The newest stories across general, sport, community, and business coverage.
Law and Order
MEMBER for Northern Tablelands Brendan Moylan has offered a warm welcome to Moree and Inverell’s new Magistrate, His Honour John Arms. Magistrate Arms has been appointed to the Moree-Inverell Local Court circuit, which includes the communities of Mungindi and Boggabilla, for a period of 18 months. Magistrate Arms will replace Her Honour Catherine Samuels who [...]
Regional News
THE percentage of people who can’t afford to visit a GP in the New England and north-west region of New South Wales has increased 36 per cent over the past four years, according to new research. The report titled Access Denied: Australians Locked Out of Quality Healthcare, was commissioned by peak social services body NCOSS [...]
Sponsored Content
PERMANENT storage for more than 75,000 tonnes of grain is now available in Moree as north-western New South Wales prepares for one of the biggest wheat harvests on record. Newly formed ag company Grainspace Pty Ltd has recently purchased Haddad’s Bulk Storage in the industrial area of Moree, with locally-owned Agri-Storage & Logistics managing the [...]
Girls on Fire
AS summer approaches and the threat of bushfires in regional and rural New South Wales grows, Girls on Fire, a not-for-profit organisation founded by firefighter and advocate Bronnie Mackintosh, is taking action to help communities prepare. And the Fire-UP Girls on Fire Roadshow will be in Moree next week to empower the next generation of [...]
Ladies League
MOREE Boars finished Saturday’s inaugural Group 4 Ladies Tackle Gala Day at Tamworth’s Scully Park as the only unbeaten side. The Boars won all three games, overcoming a combined Gunnedah-Kootingal side 24-12 in their first game and followed up with 12-nil wins over North Tamworth and Dungowan Cowgirls. A second gala day will be held [...]
Tribute
A Moree living legend is now the legend. Tommy “Killer” Cain passed away on October 18 and the town of Moree is a poorer place . . . a much poorer place. He was 82. Tommy was a former top-grade rugby league player and referee for many years, and still enjoyed a day at the [...]
Legal Aid
MOREE residents can access free legal help with their fines at an upcoming community day as data shows the total outstanding fine debt for the region has hit almost $3.7 million. The data from Revenue NSW shows 3,103 fines have been issued in the past 12 months in Moree. The average fine is about $350. [...]
Junior Sport
MOREE diver Ruby Drogemuller has been selected to join the 15-member Australian team to compete next month in the 2024 World Aquatics Junior Diving Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Sixteen-year-old Ruby is one of five New South Wales Institute of Sport Scholarship athletes selected for the Rio-bound national squad. The championships run from Sunday, [...]
Education
IT IS one year since mobile phones were banned from all New South Wales public schools. According to a new survey by the NSW Department of Education, the decision to ban mobile phones has improved student learning, concentration, and encouraged young people to socialise more. One year on from the change, a survey of almost [...]
Parkes
Resources Minister Madeleine King was in Dubbo last week to announce $5 million in funding for Australian Strategic Minerals’ Toongi rare earth mine. The funding has been provided under the International Partnerships in Critical Minerals Program to fund up to 50 per cent of a study to find more efficient ways of refining rare earths [...]
