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Local Government
MOREE Plains Shire Council resolved at its February 20 ordinary council meeting to place the Draft Reconciliation Action Plan on public exhibition for a period of 28 days. Council invites Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal community members to submit comments and opinions. Moree Plains Shire Council said it is committed to taking meaningful action to advance reconciliation. [...]
Senior Cricket
MOREE cricketers Alf Newman and Darrel Smith have been selected for a landmark over-50s Aboriginal team to play in a tri-series against Australia and New Zealand in April – and there’s a couple of other Moree old-boys in the squad as well. Also selected are twin brothers Percy and Les Raveneau, with Moree and The [...]
Seniors’ Week
MORE than 50 people enjoyed morning tea and bingo at Pius X community hall on Monday to launch Seniors’ Week in Moree. Coles and Woolworth vouchers, petrol cards, and meat trays and fruit and vegetable trays were won and collected as bingo master Ned Knox called out the numbers. Events co-ordinator Lorraine Bartel said the [...]
Ricochet Project
MOREE Plains Shire Council will provide communities across the Moree Plains Shire with a series of free entertainment in March as part of the Ricochet Community Recovery series, designed to foster social recovery and connection. The What a Relief! Community Recovery Tour is guaranteed to provide just that – and much more –when multi-award-winning comedian, [...]
Regional News
State-of-the-art temporary fish passage technology is being trialled in the Lower Darling-Baaka River near Menindee in western New South Wales. The goal of Fishheart is to test options to connect the northern and southern basin and reduce the accumulation of fish, as part of the NSW Government’s response to the Office of the NSW Chief [...]
Local Government
THE president of the peak body for the state’s local government sector says equal representation in political institutions is yet to be realised, but she is heartened by progress being made. LGNSW president, mayor Phyllis Miller, addressed elected representatives and staff from councils across the state at the LGNSW’s annual International Women’s Day event in [...]
Agriculture
ELIGIBLE water users have three weeks remaining to opt in to receive free telemetry and installation, saving significant out-of-pocket costs and helping them become compliant with metering rules. Earlier this year, the Australian Government announced the $10.5 million Telemetry Uplift Program, which will deliver free state-of-the-art telemetry devices to more than 2500 groundwater and surface [...]
Agriculture
THE value of agriculture in 2025-26 is expected to be the third highest on record at $91 billion and including fisheries and forestry, ABARES expects the sector to reach $98 billion, according to executive director, Dr Jared Greenville. “While this is slightly down on an exceptional 2024-25, particularly strong results are forecast for livestock and [...]
Regional News
THE Royal Australian Mint will unveil its new series of 50-cent coins celebrating the poetry of Dorothea Mackellar in Gunnedah on Thursday in conjunction with the Dorothea Mackellar Memorial Society. The launch will take at 10am at the Mackellar Centre, with special guests including Royal Australian Mint executive manager, Jennifer Sullivan and Dorothea Mackellar Memorial [...]
Stay Informed
HEAVY rain is forecast over north-eastern New South Wales into Monday morning, extending to the north-west slopes and plains, before easing Monday afternoon. Locations in the north-west and New England region which may be affected include Moree, Boggabilla, Narrabri, Armidale, Tamworth and Gunnedah. Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred made landfall over the southeast Queensland coastline on Saturday [...]
