The newest stories across general, sport, community, and business coverage.
Group 4 League
MOREE second-grade first-season coaches Alf Newman and Charlie Shearer can take a bow with their team confirming a Group 4 grand-final berth after beating Werris Creek Magpies 32-24 at Boughton Oval on Saturday. Newman said every player stood tall, with tries to Dereik and Latrel Newman, Mark Pegus, Richard Smith, Stan Swan and David Annis-Brown. [...]
Our Community
THE need for people in Moree to travel long distances for eye treatment has ended, with the installation of an Optical Coherence Tomography machine at Moree Hospital. The vital piece of equipment, valued at $80,000, was purchased with money raised by Moree United Hospital Auxiliary volunteers at the hospital kiosk and donations from Young Aggies [...]
Grand-Finals in Moree
MOREE Boars and Moree Bulls will host home-ground grand-finals in two weeks’ time after each club scored hard-fought major semi-final wins across two grades on Saturday. At Boughton Oval, Moree Boars delivered edge-of-the-seat stuff to win first-grade and second-grade major semi-finals in the Group 4 rugby league competition. A couple of hours away at Gunnedah [...]
NRLW 2025
THE call-out is on to vote for Pally’s best-loved ambassadress Rhiannon Byers for the Veronica White Medal. Byers, who plays for Cronulla Sutherland Sharks in NRLW, never forgets where home is, and always supports her local community – and communities far away from home. The Sharks didn’t hesitate nominating Byers, a fierce advocate for Indigenous [...]
Our Community
KYLA-Belle Roberts’ emerging career just went up a few octaves, with the 16-year-old Moree Secondary College student named Triple J’s Unearthed Indigenous Initiative winner. The national competition is for high school students, with Kyla nominating her new single, Myself, from her EP Took a Turn, launched earlier this year. Kyla was floored when told the [...]
Northern Tablelands
Last Friday, the 2025 Lexus Melbourne Cup Tour came into Walcha. It was a fantastic event for the Walcha community with one of Australia’s most iconic sporting trophies in town. There was a colourful street parade with schools, clubs and local icons taking part. Knight’s Choice’s breeder Norm Bazeley paraded Midnight Pearl, who is the [...]
NSW Police
MORE than 300 police recruits – at 314 the largest class in 13 years – were sworn into the NSW Police Force last week, bolstering frontline policing across New South Wales. Recruits of Class 366 were welcomed as they attested at the Goulburn Police Academy. The new officers will be deployed to 57 Police Area [...]
Local Government
INVERELL Shire Council has confirmed the appointment of a new director to join Council’s senior management team. Mr Greg Doman has been appointed as director environmental services. The exhaustive recruitment process concluded this week following the short list of candidates being interviewed. Council engaged recruitment specialists LG Services Group to assist in sourcing the best [...]
Disaster Relief
MEMBER for Northern Tablelands Brendan Moylan has welcomed news disaster assistance from the NSW Government has been extended to Armidale Regional Council following the destructive snowstorm on August 2. The weather event caused significant and widespread damage to infrastructure and services across the Northern Tablelands. Following the event, Mr Moylan made urgent appeals to Minister [...]
Regional Health
THE NSW Opposition has raised concerns around a plan to replace the emergency department at Wee Waa Hospital with an urgent care clinic. Health Minister Ryan Park was quizzed about the move at a Budget Estimates hearing, after a similar service was opened in Goulburn but shut down due to staffing issues in just 10 [...]
