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Border News
THE Queensland State Government will host its next Community Cabinet in Goondiwindi in August. Premier David Crisafulli and Ministers will meet with Southern Downs residents, businesses and organisations to listen and focus on the priorities that matter most to the community, following strong advocacy from Member for Southern Downs James Lister and Goondiwindi Regional Council [...]
Ronny’s Runners
MOREE junior athletics super-coach Ronny Clissold predicted five winners would return home after competing at the North West Primary Schools Sports Association regional cross country trials at Coolah’s Bowen Oval and the Coolah golf course on Thursday. And that’s exactly what happened – incredibly, from only eight races. A big team of Ronny’s Runners from [...]
Group 4 Rugby League
TEN tries to one said it all when Moree Boars first-grade delivered a 56-6 thumping to Boggabri Kangaroos under lights at Boughton Oval on Saturday night in round seven of the Group 4 rugby league competiton. The big win came despite a number of Moree players sidelined through injury. Moree winger Latrel Newman grounded the [...]
Agriculture
NSW Nationals Leader Gurmesh Singh and NSW Opposition Leader Kellie Sloane says an elected Liberal and Nationals Government will fund a $300 million biosecurity and control program for the co-ordination and management of feral animals to protect critical primary industries sector and conserve the environment. They said agriculture contributes about $25.5 billion per year to [...]
Recycling
THE New South Wales container deposit scheme, Return and Earn, has reached two major milestones with 16 billion bottles, cans and cartons returned by the community though local return points. This equates to $1.6 billion in refunds back to recyclers and more than $100 million raised for charities and community groups through donations and return [...]
2026 Golden Triangle
TALMOI picnic races at Garah, north-west of Moree, have long held a special place in the history of bush racing in New South Wales. The popular meeting combines more than a century of sporting tradition with a deeply entrenched community spirit that continues today. The Talmoi meeting is the third and final leg of bush [...]
Health
AFTER nearly six decades in pathology, long-serving collector at NSW Health Pathology’s Narrabri laboratory Ian Schweitzer is retiring. Mr Schweitzer has spent the past two years as a collector in Narrabri, but his career stretches back to 1967, when he began as the first full-time pathology staff member at Moree Hospital before moving to the [...]
Northern Tablelands
Several deserving Northern Tablelands locals received King’s Birthday Honours on Monday. Four people received Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) including Peter Kearsey who received his posthumously for his services to the Inverell community, Uralla’s Russell Clifton for service to the Rural Fire Service, Armidale’s William ‘Bill’ Oates for his work in the field [...]
Red Fleet
COUNTRY Mayors Association of NSW chairman, Rick Firman, has welcomed the announcement by Minister for Emergency Services Jihad Dib MP that Rural Fire Service assets, commonly known as the Red Fleet, will transfer to State Government ownership from July 1 next year. “After years of advocacy and a Parliamentary inquiry, the right decision has finally [...]
Regional Crime
A man has been charged following two police pursuits in Tamworth this week. At about 11.15am on Wednesday, officers attached to Western Region Operations Support Group attempted to stop a black Ford sedan on Manilla Road, Oxley Vale, after it was observed driving dangerously and the driver allegedly had a balaclava over their head. When [...]
