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Recruitment
THE Girls on Fire Australia team will be in Moree on Wednesday, October 30 – and young women are invited to attend the Fire-Up workshop. Girls on Fire works with schools, fire and emergency services, regional towns, and all kinds of youth-related organisations to introduce young people aged 15 to 19 to fire, emergency and [...]
Gone Fishing!
NORTHERN Slopes Landcare and OzFish will host a school holidays family-friendly carp muster in Moree on Sunday, October 13. Registration and sign-in will take place at Jellicoe Park from 6am. Fishing lines need to be in the water and carp-ready by 7am. Early registrations to streamline the process and avoid any delays on the day [...]
NRLW grand-final
AN incredible second-half comeback wasn’t quite enough to bring a slice of NRLW history back to Pallamallawa on Sunday when Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks – featuring hometown Pally girl Rhiannon Byers – were beaten 32-28 by Sydney Roosters in a grand-final for the ages. The Roosters led 24-0 at half-time – a seemingly unassailable lead – but [...]
Local elections
THE president of the state’s peak body for local government has congratulated new and returning councillors and mayors on being elected to represent their communities. With last week’s declaration of the polls, Local Government NSW president Cr Darriea Turley said she looked forward to working alongside the newly elected representatives, with LGNSW ready to continue [...]
Crime
WESTERN region police have conducted a three-day high-visibility operation proactively targeting alleged offenders in the Moree, Tamworth and Boggabilla areas. Between Wednesday, October 2 and Saturday, October 5, officers attached to New England Police District, Oxley Police District, Police Transport Command North-West, western region Domestic Violence High Risk Team conducted a high-visibility operation. Operation Surge [...]
Local elections
BROOKE Sauer is ready to serve Moree Plains Shire for another term after vote-counting and preference sorting was finalised last week. And, she says, she’s armed with three key elements to make a difference. “Being re-elected to council is a role I take very seriously and I’m honoured to represent the community armed with logic, [...]
Moree Lions
THE Jellicoe Park band rotunda and surrounding gardens and pathways are undergoing a major facelift, thanks to Moree Lions Club. In recent weeks, Lions Club members were busy repainting the rotunda in the club’s traditional navy blue and yellow colours. The original rotunda was built in the early 1930s and officially opened in 1935. The [...]
Local elections
AS far as birthday presents go, this one was pretty good. Dominique Hodgkinson celebrated her birthday on Saturday, a few days after being confirmed she would be one of nine councillors representing Moree Plains Shire for the next four years. But the process of being elected to public office is not about winning, she says. [...]
Local elections
BOGGABILLA farmer Peter Mailler has passionately thanked the voters across the Moree Plains for their support and confidence – but the pragmatist with a deep knowledge of state and federal politics says congratulations are not quite in order just yet. Mailler garnered plenty of first-preference votes at last month’s local government elections and will sit [...]
Sponsored Content
A LOT of things matter to Natalee Cook, especially beauty. Beauty also mattered to Nadia Payot, who more than a century ago developed a beauty brand that has stood the test of time. Natalee’s iconic skin and beauty salon, Beauty Matters, was established in Moree in 1993, and a relationship with the Payot brand was [...]
