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Hay Shire Council targets housing for healthcare workers

Hay Shire Council targets housing for healthcare workers

By Tertia Butcher Hay Shire Council is continuing its efforts to improve accommodation for key workers, and more recently for its Multi-Purpose Service facility manager, and has met with Murrumbidgee Local Health District to discuss opportunities in Hay. MLHD currently owns eight onsite beds for staff working at Hay Multi-Purpose

Solar heating for new Hay Pool - Council considers options for renewable energy

Solar heating for new Hay Pool - Council considers options for renewable energy

By Tertia Butcher Heating options for two of the replacement pools at the John Houston Memorial Swimming Pool are currently being investigated by the contractor, ELM Aquatics. Works are due to commence late next month, with the pool closing on February 24, to be completed for re-opening late November 2025.

Sarah and her horses Shifty, and Sally

The Outback Long Ride - Sarah Wheeler’s ride to healing

By Krista Schade The loss of a parent is devastating. Losing both is unimaginable, but photographer and horse lover Sarah Wheeler (pictured above) is turning her grief into hope for others suffering from liver, pancreatic, stomach, bile duct and oesophageal cancers. Raised in the far west of NSW, south east

Detailed Diagram of the drive-through building application

Drive through coffee is coming to Hay

By Tertia Butcher Hay is to get its first drive-through coffee facility. An application for the redevelopment of the Ampol Service Station in South Hay was enthusiastically adopted by Council last month, with a unanimous vote. The development application is for the demolition of the existing service station building and

Recognition for Honorary Ambo - 37 years later

Recognition for Honorary Ambo - 37 years later

By Tertia Butcher Allan Japp is the first, and possible the only recipient in Hay to receive the Honorary Bearer Medal, some 47 years after he completed his last trip behind the wheel of an ambulance. Allan become an Honorary Ambulance Officer (Honorary Bearer as they were known then) in

Pipe bomber released from custody

Pipe bomber released from custody

By Krista Schade The man who pled guilty to transporting homemade pipe bombs along the Sturt Highway will serve his sentence in the community. Thirty-three-year-old Timacoy Jason Williams remained in custody after pleading guilty to all charges at his October 4 appearance at Griffith Local Court and was sentenced on

$13B spent on the Murray Darling Basin Plan but Helen Dalton calls it “lazy politics”

$13B spent on the Murray Darling Basin Plan but Helen Dalton calls it “lazy politics”

Helen Dalton MP (pictured above), Member for Murray, says the truth about what she describes as $13 billion of wasted taxpayer money needs to be told. The independent member is referring to a new four-year study into the Murray-Darling Basin (MDB) Plan reveals mixed results. The four-year study released last