ABC New England North West

19/08/2026

📸👇Drop your pics below👇📸

And tune into Kristy Reading on breakfast from 6.35am tomorrow. Or listen back on the Listen App.
https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/newengland-breakfast

17/08/2026

Farmers, sporting shooters and gun sellers are reacting angrily to the New South Wales government's buyback scheme.

In December, NSW brought in limits of four fi****ms for most licence holders, and 10 fi****ms for others, like farmers and sports shooters.

Farmers, sporting shooters and gun sellers are all reacting angrily to the NSW government's buyback scheme, with some saying the compensation being offered is "like stealing".

17/08/2026

What do you think? Will you be taking part in the buy back? ⬇

Comment below or join the conversation on the breakfast show this morning 📻🎧

https://www.abc.net.au/listen/live/newengland

NSW Premier Chris Minns and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese formally announced a gun buyback "bigger than the Howard-era" scheme over the weekend.

The reforms are part of legislation passed after the Bondi Beach terror attack in December last year aimed at a quarter of the state's 1.2 million gun owners.

As many as 274,000 fi****ms — about a quarter of those registered in NSW — and 50,000 licence holders are estimated to be affected by the reforms.

The scheme begins in November, with holders to be compensated based on the type of firearm.

13/08/2026

What’s your experience with telcos?
Nearly 27,000 Australians from regional, rural and remote areas have lodged complaints with the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman in the past two years.
Complaints include a decline in coverage since the 3G shutdown, extended delays with faults being fixed and onerous requirements around identification and needing to conduct transactions in person.
The report makes 11 specific recommendations, with an additional overarching call to the federal government to do a “root and branch review” of the regulatory framework.
Read Lauren Pezet's full story: https://www.abc.net.au/.../telecommunications.../107016980

11/08/2026

The NSW Supreme Court heard Callan Davidson had a mental health impairment at the time, and was due to see a psychiatrist just hours later.

A 31-year-old has been found not criminally responsible for killing his mother at a Gunnedah caravan park, just hours before he was due to see a psychiatrist.

09/08/2026

❄HAVE YOU SEEN SNOW TODAY? ❄

As winter weather grips our region, Roger Sydenham has been lucky enough to spot some snow on Morrison's Gap Road near Hanging Rock.

We've also heard reports of snow at Niangala and Walcha this morning.

Drop your snow reports and pictures in the comments.

09/08/2026

How much rain have you gotten so far? 🌧🌧

Let us know in the comments what you're waking up to this morning ⬇

Don't forget to take your umbrella with you today and tune into the ABC New England North West Breakfast Program for all the latest weather information! 📻🎧

https://www.abc.net.au/listen/live/newengland

08/08/2026

When residents woke up to the deepest snow in two decades last August, what appeared to be a normal snow day soon turned into a "disaster in slow motion."

For many living and working on the land recovery is still underway, with damage extensive and bills high.

"A disaster in slow motion" is how an orchardist describes last year's snowstorm on the New South Wales Northern Tablelands. He says the clean-up is moving at the same pace.

07/08/2026

Tune in to Tach Curnow this morning and tell us, how do you spend your free time? 📻🎧

https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/newengland-saturday-breakfast

Tim Ross is joining the Saturday Breakfast Program to chat all about his new book 'Have a good Weekend: Images of Australian at Play'.

Does Australia do weekends better than anyone else? How do you enjoy the best two days of week? Comment below ⬇

06/08/2026

❄Do you dress your pet when it's cold?❄🧤🧣

📸Share a snap below...

For more information from a vet about looking after pets in the cold listen back to Breakfast with Kristy Reading. https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/newengland-breakfast/breakfast/106960476