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Our Community
THE spirit of rural generosity was on full display at this year’s Gravesend Long Lunch, with a record-breaking $48,400 raised to support students, staff and learning opportunities at the village, nestled between Moree and Warialda. The ‘Gravo’ community once again rallied behind its much-loved primary school, inviting friends and family from near and far to [...]
Renewable Energy
NSW Minister for Climate Change and Energy Penny Sharpe will today join Hiringa Energy CEO Andy Clennett and Sundown Pastoral Company co-owner David Statham for an important ground breaking ceremony for the GEGHA Project, west of Moree. Hiringa Energy has partnered with Sundown Pastoral Company and the NSW Government to deliver the first project in [...]
Agriculture
FIVE cotton growers from across New South Wales and Queensland have been named finalists for the 2026 Bayer Cotton Grower of the Year and the AgriRisk High Achiever of the Year awards, to be announced at the Australian Cotton Conference on the Gold Coast in August. From large-scale operations to family-run farms, this year’s finalists [...]
Federal Budget
THE 2026 Budget delivered Tuesday night has provided Local Government in remote, rural and regional New South Wales with a mixed bag of outcomes, according to Country Mayors’ Association of NSW chairman, Rick Firman. “While we are pleased to see that the Federal Government has recognised that one of the greatest barriers to housing construction [...]
Our Community
MOREE Plains Shire councillor Fred McGrady spoke softly and sincerely at a suicide awareness and prevention community meeting last weekend – but his message was loud. The meeting, co-ordinated by Dorothy Tighe, was held at Jellicoe Park, where a small group of community members spoke openly about suicide. Guest speakers included Cr McGrady, Alwyn Duke, [...]
The Golden Triangle
FOR more than 100 years, Moree picnic races have stood as one of the great social and sporting events of north-western New South Wales. What began as rough-and-ready bush race meetings on dusty paddocks in the 1800s, evolved into one of the best-known picnic race meetings in New South Wales. Through droughts, floods, wars, fires, [...]
Our Community
MOREE Plains Shire Council is calling for nominations of outstanding community members aged 65 and over who have dedicated their lives to strengthening reconciliation across the Moree Plains Shire. The Elder Honour Roll, delivered through the Moree Plains Shire Council Reconciliation Action Plan in partnership with the Moree Reconciliation Week Committee, will recognise Elders, Aboriginal [...]
Agriculture
WITH dry seasonal conditions being experienced across the region, Local Land Services is urging producers to act early on feral pig control. As feed and water become limited, feral pigs are concentrating around remaining resources, increasing the risk of damage to crops, pastures and infrastructure, and putting additional pressure on livestock production systems. North West [...]
Federal Budget
NSW Farmers’ president Xavier Martin has urged the Australian Government to embrace primary production following the Treasurer’s Budget speech Tuesday night. Mr Martin said Treasurer Jim Chalmers mentioned “productivity” 19 times as he handed down the 2026-2027 federal budget, talking about making the economy more productive. “Confidence about the year ahead has collapsed among farmers, [...]
Federal Budget
FEDERAL Member for Parkes, Jamie Chaffey and Shadow Minister for Regional Development, Local Government and Territories, Senator Bridget McKenzie, said the Federal Budget has failed to deliver a long-term plan for the financial sustainability of Australia’s local government sector, leaving regional, rural and remote councils once again carrying the burden of rising costs, ageing infrastructure [...]
