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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 [...]
Regional News
FEDERAL Member for Parkes Mark Coulton is calling for the Labor Government to provide ongoing funding to Royal Far West to allow the service to continue its vital work supporting children in the bush. Mr Coulton moved a motion in Parliament this week urging the Government to continue funding the Royal Far West’s National Paediatric [...]
Regional News
THE 12th annual NSW Health Excellence in Nursing and Midwifery Awards ceremony was last night held in Sydney to celebrate some of the outstanding nurses and midwives across the state. The awards, held at Parliament House, recognise the incredible contributions nurses and midwives make to the health and wellbeing of people in NSW every day. [...]
Featured Property
RURAL living doesn’t get much better than this. North West Real Estate and Livestock’s featured property this week is nestled in Bellata, midway between Moree and Narrabri. No.6 Wilga Street sits on a large 1581 square-metre, fully-fenced block with side lane access. Selling agent Allan Gobbert said the open-plan, three-bedroom dwelling is only 10 years [...]
Regional News
FEDERAL Member for Parkes Mark Coulton has today welcomed news the Australian and New South Wales Governments will provide the Walgett Local Government Area with crucial financial support, following a severe thunderstorm that hit the township of Carinda recently. Assistance will be provided to Walgett Shire Council to help with the costs of cleaning up [...]
Moree Riders Club
ANOTHER come-and-try day will be held at the new-look Moree Riders’ Track on Thursday, November 28. The facility, at the old velodrome site at the end of Endeavour Lane east of Taylor Oval, has been completely revitalised by the newly-formed Moree Riders’ Club, with the help of a group of volunteers and local contractors who [...]
Our Community
MOREE Rural Fire Service is appealing to local business houses and community members to dig deep as the local emergency service provider prepares for the annual Santa Run on Saturday, December 21. This year, RFS volunteer Darryl Brady is spearheading the efforts to gather donations for the Moree Santa Run, to be held simultaneously by [...]
