Lifestyle coverage
Birthday Celebrations
UNIQUE Moree store, The Gift Barrel, celebrates 30 years’ trading at its Heber Street premises, and 41 years’ trading since opening its doors to shoppers on November 22, 1983. The Gift Barrel, a co-operative of sorts, is unique in the way it operates. Founded by a group of resourceful friends in the early 1980s, the [...]
Community
ST Peters Lutheran College is proud to announce the appointment of boarding student Chloe Elbourne as College vice-captain for 2025. Originally from Moree, Chloe’s appointment is significant as she is the first female boarder to hold a College leadership role in 20 years. Chloe’s boarding journey has been defined by resilience, ambition, and commitment to [...]
Regional News
CASH acceptance will be mandated in Australia for essentials by January 1, 2026. Treasurer Jim Chalmers has announced new plans that require all businesses in Australia selling food, fuel, medicine and health care supplies to accept cash for payment. “There is an ongoing place for cash in our society,” Mr Chalmers said. The government has [...]
Birthday Bash
LIONS roared long and proud at Moree Services Club on Saturday afternoon as Moree Lions Club celebrated 70 years’ active service to the town and district. Local Lions icon Barrie Brooks, 86, held back tears when district governor Yvie Kearns proudly awarded him a certificate of appreciation for 54 years’ involvement with the Moree club. [...]
Rural Health
WOMEN experiencing severe or complex menopause symptoms will benefit from enhanced support, with a new menopause hub opening at the Royal Hospital for Women in Randwick. The new hub includes NSW’s first publicly-funded dedicated hormone and mood clinic, and is part of NSW Health’s extensive menopause network, which includes four central hubs and multiple referral [...]
Birthday Bash
MOREE Lions Club will tomorrow blow out 70 candles at a special lunch at Moree Services Club, and the club has donated $4000 as part of birthday bash celebrations. Moree Services Club board president Garry Maidens said Moree Lions Club was a local institution. “Moree Lions is a fantastic organisation, with volunteers who work tirelessly [...]
Academy of Dance
MOREE classical dancer Livia Marchant has taken the next step in her promising career with enrolment at Newtown High School of the Performing Arts. Livia began dancing at three years of age under the tutelage of Elissa Finlay and continued with Moree Dance Academy principal Chelsie Assef, academy teacher Demi Thorburn and during the past [...]
Consumer
CHOICE has announced the much-anticipated winners of this year’s Shonky Awards, recognising the worst of the worst products and services from the past year and high on the list is Meta, for failing to protect Aussies from scams. Winners include the Acerpure Clean Lite stick vacuum, for being the worst stick vacuum CHOICE has ever [...]
Academy of Dance
THERE is no shortage of dancing talent across the Moree Plains, and local youth will take to the stage this weekend to showcase their skills at the Moree Academy of Dance’s annual concert. This year’s performance, Dreaming of Wonderland, is a modern interpretation of a classical favourite featuring a range of dance mediums, from contemporary [...]
Festive Season
THE Salvation Army has launched its annual Christmas Appeal in the New England North-West to help the Salvos help those in the local community struggling during the Christmas season. Salvation Army Moree program manager Jason Poutawa said the festive season was a time for giving. “The Christmas season is a great time of year to [...]
