The Latest Breaking News from Wagga Wagga

Inland rail review supports concerns raised by regional communities

Wagga Wagga and other towns on the inland rail route have been asking for a bypass and say that is supported by Dr Kerry Schott’s review

The Guardian - AU · Apr 15, 2023

Wagga Wagga veteran services report rise in demand after royal commission visit

The Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide's visit to a regional city late last year has prompted a rise in service personnel seeking support.

ABC News · Mar 30, 2023

Teenage boy arrested in NSW after two police pursuits, crash in allegedly stolen car

Footage emerges of the moment a prolonged pursuit across southern NSW came to a sudden end, after a 17-year-old covered almost 400km in a car police allege was stolen from Nowra.

ABC News · Mar 30, 2023

Former NSW MP Daryl Maguire charged over alleged visa and migration fraud

The ex-Wagga Wagga MP is charged with conspiring to commit an offence after an "extensive investigation" by the Australian Border Force.

ABC News · Nov 29, 2022

Vietnam veterans speak out ahead of defence suicide royal commission in Wagga Wagga

Returned servicemen Wally and Phil used to make 12-hour round trips to see a psychiatrist. Now they want to make life easier for the next generations of veterans.

ABC News · Nov 27, 2022

Flood-weary NSW towns face huge clean up

An aerial assessment of Forbes had indicated "hundreds" of homes and businesses in the NSW town have been impacted by flooding, the SES says.

AAP · Nov 6, 2022

Body found of second man who died when ute was swept off causeway in NSW floods

Floods crisis continues across NSW and Victoria although waters are subsiding in parts of the country including Forbes and Wagga Wagga

The Guardian - AU · Nov 6, 2022

Wagga Wagga flooding continues, hundreds evacuated as Murrumbidgee peaks

More than 700 residents of the largest inland city in NSW have spent the night away from their homes as the Murrumbidgee River invades Wagga Wagga for the first time in a decade.

ABC News · Nov 4, 2022

Rivers hit 70-year peaks at Forbes, Wagga

The major regional NSW centre of Forbes is experiencing a blue-sky flood at levels not seen for 70 years as rivers across the state burst their banks.

AAP · Nov 3, 2022

Southern NSW bracing for flood peaks, more than 100 flood alerts in place across NSW

Wagga Wagga and Forbes residents are on high alert as communities in the north and Central West prepare to be cut off. There are more than 100 alerts in place across the state.

ABC News · Oct 11, 2022