeler suffered a broken wrist 1897 when he was thrown from the horse he was standing on to light the lamp on…
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Sep
08
2025
By Newsroom
Another Strategy, Another Survey – You Can ‘Shape the Future’

Another Strategy, Another Survey – You Can ‘Shape the Future’

Council, Local News
Economic Development Strategy & Destination Management Plan Glen Innes Severn Council has once again brought in outside consultants – SC Lennon & Associates –fully funded, through a grant, to review and rewrite the town’s Economic Development Strategy and Destination Management Plan. The idea is to build on the last set of documents and produce something “visionary, practical and evidence-based”. According to Council, these two shiny new strategies will steer the region’s economic and tourism priorities for the next five years. In other words, another round of big-picture plans that may, or may not, translate into actual projects on the ground.…
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Sep
08
2025
By Newsroom
Building Drought Resilience in the High Country

Building Drought Resilience in the High Country

Council, Rural
A new Northern New England High Country Regional Drought Resilience Plan has been released, aiming to help communities across Glen Innes Severn and Tenterfield prepare for, withstand, and adapt to future droughts. Developed in partnership with the Department of Regional NSW and CSIRO, and funded under the Future Drought Fund, the Plan recognises that drought doesn’t just hit farmers – it also affects businesses, mental health, and the social fabric of towns. With climate change bringing hotter, drier and longer droughts, the Plan sets out a roadmap to strengthen resilience across five key areas: Community: The Plan calls for stronger…
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Sep
07
2025
By Newsroom
Huskies Set for 2025 Touch Football Season

Huskies Set for 2025 Touch Football Season

Local News, Sports
The Glen Innes Huskies are preparing to launch their 2025 touch football season, with strong growth in player numbers and representative honours highlighting the sport’s rapid rise in the region. All events are held at Wilson Park in Glen Innes. Since affiliating with NSW Touch Football last year, the local competition has gained access to statewide representative pathways, referee and coaching development, and organised tournaments. Club president Gus Macrae said affiliation was essential to give local players exposure. “We could see the talent and potential of so many kids in our town – they were missing out and needed to…
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Sep
05
2025
By Newsroom
ANNIVERSARY WEEKEND at Australian Standing Stones

ANNIVERSARY WEEKEND at Australian Standing Stones

Local News
The first of the Australian Standing Stones was raised on 7 September 1991, and the full array of 38 stones was completed in the following months. The monument was officially inaugurated on 1 February 1992. Each stone is made from local granite—three naturally occurring boulders and the rest quarried—with one-third of their height anchored below ground. The very first stone, the Alexander Stone, stands at the entrance to the Winter Solstice Sunrise Avenue. It is named after Peter Alexander, then Convenor of the Celtic Council of Australia, whose vision of a national monument honouring Australia’s Celtic heritage—sparked by the 1988…
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Sep
05
2025
By Annette Bain
Local Co-op Boosts Home Schooling Experience

Local Co-op Boosts Home Schooling Experience

Local News, , ,
“People do ask if you are crazy” says Lama Butler about the reaction of some people when they find out that she is home-schooling her children. Lama is one of the growing number of parents who home school in NSW. Latest figures from Home Schooling Data Reports relating to 2024 indicate that numbers rose from 7032 in 2020 to 12,762 in 2024. Home schooling can sound far from crazy though when you realise that there are lifestyle benefits such as an end to shambolic mornings spent making school lunches, finding homework projects, sports uniforms and notes to sign before rushing…
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