The newest stories across general, sport, community, and business coverage.
Agriculture
THE NSW Opposition is calling on the Minns Labor Government to do more to protect the state’s primary industries by boosting biosecurity funding in the upcoming budget. NSW Nationals Leader Dugald Saunders met with farmers at Murwillumbah saleyards on the North Coast today, where the highly invasive cattle tick is causing concern. He said a [...]
Regional News
MEMBER for Northern Tablelands Brendan Moylan has acknowledged and thanked volunteers from around the region with National Volunteer Week events underway across the region. National Volunteer Week runs from May 19 to May 25 and celebrates the six million people who volunteer for organisations across Australia. This year, the theme for National Volunteer Week is [...]
Regional Tourism
AN Australian audience favourite, Acacia Quartet, returns to Gunnedah this weekend for a special afternoon of music at the Romanesque chapel at the Convent of Mercy. The Chapel celebrated is centenary earlier this month and on Sunday, May 25, the acclaimed Acacia Quartet will enchant audiences with an afternoon of sublime chamber music, showcasing three [...]
Our Community
MOREE Secondary College Year 7 and Year 8 Clontarf boys last week claimed victory in the inaugural Ed John Saunders Memorial Shield at Narrabri, with a come-from-behind 9-8 win against host team, Narrabri High School. Moree Clontarf Academy director Alex Barker said having ‘Moree Clontarf’ etched on the shield meant a lot to the Moree [...]
Energy Bills
CONSUMER group CHOICE has submitted its first designated complaint to the ACCC, asking the regulator to investigate energy retailers for potentially misleading consumers through how they describe and promote plans. CHOICE CEO, Ashley de Silva, said the complaint focuses on how energy retailers are describing energy plans. “It shouldn’t be this hard to know if [...]
The Golden Triangle
AS an amateur jockey, Tim Moses won the Boolooroo Cup four times. This year, he dearly wants to win the race as an owner. There’s one glitch to the Inverell grazier’s best-laid plans, however. His Moree cousins, Gig and Henry Moses, also have a runner in the time-honoured race. “We’re going to clash, and that [...]
Coastal Flooding
TODAY is Wear Orange Wednesday – or WOW Day – and it comes as SES volunteers and emergency services arrive en masse to flood- and rain-impacted areas along eastern New South Wales. WOW Day is a time to show appreciation for the NSW SES volunteers who support communities during storms, floods and other emergencies. In [...]
Parties Split
Member-elect for Parkes, Jamie Chaffey said today is a huge day in National Party History, and the decision to spilt with the Liberals and to not enter into a Coalition Agreement is momentous. “As a new member of The Nationals’ Party Room, I couldn’t support a position to walk away from policies that we took [...]
Politics
NATIONALS Leader David Littleproud has announced his party will not enter a federal coalition agreement with the Liberal Party. A National Party statement says, after careful consideration, the Nationals have agreed now is not the right time to enter a federal Coalition Agreement with the Liberal Party. “During the last term of Parliament, The Nationals [...]
The Golden Triangle
IT’S a cup etched with the names of bush champions the likes of Mulgate, Passing Trade and Track Flash – and is arguably the most sought after piece of silverware in racing circles at this time of year. Every year, picnic racing syndicates and ownership groups are formed with one race and one trophy in [...]
