Lifestyle coverage
Australia Day
FLASHBACK FRIDAY: She’s got a heart of gold – the heart of a Lion. Beth Hearn was lost for words – almost – at Jellicoe Park last year when Moree Plains Shire mayor Susannah Pearse presented the Moree Lions Club cornerstone with the 2025 Australia Day Mayoral Award. “This award is not just for me, [...]
The Smith Family
THE Smith Family today launches its 2026 Back to School Appeal, with an aim to secure more than 3500 new sponsors, so more children in need can access its flagship Learning for Life scholarship program. In the New England region alone in the 2024-2025 financial year, The Smith Family supported more than 550 students and [...]
Tamworth Festival
EVEN back in her school days, Rachel Cubis never once imagined she’d one day be performing at one of Australia’s biggest music festivals. But on January 16, Rachel’s tribute show, A Night with Adele, is a headline act during opening night of the Tamworth Country Music Festival. Rachel will perform A Night with Adele at [...]
Aussie Lamb
MEAT and Livestock Australia has unveiled its annual summer lamb campaign advertisement, celebrating lamb as the dish that brings Australians together. This year’s ad tackles the news that Australia slipped to 11th place on the World Happiness Index last year. However, it is proven through the work of Lambassador Sam Kekovich that nothing captures true [...]
Christmas Bonus
A Moree woman has celebrated a Christmas she’ll never forget, with a $100,000 Lucky Lotteries prize won on a ticket purchased locally and given to her by her parents on Christmas day. The winning entry was purchased at Archie and Rhonda Karam’s Balo Square Newsagency in Moree. The Moree ticket-holder held the first-prize winning entry [...]
Our Community
TENNIS clinics, movie screenings and cooking classes are some of the children’s activities scheduled across Moree Plains Shire during the school holidays. Moree Plains Shire Council has secured funding through the NSW Department of Communities and Justice, Office for Youth, holiday break summer program and will deliver a range of fun and engaging activities for [...]
Free Eye Tests
MOREE Lions Club will this year conduct school eye-testing through the Lions Eye Health Program, and offer free vision screenings to children to identify potential problems. The screenings are carried out by trained volunteers who test for visual acuity, colour vision, and depth perception using tools such as a Spot Vision Screener. Moree Lion Beth [...]
PayPal Australia
NEW national research reveals the rising toll of ticket scams on Australian consumers, with fans losing an average of $432 each time they are scammed when purchasing event or concert tickets online. As millions prepare for a new year of sports, concerts and festivals, PayPal Australia is urging consumers to stay vigilant and use payment [...]
Regional Tourism
THE countdown is on to Australia’s country music night of nights – the coveted Toyota Golden Guitar Awards during the annual Tamworth Country Music Festival – and Tamworth Regional Council and the Country Music Association of Australia have announced the hosts for the 54th event. Golden Guitar award-winning artists Amber Lawrence and Casey Barnes will [...]
Man Of Letters
MOREE has always been rich in good people, but the town grew infinitely richer when ‘man of letters’ Tony Gadsby began serving customers at Moree Post Office in 1990. After 40 years’ service with Australia Post, Tony stamped his last envelope on Christmas Eve – and 35 of those 40 years were spent manning the [...]
