Lifestyle coverage
Education and Health
LIFE Ed has appointed Terese Hooper as the new chief executive officer to lead New South Wales’ most trusted health and wellbeing education provider behind the Healthy Harold program. A qualified teacher, Ms Hooper’s journey with Life Ed began nearly a decade ago as an educator delivering Healthy Harold’s programs in Sydney’s Northern Beaches mobile [...]
Moree Institution
IN recent years, Assefs Moree has created a significant online presence, in part thanks to a severe, record-breaking three-year drought that affected 95 per cent of New South Wales and Queensland. The severe weather conditions crippled the farming sector as well as small businesses across the New South Wales, Assef’s Moree included. Then Covid hit. [...]
Bulky Waste 2026
RESIDENTS across the Moree Plains Shire are encouraged to start their spring cleaning a few months early and take advantage of the free bulky waste collection service in March. It’s now time to clear out the shed, tidy up the yard and think about getting rid of old furniture and whitegoods as Moree Plains Shire [...]
Regional News
FOUNDATION for Rural Regional Renewal and Telstra are inviting remote, rural and regional community groups to apply for grants of up to $10,000 through Round 4 of Telstra’s Connected Communities Grant Program. With $200,000 available, the program will support locally-led initiatives that strengthen digital inclusion, enhance community connection and resilience, and build sustainability and liveability [...]
Membership Drive
MOREE RSL Sub-Branch has started 2026 with a committee reshuffle and renewed calls for affiliate and auxiliary members. Newly-elected president Jeff Biddle said the Moree sub-branch is a voluntary group made up of past serving members of the Australian defence forces as well as auxiliary and affiliate members. “Our veterans have full membership of the [...]
Wellbeing
WOMEN in eight regions across New South Wales, including Wee Waa, Walcha and Manilla, will have access to practical wellbeing and self-care training with the launch of free women’s wellbeing workshops ahead of NSW Women’s Week. The NSW Government is supporting regional and rural women’s mental health with this partnership with Rural Adversity Mental Health [...]
Regional News
RSL NSW has the road for the 2026 Listening Tour, with stopovers in Tamworth today and Inverell tomorrow. The tour gives members across New South Wales the opportunity to help shape the future direction of the state’s largest veterans’ charity. The Inverell leg will take place at the Inverell RSM Club at 10.30am tomorrow. As [...]
Mason Remembered
THE crowd gets bigger and bigger each year – and so do the fish. Anglers will once again bait up and cast their lines at the 2026 Mason Daley Memorial Cod Classic along the banks of the Gwydir River from midday, March 13 to midday, March 15, to honour one of Gravesend’s best-remembered young locals, [...]
Energy Saver
THE Barwon electorate leads New South Wales in rooftop solar with more than 24,000 homes and businesses fitted with solar panels. The latest data reveals households and businesses in regional New South Wales are leading the charge in rooftop solar adoption, accounting for nine of the top ten electorates for installations. New South Wales leads [...]
Feature Story
MOREE’s man of medals, Will Garrett, recently touched the hearts of three local families when presenting them with treasured keepsakes honouring service during times of conflict. Mr Garrett, a United States returned serviceman now living in Moree, presented Errol Lawler, Sue Poole and Darryl Brady with medals and pins housed in commemorative display boxes made [...]
