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Power Bills
The ACCC says there are no rewards for being loyal and urges consumers to shop around or at least contact their electricity provider to ask if a cheaper electricity plan is available, following a decline in retail electricity prices in 2024 that many households are not currently benefiting from. More than 80 per cent of [...]
Police News
POLICE believe two men wanted for questioning about the death of a woman in Queensland may be travelling through northern New South Wales. Detectives investigating the homicide of a 23-year-old woman in Caboolture on December 22 have issued arrest warrants for 29-year-old Codye Thomson and 32-year-old Kaine Thomson-Gleeson. They have also released new images of [...]
Featured Property
A SPACIOUS four-bedroom home in a central part of Moree is North West Real Estate’s featured property to bring in the New Year. The timber home at 44 Chester Street in west Moree is equipped with 20 solar panels and sits on a 933 square-metre rectangular block, with all-important rear-lane access. Selling agent Allan Gobbert [...]
Australia Day
MOREE shire residents have until 5pm, Friday, January 10 to nominate individuals and community groups for the 2025 Australia Day Awards. Moree Plains Shire mayor, Susannah Pearse, encourages residents to get behind the awards and nominate individuals and groups who have made a significant voluntary contribution to the Moree Plains community. “We are blessed to [...]
Regional News
INVERELL Shire Council will host the 2026 Swimming NSW Country Regional Meet at the state-of-the-art Inverell Aquatic Centre on Saturday-Sunday, January 17-18 next year. The prestigious two-day event, organised by Swimming NSW in collaboration with Inverell Swimming Club, is expected to bring significant benefits to the Inverell community. It is expected the event will bring [...]
Police News
POLICE in New South Wales have charged hundreds of motorists for speeding, drink-driving and other dangerous driving offences during Operation Christmas-New Year 2024. Operation Christmas/New Year 2024 commenced at 12.01am Friday, December 20, 2024 and concluded at 11.59pm, Wednesday, January 1, 2025. Double demerit points were in force for the duration of the operation for [...]
Police News
A teenage boy will face court over an alleged series of break-and-enters involving knives in Moree last week. At about 3.15am on Boxing Day, emergency services responded to reports of a break-in at a hotel room on Amaroo Drive, Moree. Police were informed three males armed with knives had allegedly forced entry into the room. [...]
Health
AS of Monday, January 6, New South Wales Pathology Collection Services will relocate to Frome Street, within Associate Medical Practice. The practice will have two collection rooms operating from 8am until 4pm, Monday to Friday. The service will be closed weekends. Pathology collection will not be available at Moree District Hospital for outpatients, effective from [...]
Racing
IT’S good when a plan comes together. Toowoomba apprentice Kelsey Lenton’s plan to win the 1400m Tatts Hotel Great Northern Inverell Cup on New Year’s Day paid blue-chip dividends when under-rated mare Ella Te Ama swept down the middle of the track to win the $45,000 feature with something in hand. Ella Te Ama was [...]
Sponsored Content
MASLINA Bar and Grill in Moree is currently closed for a well-earned Christmas-New Year break, and will reopen on Monday, January 13. And owners Mick and Zelch Cikota want to start the New Year with more staff at the popular restaurant. A menu with new options will also greet diners in the New Year, but [...]
