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Tax Time 2025
AUSTRALIA’s largest accounting body is urging Australians not to let their tax returns become a financial fright fest, with the October 31 deadline fast approaching. CPA Australia says it’s time to banish procrastination and get your DIY tax affairs in order before the witching hour, or at least get on the books of a tax [...]
Health
TOMORROW marks Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day and the start of a week of fundraising, advocacy and awareness-raising activities for an often overlooked and incurable form of breast cancer. Metastatic breast cancer – also known as stage IV, advanced or secondary breast cancer – occurs when cancer spreads beyond the breast or nearby lymph nodes [...]
Our Community
THE problem with being a clinical nurse, is the need to be so damn clinical. Palliative care clinical nurse consultant, Fiona Lysaught, and Moree District Hospital Health Service manager, Lee Clissold, are the first to agree a clinical mindset is all part of the job. And it’s this mindset that brought about an incredible initiative [...]
Our Community
MOREE Men’s Shed members acted with military precision when members of Moree RSL Regional Military Museum asked about commissioning a special project recently. Military museum president John Williams and his committee members are often called up to speak at official engagements each year, especially around Anzac Day and Remembrance Day. Museum executive member, Darryl Brady, [...]
Regional News
THE Australian Koala Foundation is coming to Warialda – and the whole community is invited to meet the team behind Australia’s leading koala conservation efforts. From Tuesday, October 27 to Thursday, October 30, members of the Brisbane-based AKF team will be in Warialda, connecting with the local retail and online team from the Save The [...]
Health and Wellbeing
DEMENTIA Australia will this month offer support in Moree, Narrabri and Gunnedah for residents concerned about memory loss or worried that someone they know may have dementia. A Dementia Australia team will be in Moree on Monday-Tuesday, October 13 and 14, at Moree Dhiiyaan Aboriginal Centre. The team will be in Narrabri on Wednesday, October [...]
Sponsored Content
STEPHEN and Robyn Sparke are back home after recently being dazzled at two Melbourne gift fairs and the Sydney International Jewellery Fair. Robyn and Stephen, owners of Sparkes Jewellers in Moree and Goondiwindi, spent several days in Sydney and Melbourne sourcing quality, marketable and saleable products for their stores. With Christmas rapidly approaching, Robyn and [...]
Our Community
A bus driver, sales assistant and Telstra technician walk down Balo Street. No, it’s not the opening line to a bad joke. But there are plenty told – good and bad – when mates Gary Davis, Ross Annis-Brown and George Barnett meet up each day at their favourite spot for a chat and a joke, [...]
Running Legend
ON November 15 last year, Judy Batterham lost her battle with cancer. Her grief-stricken husband, David, carries the pain every day. To help ease that pain, David runs – and smiles broadly as he pounds the bitumen, knowing he’s helping the organisations that were there for Judy during her battle with neuroendocrine tumours. David, from [...]
Health and Education
APPLICATIONS are now open for two long-running $10,000 scholarships supporting rural health students from the Moree and Gwydir regions. Supported by HealthWISE and the Gwydir Cotton Growers Association, the Dr William Hunter and Healthy Communities scholarships provide financial support for local students studying medicine, nursing or allied health. Last year’s recipient, Madelyn Johnson, said the [...]
