Lifestyle coverage
Housing
THE New South Wales Government and Narrabri Shire Council are seeking community feedback on the future of Narrabri and how the town can grow and evolve over the next 20 years. The draft Narrabri Place Strategy identifies the potential for up to 2100 homes on flood-free land supported by local amenities in the residential precinct. [...]
Keynote Speaker
MOREE palliative care clinical nurse consultant Fiona Lysaught will be opening speaker at the NSW Palliative Care State conference at Tamworth in November. The conference, at West Tamworth Leagues Club from October 31 to November 2, will showcase how the palliative care sector delivers services, tackles challenges and embraces opportunities. Mrs Lysaught will speak about [...]
Lions’ pride
LIONS Clubs across Australia have been servicing the nation for nearly 80 years, and the Moree chapter has been looking after this neck of the woods for 70 of them. That’s a lot steak sandwiches over a lot of years, and two former members who manned the barbecue for most of those decades will, in [...]
Welcome Experience
POLICE officers, teachers, firefighters, medical professionals, allied healthcare workers and childcare workers are set to receive an extra-special Moree Plains welcome, thanks to New South Wales Government funding over the next two years. The Welcome Experience, delivered by Moree Plains Shire Council, will be a free concierge-style service to support essential workers and their families [...]
My Moree
IT’S time to scroll through your phone, computer or photo albums and find your most iconic images of the Moree Plains with the My Moree photography competition now open. There is $4500 worth of prizes being offered to local and visiting photographers up to the challenge. This year, organisers are also calling on content creators, [...]
Our People
It’s hard to picture a boxing coach sketching landscapes or painting portraits, but that pretty much sums up Colin Rice, known universally as “Chalky”. This Moree coach and mentor has an artistic side, some say a soft side. Chalky’s been painting, sketching and creating artworks for years. He’s a craftsman who works with two types [...]
Mungindi
BARBARA Woodham and Virginia Grey from Mungindi, St Philomena’s Catholic School in Moree and Moree Plains Shire Council were recognised in State parliament by Member for Northern Tablelands Brendan Moylan. Barbara and Virginia were recognised for their efforts raising funds to help Years 5 and 6 students from St Joseph’s Primary School attend an excursion [...]
New Chapter
A NEW chapter of Moree’s rich history was written in April when the Moree Plains Museum was officially opened. The museum was gifted to Moree and District Historical Society in 2019 when Moree Plains Shire Council acquired the historic Lands Office building from the NSW State Government. Adam Marshall, at the time Member for Northern [...]
Your News
THE Moree plains has a new information and news service, with the launch of Moree Online News. The new, free-to-view website is an expansion of Moree Online News social media platforms, and will extensively cover news and events from across the north-west region and beyond. Moree Online News as a social media presence was created [...]
Politics
Projects still waiting on funding The Labor Government continues to starve regional Australia of much-needed economic development funding with its failure to deliver on successful grant applications announced in May. Five major projects in the Parkes electorate were approved for funding under the Growing Regions Program, including the Brewarrina PCYC Youth Hub and Indoor Sports [...]
