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Health
HUNTER New England Local Health District has appointed Dr Kirsten Molloy as board chair, effective January 1, 2025, succeeding associate professor, Martin Cohen, who steps down after a successful tenure as chair since 2021. Dr Molloy brings extensive leadership experience to her new role. With a career spanning executive positions in resources, manufacturing, and supply [...]
Power Bills
The ACCC says there are no rewards for being loyal and urges consumers to shop around or at least contact their electricity provider to ask if a cheaper electricity plan is available, following a decline in retail electricity prices in 2024 that many households are not currently benefiting from. More than 80 per cent of [...]
Police News
POLICE believe two men wanted for questioning about the death of a woman in Queensland may be travelling through northern New South Wales. Detectives investigating the homicide of a 23-year-old woman in Caboolture on December 22 have issued arrest warrants for 29-year-old Codye Thomson and 32-year-old Kaine Thomson-Gleeson. They have also released new images of [...]
Regional News
INVERELL Shire Council will host the 2026 Swimming NSW Country Regional Meet at the state-of-the-art Inverell Aquatic Centre on Saturday-Sunday, January 17-18 next year. The prestigious two-day event, organised by Swimming NSW in collaboration with Inverell Swimming Club, is expected to bring significant benefits to the Inverell community. It is expected the event will bring [...]
Police News
POLICE in New South Wales have charged hundreds of motorists for speeding, drink-driving and other dangerous driving offences during Operation Christmas-New Year 2024. Operation Christmas/New Year 2024 commenced at 12.01am Friday, December 20, 2024 and concluded at 11.59pm, Wednesday, January 1, 2025. Double demerit points were in force for the duration of the operation for [...]
Sponsored Content
MASLINA Bar and Grill in Moree is currently closed for a well-earned Christmas-New Year break, and will reopen on Monday, January 13. And owners Mick and Zelch Cikota want to start the New Year with more staff at the popular restaurant. A menu with new options will also greet diners in the New Year, but [...]
Festive Season
IN December, the team from Rabobank in Moree hosted clients and guests at historic Vitonga Homestead with a visit from the RaboTruck for an end-of year celebration. Guests gathered to celebrate last year’s harvest – some say the best on record – and the festive and new year season. Rabobank NSW state manager Toby Mendl [...]
Public Health Warning
NSW Health is warning communities across the state, including Moree, about the dangers of unexpected drugs in cocaine, which have resulted in three recent overdoses including one death. Two people have been hospitalised and one person has died in New South Wales as a result of overdose in the past week. The cases experienced severe [...]
Finances
AS the year winds down, Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia encourages superannuation account holders to take a moment to look at super and check everything is on track for the new year. “The end of the year is an incredibly busy time, but once the ham or other festive food has been eaten and [...]
Weather
SEVERE storms lashed much of the north-west and northern tablelands late Friday, with widespread hail and damage reported as well as lengthy power outages affecting nearly 4000 homes and businesses. Severe thunderstorms also produced widespread rain at Armidale, Inverell, Tingha, Bundarra, Warialda, Barraba, Ashford, Bendemeer and Bingara. Moree township missed most of it, with heavy [...]
