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Education and Employment
BOGGABILLA Central School Year 7 student Ashley Jarrett reckoned the virtual reality goggles were ‘cool’, and Year 9 student Brenda Flanders learned about school-based apprenticeships and traineeships. The annual Ngurrugu Guuwali – Speak of Tomorrow – Careers Expo at Boggabilla Central School for kindergarten to Year 12 students was held last Thursday, with school staff, [...]
Border News
IN November, 2001, Goondiwindi Regional Council mayor, Lawrence Springborg, attended the inauguration of the Australian Inland Rail Expressway, Melbourne to Goondiwindi line, on the banks of the MacIntyre River at Goondiwindi. To mark this occasion, the then Deputy Prime Minister, John Anderson, planted a river gum and unveiled a commemorative plaque, while chairman of the [...]
Agriculture
NORTHERN Tablelands Local Land Services is encouraging local livestock producers to utilise feed testing when feeding livestock as seasonal conditions deteriorate. Whether producers are supplementing their diet or providing a full ration, obtaining a feed test provides a clear overview of the feed’s true nutritional value, ensuring producers can meet the nutritional requirements of their [...]
2026 Golden Triangle
FATHER and son singing duo Pieter and Nicky Kruger – Split Image – will wow the crowds at the Moree picnic races after-party on Saturday at Moree racecourse. Split Image is backed by a full live band, bringing decades of musical experience and energy to every performance. Dad Pieter, 60, and 35-year-old Nicky and their [...]
Cold Case
THE NSW Government and NSW Police Force will today announce a $1 million reward for information relating to the suspicious death of Paul Murray in Lightning Ridge in 1995. Paul Murray, then aged 40, owned an opal mining field about eight kilometres north-west of Lightning Ridge and lived in a camp at the site. He [...]
Volunteers’ Week
MEMBER for Northern Tablelands Brendan Moylan has congratulated winners and nominees from the 2026 New England Regional Volunteer Awards. The awards see volunteers from Armidale, Uralla, Walcha and surrounds nominated by their peers to recognise their contribution to the community. 2026 winners New England Regional Volunteer of the Year: Armidale St Vincent de Paul secretary [...]
Regional Health
ARMIDALE will host a national gathering of future medical professionals when the Australian Medical Students’ Association Rural Health Summit 2026 takes place from May 22 to 24, with around 200 medical students expected to travel to the region from across Australia. The three-day summit will examine the challenges and opportunities facing rural and regional healthcare, [...]
Illegal Tobacco
TWO men will face court after more than $1 million worth of illicit cigarettes and tobacco was allegedly seized in Moree early this morning. Officers attached to New England Police District were conducting patrols in the Moree area at about 2.15am today, May 19, when they stopped a utility on the Newell Highway for roadside [...]
Attempted Robbery
A man has been charged following an alleged attempted robbery in Moree at the weekend. Officers attached to New England Police District were informed of an attempted robbery at a park on Alice Street, Moree, at about 3pm on Saturday, May 16. Police were told two men – one in his 60s and the other [...]
Our Community
THE Moree community will be over the moon with the beloved Moree Rocket jetting onto the NSW State Heritage Register. The Moree Rocket is a distinctive playground rocket representative of the many installed in playgrounds across New South Wales at the height of space fever in the 1960s and 1970s. Rockets like this are an [...]
