The newest stories across general, sport, community, and business coverage.
Battle of the Border
UPDATE TIMES: As State of Origin fever heats up, footballs an hour after dawn will take place in Mungindi, with the Today Extra morning show on the NINE Network crossing live at 7.20am. The prime-time coverage is sure to give Mungindi nationwide exposure when Moree Plains Shire Council mayor Susannah Pearse and Balonne Shire Council [...]
Reconciliation Week
AS part of this year’s National Reconciliation Week theme, the Dhiiyaan Aboriginal Centre in Moree is proud to launch a special exhibition, Bridging Now to Next. The powerful community initiative calls on all Australians to step forward together, to look ahead and continue the push forward as past lessons become guides – a sentiment echoed [...]
Our Community
THERE’S no rest at Bank Art Museum Moree, with a big line-up of exhibitions and programs scheduled for the coming months, including the Garage Barbershop program and Team Trampoline Project. BAMM director Rosie Dennis said the museum has been busy – and likely to get busier as the year progresses. “It’s been a fantastic month [...]
G4 Rugby League
A half-time rev-up from coach Alf Newman and team manager Charlie Shearer completely turned the game around when Moree Boars reserves put on a second-half demolition to beat Boggabri Kangaroos 32-14 at Boughton Oval on Sunday. Two quick tries to Boggabri centre Esava Nadalo gave the visitors an 8-nil lead 20 minutes into the game, [...]
Scam Watch
THE National Anti-Scam Centre’s Job Scam Fusion Cell removed more than 29,000 scam social media accounts and 1850 fake job advertisements in a crackdown on employment scams targeting vulnerable Australians looking to ease cost of living pressures. The fusion cell, which ran from September 2024 to March 2025, has published its report highlighting the combined [...]
Operation Soteria
EIGHT people have been charged during Operation Soteria after officers attached to Operation Soteria were last week assisted by officers attached to New England Police District with high-visibility taskings throughout Moree between Thursday May 22 and Saturday, May 24. Operation Soteria was established to address an escalation of violence in young offenders across Western and [...]
Regional Roads
ARMIDALE Regional Council and Walcha Council have now been included in the NSW Government’s Natural Disaster Declaration after the recent wet weather. This means the councils can now restore damaged public assets such as roads which have experienced a huge increase in traffic following last week’s floods along the east coast of New South Wales. [...]
Agriculture
GWYDIR Valley Irrigator Association’s executive officer and CottonInfo technical lead, Lou Gall, has been named a 2025 Cotton Industry Researcher of the Year finalist. Cotton Australia on Monday announced the award finalists for the Cotton Seed Distributors Researcher of the Year Award, which also includes Dr Katie Broughton, a research scientist at CSIRO Agriculture and [...]
Online Privacy
THE Office of the Australian Information Commissioner is asking children, young people and parents to share how children’s privacy can be better protected online. Listening to children, young people and parents is crucial to make sure the Children’s Online Privacy Code responds to their needs and experiences. The code will be a set of rules [...]
G4 Rugby League
MOREE Boars and Boggabri Kangaroos played a rematch of their 2024 Group 4 first-grade grand-final on Sunday at Boughton Oval – and coach Jack Durheim reckons his team played better this time around. Moree pounced on Boggabri 40-18 in last year’s season decider and on Saturday dished out a similar scoreline, winning 46-12. Durheim, currently [...]
