Wagga Wagga Local News

30/08/2025

Barnaby Joyce has savaged Prime Minister Anthony Albanese for displaying “utter arrogance”

Former Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce and One Nation Leader Pauline Hanson have accused Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of displaying “arrogance” after he clashed with furious farmers pushing back against the government’s net zero push at the Herald Sun Bush Summit in Ballarat on Friday.

29/08/2025

No to speed cameras

NSW Minister for Roads Jenny Aitchison says controversial point-to-point cameras installed on two major regional NSW highways have almost halved…

29/08/2025

29/08/2025

29/08/2025

Sensational footage has emerged of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese being chased out of town by farmers in tractors after the Bush Summit in Ballarat, Victoria.

29/08/2025

Sugar-Coated Con Job

At the Bush Summit, Anthony Albanese & Chris Minns rolled into town with pockets full of lollies — token drought funding dressed up as resilience.

But while they hand out sweets, they’re ripping billions in real water from the bush through destructive buybacks.

Workshops and crumbs won’t drought-proof the nation. Real resilience means dams, off-river storages, and infrastructure that keeps farmers in business.

The bush doesn’t need bribes — it needs commitment.

The government must adopt my 7-point Plan for real drought resilience.

https://www.helendalton.com.au/7-point-plan

28/08/2025

A new social housing development in Wagga is set to be handed over to the NSW Government following completion earlier…

28/08/2025

Annette Wheaton, who has been a vocal critic of a $5.9 million solar farm at The Rock, pleaded with Chris Minns to visit a farm to show the impact of the development. https://bit.ly/4lUwc4R

28/08/2025

Water advocates have long pointed to the plan's flaws and failings, although the dramatic power imbalance between the "authority" and the community has left their concerns falling on deaf ears and consultation largely meaningless. Now the question is, when those who make the rules break the rules, do they face the same penalties as the peasants?
https://www.thebridgenews.com.au/basin-plan-chickens-return-to-roost

27/08/2025

Former school teacher John Ernest Spinks, 85, was given a "limiting term" of three years and 10 months jail for the historical s*xual abuse of school children.
The court heard he abused three boys while working in schools in Wagga Wagga and Gunnedah, and later as a rugby club strapper between the 1970s and 1990s.
What's next?
Because of his dementia and poor health, Spinks will be referred to the Mental Health Review Tribunal.

John Ernest Spinks, 85, has been sentenced for s*xually abusing three boys between the 1970s and 1990s, and will be referred to the Mental Health Review Tribunal.