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Hay Cutter’s home record maintained with win against Waratahs
BY TOM LILBURNE
Hay Cutters defeated Wagga Waratahs 52-28 on Saturday afternoon in their final home game of the Southern Inland Rugby Union season. The victory maintained Cutters' impressive home record, with only one loss at their ground this year.
Saturday's match doubled as Stubblemens Day for
Community spirit keeps Hay Hospital Auxiliary thriving
Dedicated volunteers, some who've been quietly serving their community hospital for decades, gathered at Hay Hospital recently to talk about mattresses, Christmas parties and the simple joy of making life a little easier for patients and staff.
Hay Hospital Auxiliary held their annual general meeting, where the conversation
Pottinger Wind Farm gets green light despite local opposition
A 1,300-megawatt wind farm between Hay and Deniliquin has been approved by planning authorities, promising to power more than half a million homes.
At its peak, Pottinger Energy Park could deliver up to 900 construction jobs and 55 ongoing operational roles. Construction is expected to take several years.
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July 30, 2025
Hay Magpies roll Griffith Black & Whites in the mud
Hay Magpies first grade squad performed a well-put-together match against Griffith Black & Whites at Hay Park on Sunday.
The wet weather posed challenges for all players, and as the final game of the weekend, the first grade game was played on a muddy field.
With a finals berth on
350 game milestone for Hay Lion’s Bill Auldist
By Hay Lions Football & Netball Club
Hay Lions stalwart Bill Auldist (left) played his 350th senior game of AFL for the club.
The honour makes him just the third Lion to achieve this milestone, beside local legends the late Ron Headon and Brian Harrington.
At just 17, Auldist played
Green Gold Australia’s Murrumbigee River Road solar farm approved by Hay Shire Council
he latest in renewable energy projects went before the July meeting of Hay Shire Council, where the development was approved.
Green Gold Energy is proposing a five-megawatt solar farm on the property of Cameron and Lyn Clark, on the Murrumbidgee River Road.
The development will comprise approximately 12,000 solar
Rural giant offered for sale: Paraway Pastoral hits the market
The vast agricultural empire of Paraway Pastoral Company is set to change hands.
Macquarie Asset Management (MAM) has confirmed plans to sell the company, a move that will undoubtedly send ripples through the Riverina and beyond, given Paraway's significant footprint in Southern NSW.
After 18 years under Macquarie&
Hang your heads in shame
To the Editor,
On Sunday, July 13 a truck loaded with firewood rolled and burnt 40 kilometres south of Hay.
Hang your heads in shame to the local and surrounding community members who turned up with their tray backs and trailers and helped themselves to the spill of firewood.
Did
Should environmental water be transferable?
Editor
As we transition to the new era of water policy and management, there are unintended consequences that need to be acknowledged and addressed.
One of these involves inter-valley trades, where environmental water holders and speculators are able to use management tools for financial benefit, at the expense of food
Hay Magpies Karly Fisher leads Group 20 competition pointscore tally
In 2021 I wrote an editorial comment regarding Group 20, for which Hay Magpies Rugby League Club received an official warning and a fine was imposed. The fine was suspended, pending no further breaches of the Group’s polices.
For background, the correspondence referred to a story I wrote and
Hay’s community emergency response would be a state first
Hay is set to lead the state in community involvement in emergency responses, according to Mayor Carol Oataway’s report to the July meeting of Hay Shire Council.
Mayor Oataway and Council’s Executive Manager of People and Governance Kirstyn Thronder recently met with senior NSW Ambulance representatives to progress
July 23, 2025
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