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Our Community
ACCORDING to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Moree has one of the highest rates of youth crime in New South Wales – and Moree’s PCYC is encouraging young people to get off the streets and engage in meaningful activities and mentorship in a safe space through the U-Nites program. There have been 2120 attendances at [...]
Health and Wellbeing
BreastScreen NSW has relaunched a campaign encouraging women to have a life-saving mammogram and join the more than 55,000 women who screened across Hunter New England Local Health District in 2024. Hunter New England Local Health District BreastScreen NSW manager, Kairsten Marley, said with almost 900 women in the district expected to be diagnosed with [...]
Youth Crime Crisis
THE voices of 22,015 people will be heard when the Time for Change petition is debated in the NSW Parliament on Thursday. The petition, lodged by Tamworth victim of crime Phebe Furneaux, asks the State Government to strengthen bail laws to prevent violent young offenders from re-offending, provide increased resources and support for police officers [...]
Our Community
ONE of Moree’s hidden treasures has been uncovered. Tian Harris has been added to the prestigious NSW Hidden Treasures Honour Roll, a state-wide initiative celebrating the invaluable contributions of rural women volunteers. Tian is a familiar face to many for her years promoting Moree tourism, countless hours volunteering for community organisations and dedication to rural [...]
Socks and Jocks
NARRABRI Shire Council has launched a bold new campaign with a humorous twist to spotlight a very real problem – despite being one of Australia’s top cotton-producing regions, residents of Narrabri Shire can’t buy basic affordable cotton essentials like bras, socks or jocks in their own town. In a new promotional video, #BringBackSocksAndJocks, Narrabri Council [...]
Battle of the Border
UPDATE TIMES: As State of Origin fever heats up, footballs an hour after dawn will take place in Mungindi, with the Today Extra morning show on the NINE Network crossing live at 7.20am. The prime-time coverage is sure to give Mungindi nationwide exposure when Moree Plains Shire Council mayor Susannah Pearse and Balonne Shire Council [...]
Reconciliation Week
AS part of this year’s National Reconciliation Week theme, the Dhiiyaan Aboriginal Centre in Moree is proud to launch a special exhibition, Bridging Now to Next. The powerful community initiative calls on all Australians to step forward together, to look ahead and continue the push forward as past lessons become guides – a sentiment echoed [...]
Our Community
THERE’S no rest at Bank Art Museum Moree, with a big line-up of exhibitions and programs scheduled for the coming months, including the Garage Barbershop program and Team Trampoline Project. BAMM director Rosie Dennis said the museum has been busy – and likely to get busier as the year progresses. “It’s been a fantastic month [...]
Scam Watch
THE National Anti-Scam Centre’s Job Scam Fusion Cell removed more than 29,000 scam social media accounts and 1850 fake job advertisements in a crackdown on employment scams targeting vulnerable Australians looking to ease cost of living pressures. The fusion cell, which ran from September 2024 to March 2025, has published its report highlighting the combined [...]
Online Privacy
THE Office of the Australian Information Commissioner is asking children, young people and parents to share how children’s privacy can be better protected online. Listening to children, young people and parents is crucial to make sure the Children’s Online Privacy Code responds to their needs and experiences. The code will be a set of rules [...]
