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Photo Competition
IF a picture tells a thousand words, then the winning shots in the GrainGrowers’ annual calendar competition deliver a compelling visual story about the Australian grain industry. Judged independently and announced earlier this month, runners-up came from Goondiwindi and Wee Waa, with first place going to Phillip Down from Speed in Victoria, with Evening Barley. [...]
Australia Day
MOREE Plains Shire Council will again support Waterloo Creek Memorial and Survival Day commemorations at Jellicoe Park after hosting Australia Day ceremonies on January 26. Council will contribute $5000 from the Tourism and Economic Development Fund to provide entertainment as well as help with marquees, chairs, tables and bottled water. Earlier in the day, Council [...]
Travel Safe
AUSTRALIAN Federal Police patrols will be highly visible at major airports during the holiday season to help passengers travel safely and without unnecessary delay. The patrols come as airports brace for a record-setting holiday travel season. According to the Australian Airports Association, the country’s busiest major airports are expected to welcome more than 23.4 million domestic and international passengers across December and January. AFP Acting [...]
Local Champions
NOMINATIONS are now open for the Moree Plains 2026 Australia Day Awards – an opportunity to recognise and celebrate the remarkable individuals and community groups who go above and beyond to support, enrich and improve life across the shire. Moree mayor Susannah Pearse said the awards provide a chance to acknowledge community champions in the [...]
Our Community
WHEN Moree building contractor Adam Salis saw volunteer Darryl Brady sweltering as he sold Christmas fare on behalf of Lions, he knew what to do. Mr Salis promptly offered to buy everything Mr Brady had on the table. There was one condition, however – all Christmas cakes and puddings had to be delivered to Whiddon [...]
Our Community
PALLAMALLAWA rugby league export Rhiannon Byers is home for Christmas – and she didn’t arrive empty-handed, either. The Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks second-rower, awarded the 2025 Veronica White Medal at the Dally M Awards in October, landed in Pally earlier this week with plenty of Sharks merchandise. And she kindly donated everything to Moree United Disability Care [...]
Weather Calendar
A phenomenal sight of sunset clouds glowing red, high above Brisbane, photographed by pilot Glenn Keane, is featured in the 2026 Australian Weather Calendar. At 41,000 feet, just before commencing descent at the tail end of a long-haul flight from Honolulu to Brisbane, commercial pilot Glenn Keane was amazed by the scene before him. “This [...]
Our Community
BANK Art Museum Moree is one step closer to securing funding for the next five years after another round of talks at Moree Plains Shire Council’s ordinary meeting last Thursday shed more light on ongoing concerns about alleged missing artworks and Aboriginal stones and artefacts. Some of the items have been listed as missing for [...]
Regional News
WHIDDON Robert Young Narrabri has been crowned the winner of the 2025 Whiddon Gingerbread House Competition. Each year, residents from Whiddon’s 23 homes across regional and rural New South Wales and south-east Queensland participate in the annual decorating competition. The event invites residents to come together and embrace the Christmas spirit, building edible gingerbread houses [...]
Our Community
THE Moree Markets on Sunday closed another big year at Jellicoe Park, with organisers preparing for an even bigger and better 2026. The December 21 markets are traditionally the second held in December during the lead-up to Christmas, and again drew stall-holders from across the region. Market-day co-ordinator Rhiannon Barr said stall-holder numbers are building [...]
