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Our Community
A new initiative in the Moree area for people with spinal cord injury or neurological disabilities will be launched at an informal meet-and-greet at Moree Services Club on Sunday, March 2. Spinal Cord Injuries Australia is forming local community networks for people with spinal cord injury or neurological disabilities, their families, parents, friends and carers [...]
Regional News
THE countdown is on to Narrabri Shire’s 2025 CREATE Festival – with less than a week until opening night. And in a first for CREATE, this year’s festival will include a special art exhibition from Moree’s Yaama Ganu Gallery, featuring the incredible talents of artists from Aboriginal communities across Australia. This rich collection of works [...]
Northern Tablelands
THERE will be $1 million spent in Armidale and Moree to upgrade hospital and health facilities. The funding comes from the NSW Government’s Regional Health Works Program and there will be five projects: $250,000 to upgrade Armidale Hospital’s staff accommodation for junior medical officers; $250,000 to be spent on upgrading Armidale Hospital’s off-site staff accommodation [...]
Mental Health
THE community is invited to get involved with the new Tamworth Mental Health Unit with Gamilaroi woman Amy Hammond running a series of butterfly weaving workshops for artwork that will feature in the new unit. Ms Hammond, from the Moree and Wellington communities of New South Wales and now based in Tamworth, is one of [...]
Rural Health
RURAL, regional and remote Australians are dying at higher rates than their urban counterparts, with avoidable deaths in the regions nearly four times higher, according to new data released by the National Rural Health Alliance. The Rural Health in Australia Snapshot 2025 paints a grim picture of health inequities between rural and metropolitan areas. The [...]
New Site
MOREE Plains Shire Council has undertaken a strategic review of the Moree Artesian Aquatic Centre redevelopment, with plans to establish a new 50-metre pool complex on the Taylor Oval site. Council said in a media release, the time has come for a new home for Moree’s 50-metre pool. Moree Plains mayor, Susannah Pearse, said the [...]
War Animals Remembered
THE Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne will mark National Day for War Animals at its Last Post Service on Sunday, February 23. This special commemorative service acknowledges and celebrates the unique bonds forged between service animals and their human companions on the front line, and back at home. This special service will be attended by [...]
Agriculture
TACKLING pest and weed infestations between neighbouring public and private lands has been strengthened through The Good Neighbours Program and will undertake 21 initial projects, including management and control of Parthenium weed at Croppa Creek. The Good Neighbours projects will target pest animals and problem weeds, including feral deer, feral pigs, tropical soda apple and [...]
Our Community
RISING Sun Film Society in Moree has launched its 2025 program, and again cinema-goers are in for treat, with movies from around the world headlined. The society, now in its 20th year, screens movies at the Moree RSL Regional Military Museum on Balo Street – opposite Moree fire station – on the third Sunday of [...]
Our Community
BANK Art Museum Moree last week launched its 2025 program, with more than 100 guests attending an outdoor twilight function for a sneak preview of what’s on the easel for the year ahead. There was a summer-vibe in the air as BAMM director Rosie Dennis shared highlights for 2025. “It’s a jam-packed program of exhibitions, [...]
