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Youth Crime Crisis
THE NSW Premier, Chris Minns returned to Moree on Friday armed with another $2 million in funding in a bid to help curb juvenile crime in the town. He addressed media at the Dhiiyaan Aboriginal Centre with a clear message – the NSW Labor Government was committed to addressing youth crime in Moree and across [...]
Youth Crime Crisis
NSW Premier Chris Minns and Minister for Youth Justice Jihad Dib are in Moree today to throw more money at a problem that is getting bigger. The visit, to announce more than $2 million in additional funding over four years, comes as local police appeal for information about two break-and-enters overnight in Moree – one [...]
Regional News
THE NSW Government is investing $21 million in the safety of northern New South Wales communities with the development of two new bush fire and emergency management centres in the region, including a new Namoi Gwydir facility at Narrabri. The Narrabri facility will be built on a larger site opposite the existing control centre and [...]
Regional News
MEMBERS and visitors of Walcha Gun Club now have access to a life-saving defibrillator, thanks to a grant from the Local Sport Defibrillator Program. The program is aimed at providing funds for clubs and recreation facilities around New South Wales to purchase Automated External Defibrillators. Member for Northern Tablelands Brendan Moylan visited Walcha Gun Club’s [...]
Our Community
THE costs associated with travelling to tournaments just got easier for Moree Jiu Jitsu Club, after Moree Services Club this week kicked in with a massive $5000 donation. Coach Brett O’Neill and assistant coach Nick Sabine said the donation will be used to help with travelling costs to tournaments and competitions in New South Wales [...]
Indigenous Scholarship
NOMINATIONS are now being called for the Indigenous Storytellers Scholarship. The scholarship – known as Djuyalgal in the traditional Gathang language of the Worimi People – is a program created by Façon Australia, with support from Greater Bank, and consists of nine differing creative discipline categories. These include fashion design, accessory design, art painting, music, [...]
Agriculture
COTTON Australia is launching six new resources for schools, with an aim to refresh the teaching approach through the delivery of a series of engaging and educational activity sets aligned to the design and technology, and science key learning areas of the Australian Curriculum. Three of the resources are aimed at Primary School (Years F [...]
Featured Property
PLENTY of room inside and out are key features of North West Real Estate’s featured property this week – and all just minutes from the centre of Moree. Selling agent Allan Gobbert said 39 Kamilaroi Drive sits on a huge block of land, yet it close to schools, Moree’s retail precinct and supermarkets. The residential [...]
Youth Crime
MEMBER for Northern Tablelands, Brendan Moylan, encourages residents across the region to get behind a Parliamentary ePetition requesting the NSW Government to change the Young Offenders Act. The ePetition was presented by Member for Tamworth, Kevin Anderson, following recent spikes in crimes committed by repeat offenders. The ePetition is seeking to: Strengthen bail laws to [...]
Moree Cricket
MOREE District Cricket Association launched the first round of the Domino’s Moree T20 Bash under lights at Ron Harborne Oval last Friday. The match between Muggleton Cranes and McGregor Gourlay produced star performances by Nimesh Karunarathne and Tom Hatton for McGregor Gourlay, however Muggleton Cranes snatched a last-ball victory as the shadows lengthened. Club president [...]
