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Regional Tourism
AFTER sold-out and award-winning runs across the Australian Fringe Festival circuit, Marcel Cole and his mother Katie are bringing their hit show The Ukulele Man on the road to the New England region. In partnership with Arts North West, the sensational story of George Formby is set to delight audiences in Barraba, Gunnedah, Baan Baa [...]
Regional Education
TAMWORTH, Quirindi and Gunnedah are embracing NAIDOC Week 2025 with a dual investment in culture and skills, as TAFE NSW delivers infrastructure upgrades and the long-awaited return of Aboriginal language training to the region. After more than five years, the Certificate I in Aboriginal Languages for Everyday Use will be offered at TAFE NSW Tamworth, [...]
Connectivity Help
THE Regional Tech Hub has announced a new grants program, offering up to $3000 to community groups across rural, regional and remote Australia. The Connect Grants are open to grassroots projects that help people navigate the complex world of phone and internet connectivity. Regional Tech Hub general manager, Jennifer Medway, said the program is about [...]
NAIDOC Week
TEA, coffee, damper and a barbecue lunch were just what doctors and nursing staff ordered at Moree District Hospital’s NAIDOC Week celebrations on Tuesday. Members of the public joined hospital staff for a special morning tea and lunch in the hospital gardens, provided by the Aboriginal Health Peer Support Group. Moree Lions Club provided steaks [...]
Group 4 League
REIGNING Group 4 first-grade premiers Moree Boars made a statement on Sunday when walloping Dungowan Cowboys 52-4 away from home. The clinical win put the Boars in a clear third on the Group 4 first-grade competition ladder with 14 points, three behind Werris Creek Magpies and one point behind Boggabri Kangaroos. “It was a great [...]
NAIDOC Week
PROUD Gomeroi and Euahlayi man, Harry Phillip Hall from Walgett, has been named Male Elder of the Year at the 2025 National NAIDOC Awards ceremony, held in Perth at the weekend ahead of NAIDOC Week celebrations across the country. Mr Hall, born in a segregated blacks-only labour ward at Walgett District Hospital in 1946, was [...]
Police News
FOUR boys, ranging in ages 12 to 14, have been arrested following an aggravated break-and-enter at a home in Moree early today that saw an 83-year-old woman taken to hospital. Police were called to a Boston Street house at about 5:30am today, after four people – one allegedly armed with a box cutter – forced [...]
NAIDOC Celebrations
A service at Moree Anglican Church on Sunday afternoon launched NAIDOC Week in Moree, with the official opening and march held Monday morning on Balo Street to honour this year’s powerful theme, The Next Generation: Strength, Vision and Legacy. A large crowd marched from the Dhiiyaan Centre to Moree War Memorial Hall, where local NAIDOC [...]
Group 4 League
MOREE Boars reserve-grade retained their top-of-the-table ranking when overcoming the odds and depleted numbers to beat Dungowan Cowboys 32-18 at Dungowan Recreation Ground on Sunday. Team manager Charlier Shearer, who shares coaching duties with Alf Newman, said the Moree squad travelled to Dungowan down on numbers due to a few “no-shows” and injuries, but produced [...]
Border Racing
IT’S a toss-up who’s done the most miles in the past three or four weeks – Inverell trainer Jo Methven and her tough old gelding Better Tomorrow, or her well-travelled son, apprentice jockey Glenn Cahill, who launched his career in Ireland before returning to Australia. Methven and Better Tomorrow went to Rockhampton last month – [...]
