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2025 Moree Show
RIGHT on cue, the rain came. As the last few stragglers left the showground Saturday night and show society committee members enjoyed well-earned refreshments, more than 40mm of rain was dumped on Moree and district. After two days of non-stop action and entertainment, the Moree Show closed for the 141st time. The overnight downpour was [...]
Lest We Forget
MOREE residents and visitors lined Balo Street on Anzac Day to remember the men and women who fought and died in conflicts across the globe to give Australia the freedom this great country enjoys today. As aircraft from Moree Aero Club performed a fly-past, master of ceremonies Roger Butler stood proudly on the steps of [...]
2025 Moree Show
AVIATION industry professional, 21-year-old Laura Penfold, has been crowned Moree Show Society’s 2025 Young Woman Initiative winner. The title was announced centre-stage Friday night, amid a night packed with entertainment and action. Moree beauty therapist, 20-year-old Millie Hobday, was announced runner-up. Ms Penfold and Ms Hobday have both lived in Moree all their lives. Ms [...]
Northern Tablelands
A refuge for women and children fleeing violence will be constructed in Glen Innes. The new refuge will be built by Pathfinders after $7.6 million for the project was secured from the NSW Government’s Core and Cluster Program. Up to eight self-contained dwellings will be built to allow independence. There will also be communal spaces [...]
Regional Education
MORE than 1000 future students have signed up to experience life at the University of New England’s Armidale campus ahead of Open Day 2025 on Friday, May 2. With 26 tours, sessions and events confirmed across the day, the annual event will showcase UNE’s courses, campus life, support services and accommodation options to school leavers. [...]
Federal Election
AN elected Dutton-Littleproud Coalition Government will provide $937,000 from a revitalised Safer Communities Fund to Boys to the Bush to expand their program to support the communities of Cobar, Nyngan, Condobolin, Narromine, Bourke, Coonamble and Gunnedah. The Nationals candidate for Parkes Jamie Chaffey said this funding would help disadvantaged youth to break the cycle by [...]
Lest We Forget
IT gets bigger each year. Hundreds of people gathered at the Moree Services Club memorial window early today to commemorate Anzac Day. They stood silent, heads bowed, and remembered them. Anzac Day master of ceremonies Roger Butler told the gathering how at this hour, upon this day, the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, received [...]
Lest We Forget
When my paternal grandfather Fred wrote a letter home to his younger brother Dave from the Western Front during the Great War, he penned this poignant line, ‘Don’t take this on at any cost’. My great-uncle Dave, who stayed at home to run the property in his brother’s absence, may well have thought otherwise until [...]
2025 Moree Show
MOREE Show Society made the hard decision to cancel tonight’s rodeo due to insufficient entries, but will still have opening night jam-packed with entertainment and events, including live band SAX Appeal, V8 Trackskill Ute Show and judging of the Young Woman Initiative. Society president Brendan Munn said Australian Bushmen’s Campdraft and Rodeo Association extended rodeo [...]
2025 Moree Show
MOREE’s newest group, SAX Appeal, will strut their stuff on the Moree Show main stage Friday night. And the word is out – they won’t disappoint. SAX Appeal was born when multi-instrumentalists Nathan Davis, Stephen McPherson and James Barron started jamming together. The boys were determined to create a band that offered something a little [...]
