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Border News
GOONDIWINDI Regional Council has completed a major apron and taxiway expansion at Goondiwindi Airport, delivering critical infrastructure to meet growing demand for private aviation facilities in the region. The $500,000 project is jointly funded by the Queensland Government’s Transport Infrastructure Development Scheme and Goondiwindi Regional Council. The works include a 2000 square-metre extension of the [...]
Local Government
LOCAL Government NSW last week released a new report on cost-shifting, with the Country Mayors Association of NSW saying impacts are more deeply felt in rural, regional and remote communities. Cost-shifting is the term given to offloading cost burdens by State and Federal Governments to already cash-starved Local Government. The report, Cost Shifting 2025: How [...]
Flight Training
AIRCRAFT enthusiasts were treated to a rare sight last week, with the arrival of a RAAF C-130J Super Hercules at Moree Regional Airport. The Hercules circled over Moree before touching down at 4.45pm on Thursday, July 10. Moree Regional Airport senior aerodrome reporting officer, Kingsley Counsell, said the aircraft departed RAAF Base Richmond early Thursday [...]
Group 4 League
TO quote team captain Jamie Sampson, Moree Boars put on a “try July” at Boughton Oval on Sunday, outgunning Kootingal Roosters 60-nil to secure second spot on the competition ladder, one point behind joint leaders Werris Creek Magpies and Boggabri Kangaroos. Again, winger Adrian Smith starred for the Boars, with three first-half tries and eight [...]
Group 4 League
WHEN Moree centre Latrel Newman planted the ball three minutes into the game against Kootingal at Boughton Oval on Saturday, a soft win for the Boars in the Group 4 reserve-grade competition looked likely – but the Roosters had other ideas. Kootingal Roosters played hard, tough rugby league from start to finish, and with less [...]
Picnic Racing
THE “crazy lady” from Muswellbrook – five-year-old mare Avoid Me – and champion approved rider Leandro Ribeiro kept their unbeaten picnic record intact with a powerhouse win in the 1600m Boggabri Business Houses Wean Picnic Cup on Saturday. Ribeiro and Avoid Me – trained at Muswellbrook by the jockey’s partner, Julia Presits – are now [...]
Pally School
THERE are 13 families with 21 children – and between them, they’re on the hunt for $28,000. Staff, families, students and supporters of Pallamallawa Public School have been brainstorming ideas to raise enough capital to install new playground equipment at the school. It’s a fundraiser done the old-fashioned way, where everyone in the village chips [...]
Local Government
COUNCILS across New South Wales are now absorbing $1.5 billion in cost-shifting from State and Federal governments each year, according to a new report commissioned by Local Government NSW. Cost shifting occurs when State and Federal governments force councils to assume responsibility for infrastructure, services and regulatory functions without providing sufficient funding to support the [...]
Agriculture
NSW Farmers encourages young people to upskill in agriculture as the state government announces a new 5-million-dollar boost to the AgSkilled program. On Thursday, the State Government announced it will extend its AgSkilled initiative for a further twelve months, with the new program funding to allow hundreds of short courses in agricultural skills to continue. [...]
Law and Order
MEMBER of the Legislative Council, Stephen Lawrence, was in Moree earlier in the week as part of a roving tour across the north-western and New England regions of New South Wales. Mr Lawrence visited Inverell and Armidale, where he met with Labor party branch members and was hosted by Moree Country Labor on Wednesday. He [...]
