The newest stories across general, sport, community, and business coverage.
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 [...]
Our Community
CHRISTMAS arrived a few weeks early for more than 150 seniors when they enjoyed plenty of festive cheers over a fully-catered lunch at Moree Services Club on Wednesday. Students from Nora Carrigan’s Xavier Drama recited poetry and Moree West Public School Choir entertained with a repertoire of Christmas Carols. The yuletide lunch, organised and co-ordinated [...]
Regional News
MOREE, Narrabri and Walgett Shire Councils are three of 14 New South Wales regional councils to start receiving natural disaster recovery payments upfront through new Tripartite Agreement funding arrangements. Before the agreements were introduced, councils had to spend their own money to undertake the repairs and then claim the costs back through the Australian and [...]
Police News
POLICE are appealing for public assistance after an alleged attempted armed robbery in Moree in September. On September 6 at 8.50pm, police were called to a business on Adelaide Street, Moree, following reports of an armed hold up. Upon arrival, officers attached to New England Police District were told an unknown woman allegedly threatened a [...]
Regional News
RESIDENTS of Wee Waa and surrounding areas are encouraged to share their experiences of primary health care through a community survey which is now open. The community survey will help identify local health priorities and any barriers people are facing in accessing primary and community health services in Wee Waa. Primary health care is the [...]
