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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, [...]
Our Community
AUSTRALIA’s most loved national fun run and walk, the Mother’s Day Classic, is primed for another record-breaking year, with organisers announcing a renewed commitment to funding research to reduce deaths and improve survival for breast and ovarian cancer. Launching the 2025 event, Mother’s Day Classic Foundation CEO Zara Lawless welcomed new principal partner, AIA Australia, [...]
Rural Health
MEMBER for Northern Tablelands Brendan Moylan has encouraged the public to have their say on the introduction of the Health Services Amendment Bill 2025, which involves splitting of the Hunter New England Health District. The proposed Bill aims to dissolve the current Hunter New England Local Health District to establish two new districts – Hunter [...]
Agriculture
WOMEN with leadership ambitions are urged to apply to the popular Diversity in Agriculture Leadership Program. The initiative is run by the National Farmers’ Federation and is now entering its eighth year. NFF President David Jochinke said more women are needed in the top echelons of agriculture organisations and businesses. “The NFF has set a [...]
Moree Crime
A structured town meeting for Moree residents to discuss the escalation of youth crime and violence in the town will be held at Jellicoe Park at 9am on Saturday, March 1. Meeting organisers, including local resident Col Pring and Moree councillor Kelly James, have invited members from both sides of state and federal politics, all [...]
Freedom Ride
BEING Dutch didn’t help. In 1965, university student Machteld Hali joined an activist group called Student Action for Aborigines and went on a history-defining bus journey across outback New South Wales. The 15-day trip changed her life forever – as well as the lives of tens of thousands of indigenous people around Australia. Machteld was [...]
Freedom Ride
COMMUNITY members and elders stood as one on the steps of Moree War Memorial Town Hall on Wednesday to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Freedom Ride that changed the mindset of an entire nation. In the early hours of February 13, 1965, a busload of university students left Sydney with a common cause. They [...]
