Armidale, Australia News

Emu Nickel has abandoned plans to purchase the Hillgrove antimony-gold project from Straits Resources for $40 million, after it failed to raise sufficient funds to cover the purchase.

The council is one of a number which in recent times have requested use of the city's landfill after their own services have become defunct or are approaching the end of their usable life.

Walcha and Tamworth will make history tomorrow with their Anzac Day commemorations by including for the first time a traditional indigenous ceremony but also through an overseas presence at a special Kokoda Digger ceremony in Papua New Guinea.

The trial project was devised by clinical nurse specialist Darlene Saladine, with the support of fellow clinical nurse specialist Narelle Marshall, and involved placing certain dressings on the heels and buttocks of hip-fracture patients to prevent pressure ulcers - also known as bed sores.

The National Broadband Network will be a game changer for regional Australia, allowing major telecommunication firms to enter the broadband market for the first time, a joint parliamentary committee has heard.