The newest stories across general, sport, community, and business coverage.
Regional Tourism
TAMWORTH Regional Council has officially reopened the extraordinary Gil Bennet Rocks, Gems and Minerals Collection at its new location in Nundle. The relocation, at 8 Innes Street, marks an exciting new chapter for the collection, which showcases more than 1300 specimens collected by the late Gilmour (Gil) Thomas Bennet. The Nundle Visitor Information Outlet was [...]
State Award
YALLAROI’s Sally Poole has been named Athletes’ Athlete at the 2025 Queensland Triathlon Awards, held at the Garden Room, Victoria Park, Brisbane earlier this month. Sally, a land services officer with Local Land Services in Moree, has competed at local, regional, national and world championship levels in the past 10 years. The Queensland Triathlon Awards [...]
Our Community
THE Moree Caledonian Pipes and Drums band is recognised as the most isolated town pipe band in Australia – but that hasn’t stopped this dedicated group from competing against the best in New South Wales and Queensland in recent months. THE Celtic spirit in Moree is alive and well, and going from strength to strength, [...]
Northern Tablelands
Local mayors, local planning officers, landholders, academics, and community members had the chance to raise their concerns about the New England Renewable Energy Zone when the Upper House Inquiry came to Armidale on Thursday. Witnesses who spoke publicly raised concerns on how the REZ is being rolled out with the flawed planning process and the [...]
Youth News
THE Youth Booth in Glen Innes has been named a finalist in the 2025 Local Government Week Awards for delivering one of the most outstanding Youth Week programs in New South Wales. The recognition follows the success of this year’s Youth Week celebrations, which brought together young people from across the Glen Innes Severn to [...]
Road Safety
NSW Police are urging drivers to get home safely ahead of heavy traffic expected over the weekend as families return from holidays. Many cars are expected to be on roads across the state as they head home before school returns next week. There have been 10 deaths during the past two weeks since the school [...]
Regional News
MOTORISTS on the Oxley Highway are enjoying smoother and safer journeys with $12.5 million of improvements now completed about 50 kilometres west of Gunnedah. The upgrades to a six-kilometre stretch of the highway at Goolhi included widening the road, widening nine culverts for improved drainage, installing safety barriers and resealing the section of road. Transport [...]
New Pool
AT the July Council meeting on Thursday, a resolution was passed that Moree Plains Shire Council proceed with Taylor Oval as the planned site for the new Moree Aquatic Centre. During the meeting, a report from NSW Public Works regarding Site Feasibility for Taylor Oval was presented to Council. The report stated “Taylor Oval is [...]
Regional News
MEMBER for Northern Tablelands Brendan Moylan is urging the NSW Government to act on community concerns after the NSW Parliament Upper House Committee visited the New England on Thursday as part of their inquiry into Renewable Energy Zones. The committee heard from local mayors, local planning officers, landholders, academics, and community members about the current [...]
Local Racing
MOREE Race Club is saddling up for a new-look Moree Cup Carnival, with a three-day format taking in thoroughbred racing, a round of golf, cup calcutta and a charity ball to raise funds for the Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service. The charity ball, at Moree racecourse on Friday, August 29, will feature former NRL star Daniel [...]
