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Scheduled Works
TRANSPORT for NSW has scheduled a traffic switch on the Newell Highway south of Edgeroi from Friday, March 7. Work is continuing on the Newell Highway heavy duty pavement upgrade project between Narrabri and Moree to improve safety and travel reliability for all motorists. Work is continuing on a 5.7 kilometre section of the Newell [...]
Regional News
Member for Northern Tablelands Brendan Moylan has announced Penny Lamaro as Northern Tablelands Electorate Local Woman of the Year for 2025. The Local Woman of the Year recognises and honours women and girls from across New South Wales whose contributions to their communities are an inspiration to everyone. Ms Lamaro is the chief executive officer [...]
Cyclone Alfred
THE National Farmers Federation is closely monitoring the unfolding situation as Tropical Cyclone Alfred threatens agricultural communities across southern Queensland and northern New South Wales. With destructive winds and heavy rainfall predicted, the storm’s potential to cause significant damage to crops, infrastructure, and rural communities is of major concern for the farming sector. Cyclone Alfred, [...]
Golden Anniversary
A snap decision in the 1950s to move from the city to the bush and take up a life on the land near Collarenebri was the start of a Moree real-estate legacy that endures to this day. Maybe it was a Banjo Paterson moment for John Atkins. One minute, he was sitting in his dingy [...]
Cyclone Alfred
THE NSW State Emergency Service is actively preparing communities in the Northern Rivers, Tweed Valley and Mid North Coast for the impact of a rare Tropical Cyclone Alfred with additional personnel, specialised assets, and dedicated equipment now prepositioned in the region. NSW SES is also facilitating more 20 community meetings in towns across the impacted [...]
Education
THE Federal and NSW State Governments have agreed to fully and fairly fund New South Wales public schools. As part of the Heads of Agreements signed Tuesday, the Commonwealth will provide an additional five per cent of the Schooling Resource Standard to New South Wales. This will lift the Commonwealth contribution from 20 per cent [...]
Agriculture
THE NSW Government is updating specific wetlands in six regional draft water-sharing plans following important community feedback that has been critical in helping improve mapping. The NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water is inviting people to view the revised maps and provide further input on the prescribed wetland areas before the [...]
Moree's Got Talent
WHEN Lamonay Brown wrote her first song at the age of eight, she knew where she wanted to be in life – on a stage, singing professionally and entertaining people. Now 21, Lamonay is well on her way to achieving that goal. She smiles when she recalls that first tune. “It was a song about [...]
Our People
BELIEVE it or not, there are some people in Moree who wouldn’t know a backward-loop cast-on from a chain-edge cast-off, but there’s one lady only too happy to help. Seamstress and textiles specialist Sylvia Broderick is one of Moree’s hidden treasures, and not just for her inherent knowledge of fabrics, patterns and sewing accessories, either. [...]
Youth Crime Crisis
THE NSW Premier, Chris Minns, has been put on notice, with an online petition requesting the state government to debate the ongoing crime crisis in regional New South Wales hit its target of 20,000 signatures overnight. This means the topic must now be scheduled for debate in Parliament. Member for Northern Tablelands Brendan Moylan thanked [...]
