Alayna Fong
Regional healthcare: where is it at?
“This November, we take the opportunity to highlight the myriad of issues faced by rural and remote communities in Australia when trying...
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Alayna Fong
- Oct 10, 2023
- 4 min
Start a convo this World Mental Health Day
Start a conversation around mental health this World Mental Health Day. More than two in five Australians will experience a mental health...
Alayna Fong
- Feb 23, 2023
- 3 min
UNE implements game changing women's health trial in Regional NSW
Researchers from the University of New England will soon begin implementing a new trial that enables pharmacists to prescribe treatments...
Alayna Fong
- Feb 21, 2023
- 3 min
GP trial for Armidale
Following last week's large community crisis meeting in Armidale about the deteriorating state of the GP workforce in the region,...
Alayna Fong
- Feb 10, 2023
- 3 min
RFDS report reveals harrowing GP crisis
A new Royal Flying Doctor Service research report titled Best for the Bush, Rural and Remote Health Base Line 2022 has identified...
Alayna Fong
- Jan 30, 2023
- 2 min
Vaccine trials underway in Armidale
The University of New England’s Medical Centre in Armidale is trialling the first Covid-19 vaccine developed in the Southern Hemisphere....
Alayna Fong
- Jan 16, 2023
- 2 min
New bus fleet for Tamworth Aboriginal Medical Service
Tamworth Aboriginal Medical Service (TAMS) will soon have a new Toyota Coaster bus as part of their fleet of vehicles thanks to $166,699...
Jarrad Brooke
- Jan 10, 2023
- 2 min
Palliative Care set to expand at Tamworth Hospital.
Picture: Bronnie Taylor along with Kevin Anderson and Friends of Nioka announced the expansion at Tamworth Hospital on Tuesday 10...
92.9fm Newsroom
- Jan 10, 2022
- 2 min
Goalposts Shift as Tamworth Country Music Festival Scores Own Goal
For 50 years, the Tamworth Country Music Festival has been a mainstay of local’s lives. Every January, the CBD would be cut off and a...
92.9fm Newsroom
- Oct 5, 2021
- 1 min
Tamworth Lifeblood set October goal this International Plasma Awareness Week
Tamworth Blood Donor Centre is on the hunt for “150 plasma donations every week this month”, according to Lifeblood spokesperson Jemma...
92.9fm Newsroom
- Aug 20, 2021
- 1 min
COVID-19: Premier Gladys Berejiklian introduces tougher measures
Greater Sydney’s COVID-19 lockdown has been extended until the end of September and a bundle of new restrictions have been put in place –...
Romy Gilbert
- Aug 11, 2021
- 2 min
Local MP says getting tested is the "key to freedom"
Tamworth and Armidale have each recorded no new cases of COVID-19 overnight. This comes as huge community testing efforts begun following...
92.9fm Newsroom
- Aug 9, 2021
- 2 min
Lockdown restrictions explained
Unsure of what lock down means? Wondering what you can and can't do during a stay at home order? Find it simplified below: As of 5pm on 9...
Romy Gilbert
- Aug 2, 2021
- 2 min
Centacare NENW launches new gambling support service for the New England Region
A new gambling service provider has commenced operations across the New England. GambleAware, replacing Gambling Help, has been appointed...
92.9fm Newsroom
- Jun 23, 2021
- 1 min
Slow COVID-19 vaccination rollout punishes tourism sector
A fully vaccinated population is what Tourism Australia deem the number one priority in restimulating the tourism sector and economy....
Romy Gilbert
- Jun 3, 2021
- 2 min
Research under the NSW Government’s mouse control package takes a step in the right direction
New breakthrough genetic biocontrol research could transform Australia’s pest management for good. As parts of regional and rural NSW...
Romy Gilbert
- May 31, 2021
- 2 min
WORLD NO TOBACCO DAY
Marking World No Tobacco Day, NSW Health is congratulating tobacco smokers for continuing to say "no" and is encouraging people to take...
Romy Gilbert
- May 26, 2021
- 2 min
Boys from the Bush: rural blokes have their say on the topic of sexual harassment
Following on from the #MeToo movement and her 2015 book Whispers from the Bush: The Workplace Sexual Harassment of Australian Rural...
Romy Gilbert
- May 24, 2021
- 3 min
Nature conservationists are concerned about mass roll out of deadly poison
Nature and wildlife conservation organisations believe the mass roll out of the deadly poison bromadiolone could have catastrophic...
Romy Gilbert
- May 19, 2021
- 2 min
PETA receive backlash for comments on mice plague
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals have been blasted for their “reprehensible” comments, urging farmers not to kill mice in the...
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