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Airport Blaze
STATEWIDE Aviation proprietor Campbell Briggs has praised his staff, the Moree community and emergency service personnel after his company’s east hangar was all but gutted by fire on Saturday. Fire fighters and emergency service crews battled strong winds and shocking weather to contain the blaze at Moree Regional Airport. Miraculously, aircraft worth hundreds of thousands [...]
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ANYONE worth their salt remembers the tall, wooden stools at Assef’s Moree. Well, anyone with a few years up their sleeve. Back in the 1960s and well into the 1970s – even the 1980s – customers at Assef’s on Balo Street would relax and chat with staff and fellow customers while perched on well-worn timber [...]
Flood Warning
RECENT localised rainfall has caused significant river level rises along the Barwon and Moonie Rivers upstream of Mogil Mogil where minor flooding is possible early next week. BoM will refine forecasts once upstream peaks are observed. BoM: Minor flood warning for Barwon River at Mogil Mogil Issued at 4.48 pm EDT on Saturday, November 30, [...]
Weather Update
FALLS of more than 100mm have been recorded in the Moree district as the rain continues to saturate much of New South Wales and Queensland. To 9am Saturday, more than 100mm has fallen around Mungindi and the same amount again in the Coonamble district. To the east, nearly 40mm has been recorded at Copeton Dam, [...]
Northern Tablelands
I have been doing my best to get around the Electorate following two weeks in Sydney for the final sittings of 2024. So far, I have been in Armidale, Uralla, Glen Innes, Inverell, Moree, Warialda, Bingara, Ashford, Bundarra, Coolatai, Pallamallawa, Croppa Creek and North Star. I will keep getting right around our Electorate in the [...]
Christmas Races
A committee strengthened by numbers and a series of working bees supported by local farmers, the Taunton family, has the 2024 Moree Ag Supplies and Steel twilight Christmas races on target to be another huge event. The meeting, traditionally the biggest on the Moree turf calendar, draws thousands of people trackside each December. Moree Race [...]
Senior Cricket
A trial game of T20 cricket under lights in Moree last Friday was a huge success, with plans for another night game before Christmas. The 20-over night game, made up of players from each team in the club’s regular Saturday afternoon competition, got under way at 6pm, with rules to suit the short, sharp game, [...]
Family Assistance
MOREE service provider Bamara this month launched Parent Pathways, a voluntary service providing personalised and financial support to eligible parents and carers of children aged up to six years. Parent Pathways, funded by the Australian Government, was rolled out across Moree as well as other New England and north-west locations, including Armidale, Glen Innes, Gunnedah, [...]
Regional News
EMERGENCY service personnel were kept busy when thunderstorms across New South Wales Thursday afternoon and evening impacted many areas including North West Slopes and Plains, Central West Tablelands, the Hunter, Illawarra and Sydney districts. Appin and Douglas Park experienced severe storm impact with many trees brought down, damaged roofs and uprooted fences. The main access [...]
Regional News
A total of 286 new firefighters will today join the ranks of Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) at a graduation ceremony in western Sydney. The new intake includes 61 permanent firefighters and 225 paid on-call firefighters, with graduates hailing from diverse backgrounds including skydiving, carpentry, architecture, teaching and defence. The graduation will take place at [...]
