The newest stories across general, sport, community, and business coverage.
Gone Fishin’
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 [...]
Regional Sport
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. [...]
Crime
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 [...]
Rural Crime Inquiry
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 [...]
War On Terror
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 [...]
Feline Felons
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 [...]
Commerce
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 [...]
Agriculture
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 [...]
Local Government
BRETT Nolan has been elected Narrabri Shire Council deputy mayor for the next 12 months following a vote at last Wednesday’s Ordinary Council Meeting. Mayor Darrell Tiemens congratulated Cr Nolan on being awarded the role and said he looked forward to working with Cr Nolan. “I have absolutely no doubt Cr Nolan will do a [...]
Feature Story
MOREE Boars captain-coach Jamie Sampson has called full-time on his incredible football career, and will be a spectator in the stands when the Group 4 rugby league competition resumes next year. Sampson, 32, has played with the Moree Boars for the past four years. This season, Sampson and co-coach Jack Durheim led Moree first-grade to [...]
