The newest stories across general, sport, community, and business coverage.
Our Community
GRADUATING HSC students are urged to consider how apprenticeships and traineeships could be the stepping stone to a successful and secure future. With the release of HSC results today, Apprenticeship Support Australia regional manager, NSW north, Jeffrey Cooke, said apprenticeships and traineeships offer a hands-on alternative to university that allows young people the option to [...]
Feature Story
HIDDEN gem, the Euraba Paper Company, is tucked away on Merriwa Street in Boggabilla on the northern tip of the Moree Plains Shire. Boggabilla, 10 kilometres south of border town Goondiwindi, and nearby Toomelah have in recent months made headlines for all the wrong reasons. Paul West, one of the founders of Euraba Paper, says [...]
Parkes Electorate
It was wonderful to have Shadow Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development Bridget McKenzie join me and Nationals candidate for Parkes Jamie Chaffey in the electorate this week to discuss all things infrastructure and housing. During the visit we heard loud and clear from councils and local businesses, like Dubbo’s Maas Group and Fardell’s [...]
Parkes Electorate
HE’S driven 17,000 kilometres in recent months – and plans to add that number again to the odometer of his trusty Toyota HiLux dual cab in the New Year. The Nationals’ federal candidate for Parkes, Jamie Chaffey, has hit the campaign trail to an election yet to be announced, and while he’s campaigning to win [...]
Tribute
ONE stinking hot November afternoon in 1985, a young racing writer ambled out to Moree racecourse looking for a story. He was 24 years old, as cocky as all get-out, with grandiose plans of becoming the next Keith Robbins or Bert Lillye. He reckoned he knew a fair bit about horse-racing. He knew how to [...]
Bushfire Season
A green waste fire at Terry Hie Hie waste management facility was quickly brought under control by rural fire services and Moree Plains Shire Council staff overnight. The waste facility, close to the Terry Hie Hie State Forest and Yana-y Warruwi walking track and Aboriginal heritage sites, was attended to by fire-fighters and council staff. [...]
Christmas Races
TOOWOOMBA apprentice Chloe Lowe brought her incredible strike-rate over the border on Saturday with a winning double at the Moree Ag Supplies and Steel Christmas twilight races. Lowe, 22, has ridden 48 winners despite only hitting the racetrack in March this year, and currently leads the Queensland country jockeys’ premiership with 28 wins. Her Moree [...]
Regional News
A second person has died following a fatal crash involving a vehicle and a group of cyclists at Armidale on Saturday afternoon. Emergency services were called to Long Swamp Road, Armidale, following reports a car and several cyclists had collided, before the car continued and hit a tree. One of the cyclists – a man [...]
Local Government
RATEPAYERS and residents of Moree Plains Shire are encouraged to complete a survey – online or on-paper – to give councillors guidance and direction for the future of the shire. The Moree Plains Community Strategic Plan 2036 was launched two weeks ago, and Moree Plains Shire Council mayor Susannah Pearse is asking community members to [...]
Christmas Races
PROBLEM child Irish Arthur repaid Inverell trainer Brodie Fenton’s hard work and patience with an impressive win in the 950m Elders Insurance and Boland Petroleum Maiden Handicap at Moree on Saturday. Ace hoop Clayton Gallagher settled Irish Arthur ($3.40) in fourth spot behind the leaders before peeling three- and four-wide on the home turn. The [...]
