The newest stories across general, sport, community, and business coverage.
Early Education
MOREE Christian School will on Wednesday, May 6, welcome prospective 2027 Kindergarten children and their parents and carers to the school for an information afternoon. The one-hour session, scheduled for 3.30pm, will brief parents and carers about their children’s first year at Moree Christian School. Acting principal Emily Cobb said kindergarten is an important step [...]
Northern Tablelands
A total of $298,600 was secured to extend BackTrack’s successful Night Crew program. The program sees youth workers on Armidale streets three nights per week to engage with vulnerable young people. It was first trialled for 12 weeks in 2025 with fantastic results, including a significant reduction in break-ins and reported stolen vehicles. Armidale Regional [...]
Regional News
MEMBER for Northern Tablelands Brendan Moylan welcomed further funding to extend the operation of BackTrack’s successful Night Crew program in Armidale. The Night Crew program sees youth workers active on Armidale streets between 8pm and 7am three nights per week to engage young people at risk. It was initially trialled in early 2025 after BackTrack [...]
Local Government
MOREE Plains Shire Council general manager Natalia Cowley has resigned. Ms Cowley was employed as interim general manager in January last year, and was appointed to a permanent position 12 months ago. “It has been an absolute privilege to serve the Moree Plains community and to work alongside the mayor, councillors, staff, community groups and [...]
Shepherd Grain
LAND-HOLDERS across much of north-western New South Wales and southern Queensland are anxiously peering skyward in the hope of rain – and plenty of it – as they prepare for planting season in the coming weeks. There is rain predicted over the next fortnight, with good falls expected in the second week of this month. [...]
Art and Culture
A vibrant and celebratory atmosphere filled Bank Art Museum Moree last Thursday evening, as a full house gathered to mark the opening of four major new exhibitions to signal another dynamic chapter in the gallery’s 2026 program. Running until May 30, the exhibitions bring together a compelling mix of contemporary practice, each offering distinct perspectives [...]
Shopping Relief
A price freeze on 300 popular Woolworths-branded or exclusive products, including eggs, bread, chicken, sausages, pasta and nappies will apply from May 1 for the next three months. The price freeze means that for the next three months, the shelf price of popular, everyday supermarket-own or exclusive brands will not increase. Products include a range [...]
Regional News
THE new Namoi Gwydir Fire Control Centre in Narrabri is nearing completion, marking a major step forward in strengthening emergency response capability in the state’s north-west. The $13.1 million facility will provide the Rural Fire Service with a modern, purpose-built base to support operations into the future. The project delivers on recommendations from the 2019-2020 [...]
Youth Initiatives
REPRESENTATIVES from the NSW Premier’s Department, Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research and Moree bail accommodation program on Wednesday updated community members and stakeholders about the new bail facility, crime statistics in the region and place-based responses to the Moree Action Plan. The meeting at Social Co House came a day after Youth Justice Minister [...]
World’s Greatest Shave
SPENDING Easter at hometown Mungindi with family and friends was a little bit different this year for Tayla Frahm – she turned up at the bordertown with flowing locks, but went home to Queensland with a new, quite shiny look. Tayla now lives at the Gold Coast with partner Paris and returned to Mungindi earlier [...]
