Toowoomba Anglican School to showcase Moree connection at Run the Plains

FOR 115 years, Toowoomba Anglican School has forged a strong connection with the Moree Plains region – and aims to strengthen that connection at the Moree Run the Plains festival on September 26-27. The school’s proud tradition as Australia’s only independent, co-educational, K-12 day and boarding school, offering boarding from Years 1-12, has helped shape [...]

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Juveniles target vehicles at Moree Ambulance Station

MOREE paramedics are being harassed as they arrive and leave work, and their personal cars and ambulance vehicles are being targeted and damaged by children as young as 10. Juveniles have been witnessed hurling rocks at ambulance vehicles and staff cars parked at Moree Ambulance Station, with instances of staff being confronted and harassed. The [...]

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More than 1000 anglers prepare to cast off in debut NSW Fish Reflections event

MORE than 1000 anglers of all ages – from mums and dads and extended families to youth who love to drop a line – will take part in the inaugural Fish Reflections catch-and-release fishing competition this weekend, flocking to popular and remote waterways across New South Wales, including Copeton Dam and Lake Keepit. Registrations are [...]

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Bingara Sporting Club upgrades given the green light

THE Bingara bowling greens will undergo an overhaul thanks to a grant from the Community Building Partnership program. Member for Northern Tablelands Brendan Moylan visited the Bingara Sporting Club to deliver the $18,000 in funding which will see wheelchair access to the green improved, more seating and shade, and repairs to the green’s ditch head. [...]

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Moree Giants suffer second canteen break-in this season

A hugely successful junior rugby league season for the Giants was dealt a hefty blow this week when Moree Junior Rugby League Club’s Boughton Oval canteen and storage room was broken into for the second time this year. Cooking and electrical equipment, an air compressor, training tees and clothing were stolen. Display fridges loaded with [...]

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Legislative Assembly Committee on Law and Safety in Moree this week

AS part of the community safety in regional and rural communities’ inquiry, the Legislative Assembly Committee on Law and Safety will be in Moree on Wednesday. The inquiry has received nearly 200 submissions from individuals and organisations from across New South Wales, including councils from Narrabri, Inverell, Gunnedah, Dubbo, Ballina, Bega Valley, Port Macquaire, Lake [...]

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Important film Bravery and Betrayal screening in Moree this week

AFTER 9/11, Australia sent soldiers from the Special Air Service Regiment to Afghanistan. More than 25 years later, their suffering continues. The SAS now tell their story of what really happened in Afghanistan and Iraq in the film, Bravery and Betrayal, which features at a special screening in Moree on Thursday. Bravery and Betrayal will [...]

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NSW Greens propose new law to fine owners of “unsupervised” cats

THE phrase “like trying to herd cats” will take on a whole new meaning if the Greens get their way with a proposed law effectively making people responsible for keeping cats at home. New laws to be proposed by the Greens in the NSW Parliament in October will give New South Wales councils the discretion [...]

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Business NSW: Red tape slams brakes in business growth

WITH the launch of Small Business month only days away, red tape is stifling business growth across New South Wales, with nearly one in five small businesses forced to halt expansion plans, according to the state’s peak business body. October is NSW Small Business Month, a month-long program for small businesses across New South Wales [...]

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Agriculture and Landcare Week launched on the Gold Coast

LANDCARE Australia and the National Farmers’ Federation have partnered to launch Agriculture and Landcare Week on the Gold Coast, coinciding with the 2025 National Landcare Conference and the NFF’s AgXchange Australia. Both events will be held at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre this week. Agriculture and Landcare Week on the Gold Coast will [...]

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