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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 [...]
Youth Crime
NEW figures released on Tuesday by the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research show over the last 12 months, the number of young people in custody in NSW rose by 54, a 32 per cent increase since December, 2023. Executive director of the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, Jackie Fitzgerald, said the [...]
Healthcare
MEMBER for Northern Tablelands Brendan Moylan has welcomed news $1 million will be spent across Armidale and Moree to upgrade hospitals and health facilities. As part of the NSW Government’s Regional Health Works Program, five projects will benefit from the funding, including $250,000 to complete an upgrade to Moree Hospital’s staff accommodation. This includes refurbishment [...]
Regional News
GUNNEDAH Shire has recognised its strong connection with Sister City Kolomotu’a, in the Kingdom of Tonga, with a new street name. The roadway that runs along the Namoi River from Maitland Street has been named Kolomotu’a Drive in a gesture of respect for Gunnedah’s friends in Kolomotu’a. Gunnedah Shire mayor, Colleen Fuller, said the Shire’s [...]
Youth Crime
THE State Government has formed a new partnership with the National Rugby League and PCYC to help keep kids on the right track. More than $270,000 is being invested in the program, which will see senior NRL players including Brad Fittler, PCYC staff and NSW Police representatives engage with young people across a series of [...]
