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Gunnedah Shire Council is calling on the Minister for Health to review the performance of Hunter New England Local Health District services. It comes as the Legislative Assembly Committee on Community Services conducts an inquiry into splitting the health district Gunnedah is a part of. It would have the Hunter New England Local Health District dissolved with the Hunter Local Health District and New England North West Local Health District created. Under this bill, the Gunnedah shire would be placed in the New England North West Local Health District. The officer’s recommendation at the April ordinary meeting was for council […]

A piece of Bullawa Creek has found a temporary home at Gunnedah Bicentennial Creative Arts Gallery. Mix media artist Lisa Marple found inspiration from her home at Bullawa Creek, which is between Mt Kaputar National Park and the Pilliga Forest. The property borders on a national park making the many visitors all the more wild. Inspiration from the farm is rife in Lisa’s artwork through the motif of horses and the eye-catching feathered works hanging from the gallery’s ceiling. Further two-dimensional works decorate the walls. Many items found in the bush were used to create the works which make up […]