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Marriage equality campaigner to Tumut’s LGBTI community: You are loved

Marriage equality campaigner Ivan Hinton-Teoh Ivan Hinton-Teoh has spent the last several months campaigning hard against the proposed marriage equality plebiscite. The founder of advocacy group...

All Saints remain Anglican

Tumut's All Saints Anglican Church is set to remain in the Anglican Church of Australia and unaffected by the split caused by differing views on same-sex marriage.

Minor flood level reached

The Tumut River has reached the minor flood level this afternoon. The latest reading at 3.20pm recorded a river height of 2.02m. The river is...

Veitch calls for memorialisation of first recorded Aboriginal protest

The legacy of Jimmy ‘King Billy’ Clements and John ‘Marvellous’ Noble, two Wiradjuri men, has been raised in parliament by the Hon. Mick Veitch as discussions begin on the potential for a referendum to “enshrine an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice in the Constitution.”

Refugee intake broadens

Opinion: Last week we saw our Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in New York giving his first speech to the United Nations General Assembly and attending...

Rivers in flood

The Tumut Caravan Park was ordered to evacuate this morning with the Tumut River currently in a moderate flood following a wild day and...

Tackling Trump’s locker room defence

Parental Warning: Donald Trump will be mentioned in this article. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has strongly denied that he had sexually assaulted women after...

Carmel’s century celebration

Decades ago a scrap of paper in a fortune cookie held the message “a long life” and Carmel Fraser was quite chuffed as she tucked it away for safekeeping. 

Spin my wheels: Meet the Eliminator

THERE’S some classic American muscle right here in Tumut, and it serves as daily transport for Dan Vitacek. For the past five years, Dan has...

Sweet relief from heat

Locals and visitors alike celebrated the reopening of Batlow Pool on Friday.