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It’s Showtime!
THE countdown is on for one of the north-west’s most anticipated community events of the year, with the 2026 Moree Show set to deliver two full days of entertainment, competition and good, old-fashioned country hospitality when the gates swing back on April 10-11. The historic Moree Show, first held in 1874, remains one of the [...]
Regional Tourism
A new event is set to bring stalls, music and family and kids’ activities to the heart of Bingara, with the inaugural Bingara Easter Markets locked in for April 5 – Easter Sunday – at Bingara’s undercover basketball courts on Cunningham Street between 10am and 2pm. Stall-holders are now being invited to submit interest in [...]
Regal Visit
IN 10 short years, a group called Young Aggies has donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to local organisations as well as facilitate agricultural scholarships in the Moree region. On Thursday, Young Aggies hosted the Governor of New South Wales, Her Excellency Margaret Beazley, and her husband, Dennis Wilson, at Moree Town and Country Club, [...]
Our Community
AWARD-winning author and illustrator Sami Bayly was in Moree during the week as part of LitUp live literature, a pilot program from not-for-profit initiative Australia Reads that aims to bring authors directly to regional communities. Ms Bayly hosted school workshops and children’s art classes, and showcased her books, which focus on the weird and wonderful [...]
Northern Tablelands
It has been a frustrating few months as we watch those big rain events continue to dodge large sections of our region, leaving dusty paddocks and many local farmers already feeling the pressure. Record cattle and sheep yarding throughout the New England in the past fortnight show many graziers are reading the current seasonal signs [...]
World Poetry Day
FROM heartfelt reflections to creative storytelling, residents and staff of Whiddon residential aged care facilities across the north-west shared their voices through poetry, celebrating connection, creativity and lived experience. Whiddon is proudly marking World Poetry Day today by celebrating creativity and storytelling through its annual Bush Poetry Competition. Launched across Whiddon’s residential aged care homes, [...]
Health
FROM this month, GPs can begin training to diagnose attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) as part of the next phase of landmark reforms to make it easier, faster and more affordable for families to access care. Nearly 600 general practitioners have expressed interest in undertaking training to be able to diagnose and treat ADHD. With [...]
Education and Arts
MORE than 8300 students have this week been rehearsing and performing in Pulse Alive – a show-stopping Sydney Olympic Park event held over three big nights, with a huge curtain-closing finale scheduled tonight. Performers from Moree Secondary College include Amber Muller, Esther Litchfield, Pearl Humphries and Imogen Brazel. Pearl and Imogen danced on Thursday night [...]
Regal Visit
THE 39th Governor of New South Wales, Margaret Beazley, yesterday began an extended tour of Moree and district and will visit organisations, schools, community leaders and agriculture industry stakeholders over the coming days. The Governor and her husband, Dennis Wilson, met with Moree Plains Shire mayor Susannah Pearse, deputy mayor Wayne Tighe, and councillors and [...]
Harmony on the Plains
A children’s book inspired by the cotton-growing industry in the Moree region will have its local launch at Harmony on the Plains at Moree Public School today. Cotton at a Campsite, written by Kasey Holt – an author with strong family ties in Moree – was created after Kasey and her family spent several months [...]
