DELUNGRA cattle producers and members of the Inverell Livestock Marketing Committee Kevin Ballinger and Ian Davidson have stepped forward to have their say about Inverell Shire Council’s call for expressions of interest in the running of the saleyards.

Inverell police have arrested and charged a 54-year-old Newcastle man after he took them on an 18-kilometre pursuit between Delungra and Inverell.

A SPOKESMAN for New England Volunteer Air Transport (NEVAT) has confirmed that discussions have been held with the NSW Department of Transport about starting a flight service between Inverell and Sydney.

A TOTAL injection of between five and 10 million dollars to the local economy is being predicted as a result of the construction phase of the new 250 metre-wide spillway at Copeton Dam.

ON Thursday morning the Member for New England, Tony Windsor, welcomed the lifting of the ban on live cattle exports to Indonesia, which was imposed in the wake of shocking footage of animal cruelty aired on the ABC at the end of May, and said he was plea