The University of New England (UNE) is a public university in Australia with approximately 22,500 higher education students. Its original and main campus is located in the city of Armidale in northern central New South Wales. UNE was the first Australian university established outside a capital city.
New England is a geographical region in the north of the state of New South Wales,Australia,about 60 km inland from the Tasman Sea. The area includes the Northern Tablelands and the North West Slopes regions. As of 2021,New England had a population of 185,560,with over a quarter of the people living in the area of Tamworth Regional Council.
Tingha is a small town on the Northern Tablelands,New South Wales,Australia in Inverell Shire. Formerly part of Armidale Region,on 1 July 2019,responsibility for Tingha was transferred from Armidale Regional Council to Inverell Shire Council. The town is 30 kilometres (19 mi) south of Inverell and 559 kilometres (347 mi) north-north-east of Sydney. Tingha is an Aboriginal word for "flat or level".
Guyra is a town situated midway between Armidale and Glen Innes on the Northern Tablelands in the New England region of New South Wales,Australia. It is within Armidale Regional Council and at the 2021 census,it had a population of 2,077.
The Armidale Dumaresq Council was a local government area in the New England and Northern Tablelands regions of New South Wales,Australia. This area was formed in 2000 from the merger of the original City of Armidale with the surrounding Dumaresq Shire and abolished on 12 May 2016,where the council,together with Guyra Shire,was subsumed into the Armidale Regional Council with immediate effect.
Guyra Shire was a local government area located in the New England region of New South Wales,Australia. The shire was abolished on 12 May 2016,where the council merged with the Armidale Dumaresq Shire,was subsumed into the Armidale Regional Council with immediate effect.
Llangothlin is a rural locality with several houses,11 kilometres (7 mi) north of Guyra on the Northern Tablelands in the New England region of New South Wales,Australia. Llangothlin was located in the Guyra Shire local government area until that council was amalgamated into the Armidale Regional Council on 12 May 2016.
2ARM FM is a community radio station broadcasting for the Armidale area. The station maintains a 24/7 365 days a year service. A Permanent Community Broadcasting 5-year term Licences had been granted in 2012 and 2017,after operating from 2007 on Temporary Community Broadcasting Licences (TCBL). These 2007 events included a 28 September 2007 letter of representation from Mr Tony Windsor MP for New England to Senator Helen Coonan Minister for Communications,Information Technology &the Arts.
Black Mountain is a village situated between Armidale and Guyra,located on the Northern Tablelands in the New England region of New South Wales,Australia. Situated within Armidale Regional Council,as at the 2016 census,Black Mountain had a population of 310.
Catherine Eileen Cusack is a former Australian politician who was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council,representing the Liberal Party. She was first elected as an opposition member on 22 March 2003 and was re-elected in 2011 and 2019 when her party won government.
Virginia Anne Chadwick AO was a Liberal Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1978 to 1999. She was the first NSW female Minister for Education;the first female President of the New South Wales Legislative Council;and Chair and CEO of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority.
Marie Ann Ficarra is an Australian politician who was a Liberal Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 2007 to 2015. She was previously a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Georges River,but was defeated during the landslide election of 1999. She was the Shadow Minister for the Environment for the New South Wales Opposition.
Julie Sutton is an Australian former politician,teacher and Marriage Celebrant,elected as a Councillor of Warringah Council and was previously Mayor of Warringah from 1995 to 1996 and 2002 to 2003.
Antoine "Tony" Issa,an Australian politician,was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Granville for the Liberal Party from 2011 until the 2015 election when he lost the seat to Labor's Julia Finn.
Sarah Ann Mitchell,an Australian politician,is the former Minister for Education and Early Childhood Learning in the second Berejiklian ministry and in the Perrottet ministry. She has been a Nationals member of the New South Wales Legislative Council since March 2011.
Scot MacDonald is an Australian politician. He was a Liberal Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 2011 to 2019. Scot served as a Parliamentary Secretary from 2015 to 2019.
Bronwyn "Bronnie" Taylor,an Australian politician,was the New South Wales Minister for Women,the Minister for Regional Health,and the Minister for Mental Health in the Perrottet ministry,from December 2021 to March 2023. Taylor has served as the Deputy Leader of the National Party in New South Wales since October 2021. She has been a Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council since 2015,representing The Nationals.
The Armidale Region is a local government area in the New England and Northern Tablelands regions of New South Wales,Australia. This area was formed in 2016 from the merger of the Armidale Dumaresq Shire with the surrounding Guyra Shire.
Felicity Lesley Wilson is an Australian politician. She has been a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing the electoral district of North Shore for the Liberal Party since 2017.
Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council who served in the 57th Parliament were elected at the 2015 and 2019 elections. As members serve eight-year terms,half of the Council was elected in 2015 and did not face re-election in 2019,and the members elected in 2019 will not face re-election until 2027. The President was John Ajaka until March 2021 and then Matthew Mason-Cox from May 2021.
