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Our Community
PASSENGERS waiting to board Moree to Sydney QantasLink flights at Moree Regional Airport, now have new terminal seating as they wait for the bigger Dash 8 QF400 aircraft to arrive. The seating, complete with built-in USB charging ports, can comfortably accommodate up to 40 passengers. As Moree Plains Shire Council refines the seating layout, the [...]
Regional News
GUNNEDAH Hospital staff members were recently walked through the new acute services building being constructed onsite. At the time, all the concrete slabs had been poured, and the building was in multiple stages of construction, ranging from the installation of frames to roofing and external cladding. The $53 million Gunnedah Hospital Redevelopment includes the new [...]
Health and Wellbeing
SEATS are filling fast for a free HealthWISE community event in Moree focused on the stages of menopause. The event, aimed at “unpacking the mysteries and myths of menopause”, will be held at Moree Town and Country Club on Thursday, February 20, with bookings essential via the QR code below. Attendees are requested to arrive [...]
Hospital Petition
A delegation of councillors and community members from Narrabri Shire are today at the Tamworth Country Music Festival, collecting signatures for a petition to save Wee Waa Hospital from closure. The group, led by Narrabri Shire mayor Darrell Tiemens and deputy mayor Brett Dickinson, yesterday built on the 3000-plus signatures already received. The push continues [...]
Australia Day
NSW Police is reminding everyone to look out for their friends and family this Australia Day long weekend, while urging the community to stay safe as they launch a statewide operation. Operation Australia Day 2025, a high-visibility policing operation, commenced at one minute past midnight Friday, January 24 and will conclude at 11.59pm on Monday, [...]
Northern Tablelands
The final touches on Bundarra Showground’s renovations have been completed thanks to a $368,866 grant from the NSW Government’s Crown Reserve Improvement Fund. I had the chance to get out there and see for myself how fantastic the showground looks now. The renovations have been a four-year work in progress and the community will be [...]
Education and Training
IT’S been going for more than 20 years, has awarded 516 scholarships and is a hugely successful partnership between the community and Gunnedah Shire Council. The Gunnedah Community Scholarship Fund celebrated another year of community support for the Shire’s young people at the annual presentation on Wednesday. Eighteen students from Gunnedah Shire were awarded scholarships [...]
Agriculture
THE National Farmers’ Federation’s flagship gap-year program AgCAREERSTART has begun for another year, with dozens of young people kicking off their agricultural careers this week. AgCAREERSTART connects farmers with 17-25 year olds who are looking to work on Australian farms. Participants are provided a job, dedicated pastoral support, training and development grants, and the opportunity [...]
Tamworth CMF
COUNTRY artist and exceptional storyteller, Luke O’Shea, has been inducted into the 2025 Galaxy of Stars at the Tamworth Country Music Festival. Tamworth Regional Council reports the 16-time Golden Guitar Winner was on Wednesday presented with the honour during a surprise pop-up on the Toyota FanZone stage at the Toyota 53rd Tamworth Country Music Festival. [...]
Christmas Races
ORGANISING a race meeting and knowing more than 5000 people will turn up is not an exercise for the faint-hearted. Each year at Christmas time, Moree Race Club holds the biggest race meeting of the year. Locals, visitors and tourists flock to the Moree track for a huge day of racing, rejoicing and catching up [...]
