The newest stories across general, sport, community, and business coverage.
Moree Races
MOREE Race Club tomorrow stages its eight-race Tradies’ TAB meeting, and Inverell trainer Ridge Wilson will bring a team of six runners across from the Sapphire City – all with tradesmanlike qualities, he says. And no horse better suits that description than Lesgo Don, owned locally by Les Quinn and his family. Lesgo Don will [...]
Narrabri Gas Project
THE NSW Farmers’ Association has strongly condemned the NSW Government’s threats of compulsory land acquisition to support a multi-billion-dollar mining corporation. In a speech last week at a National Energy Forum, NSW Premier Chris Minns said “we will be considering compulsory acquisition” to progress the Narrabri Gas Project. NSW Farmers’ say this is despite enormous [...]
Return and Earn
GENEROUS recyclers have covered the cost of breeding, raising and training three new guide dogs thanks to a Return and Earn campaign with Guide Dogs NSW/ACT. More than $175,000 has been raised for Guide Dogs during the six-month recycling appeal that ran at Return and Earn machines and depots across New South Wales. The funds [...]
Agriculture
NEW South Wales shearer, registered nurse and mental health advocate, Carol Mudford, has been named the 2025 AgriFutures Rural Women’s Award national winner. Ms Mudford, founder of sHedway, a national not‑for‑profit tackling suicide prevention and mental health in the shearing industry, has officially been named the 2025 AgriFutures Rural Women’s Award Winner for her leadership [...]
Local History
THE fourth volume of Moree local studies journal, Stories from the Plains, will be available to the public in the coming days. The journal features an oral history interview with well-known Moree couple Edward and Maureen Wong, who for many years owned and operated the New Bo Wa restaurant. Stories from the Plains, available in [...]
Country Roads
THE consultation period on the federal government’s plan to cut default regional road speed limits to as low as 70 kilometres per hour has been extended by two weeks to Monday, November 10. The morning after Regional Development Shadow Minister, Dr Anne Webster, called for an extension of time – and following Transport Shadow Minister [...]
Agriculture
A dozen women have cemented their place as agricultural leaders after graduating from the Diversity in Agriculture Leadership Program, including Malinda Guest from Narrabri and Gorgia Campbell from Gunnedah. The program is run by the National Farmers’ Federation and supported by agricultural organisations and corporate partners who have committed to increasing diversity in their workplaces. [...]
2025 Harvest
THE wheat harvest is in full swing and as part of an inspiring fundraising campaign, Bank Art Museum Moree is asking farmers and growers to donate a tonne of grain – or trailer load – at the weighbridge in the coming weeks. BAMM has launched the 200-tonne grain campaign to help the critically-acclaimed museum reach [...]
Cup Week
AS Melbourne Cup week looms, thoroughbreds dominate headlines every spring. But beyond the racetrack lies a vast industry, and this November, the public is invited to see that world for themselves. National Thoroughbred Week will run from 20-24 November 2025, giving thousands of people a chance to step inside working farms, stables, and retraining properties [...]
Youth Crime
THE Minns Labor Government today released the independent review of the operation of doli incapax in NSW for children under 14. Doli incapax operates as a common law presumption in NSW and presumes children aged between 10 and 13 are not able to be held criminally responsible for their actions. It can be rebutted if [...]
