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Our Community
BYAMEE Support Services in Moree is planning a memorable night of fun and laughter – with just a splash of bawdiness – to raise much-needed funds for the well-known organisation. The Drag and Burlesque Benefit Night, an outrageous cabaret-style show arranged and co-ordinated by Brisbane company Applause Entertainment, will be held at Moree Services Club [...]
Moree on a Plate
MOREE’S big sky sunset lit the celebratory scene for the recent Moree on a Plate Sunset Soiree, held on the picturesque grounds of Moree Plains Museum – the former Lands Office on Frome Street. Guests mingled and relaxed, and enjoyed the perspective of some of Moree’s most iconic Art Deco buildings punctuating the local streetscape. [...]
Wheat Harvest
A WHEAT harvest wouldn’t be the same without a walk back in time to celebrate an agriculture industry that helped shape Australia. The Croppa Creek Classic Harvest will on November 15-16-17 celebrate more than 100 years of automated headers in a paddock at the property, Baroma, owned by the Thompson and Siddins families. The site [...]
Moree Gallops
A HORSE thought to be better-suited over 10 furlongs and further, showed a good turn of foot to win the 950m Campbell’s Fuel Service Maiden Plate at Moree on Friday. Lord Protector, now trained at Tamworth by Craig Martin after transferring from Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young’s Cranbourne stables, was first-up since finishing second over [...]
Community
THE successful Safe Aboriginal Youth program will be expanded across New South Wales to additional locations, including Moree. The program will provide services for Aboriginal youth in Moree, Orange, Coffs Harbour, Tamworth and expanded services in Dubbo, building on the positive impact the program is already making at Kempsey, Taree, Newcastle, Dubbo, Bourke and Wilcannia. [...]
Moree Gallops
IT’S been a long time between wins for Lesgo Don – and his group of popular owners – but the four-year-old repaid connections in spades at Moree on Friday with a strong win in the 1300m Gwydir Gallop Class 1 Handicap. Apprentice Ella Drew logged the miles from Scone for only one ride, and left [...]
Moree Gallops
MOREE part-owned and Collarenebri-trained Volcanic Gold survived a protest to narrowly win the 1400m Members’ Maiden Plate at Moree on Friday. Trainer Kelly Smith sat out a few anxious minutes as stewards deliberated an objection lodged by Shannen Llewellyn, rider of runner-up Harsh Mistress, trained at Gunnedah by Sally Torrens. Llewellyn alleged Volcanic Gold shifted [...]
Border News
CONFIRMATION on Friday that Queensland Cross-Border Commissioner, Ian Leavers, will now report directly to the Queensland Premier is a significant step forward for Goondiwindi region residents and businesses. The move empowers the commissioner to advocate directly to the Queensland Premier for change across a wide range of policy and legislative issues affecting border residents across [...]
Northern Tablelands
Throughout the week I have been meeting with various people and organisations from around the Northern Tablelands. It was great to be out and connecting with people from the community. I met with new Moree Plains Shire Council Mayor Susannah Pearce to check-in on the Ron Harborne Oval precinct and deliver funding for a new [...]
Crime
THREE teenage boys will appear in court today after being charged with a raft of offences over an alleged break and enter and pursuit in Moree. Operation Regional Mongoose is a high-visibility police operation to tackle serious property-related crime, committed predominately by young offenders. At about midnight, police were called to a home on Cummins [...]
