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Health Crisis
MOREE District Hospital nursing staff walked off the job for one hour on Tuesday as rolling strikes across New South Wales continued this week. Staff at 15 hospitals statewide, including Moree, Tamworth and Armidale, stopped work for periods between one-hour and 12 hours as the New South Wales Nurses Association (NSWNA) continues its fight for [...]
Photo Gallery
MORE than 2000 farmers and their supporters on Tuesday stood on the lawns in front of Parliament House in Canberra to send a powerful message to the people who determine the policies that impact farmers’ livelihoods. The message was clear: farmers are not being listened to, their voices are being drowned out by activists with [...]
Health and Fitness
MOREE is lacing up and stepping up, with the month-long Moree Muscle Muster well under way. More than 250 people connected to 22 local businesses and organisations have signed up for the month of September to do battle in the sixth running of the popular health and fitness competition. Moree Muscle Muster is co-ordinated by [...]
Local Government
LOCAL Government NSW has welcomed the release of the Councillor Conduct Framework Discussion Paper, announced last week by Minister for Local Government Ron Hoenig. LGNSW president Darriea Turley said the local government sector had been anticipating the release of the framework and supported any move that would ensure the highest standards of integrity and probity [...]
Health
WORK to deliver the Moree Hospital redevelopment project is a step closer with a main works construction tender recently released. More than $105 million has been invested in the redevelopment to improve health outcomes for Moree and the surrounding community. The redevelopment will deliver a new clinical services building, providing enhanced healthcare facilities on the [...]
Jellicoe Park
MOREE Plains Shire Council, with the support of Namoi-Gwydir Rural Fire Service and the NSW SES North Western Zone, will host a free Recovery and Resilience Day from 10am until 2pm at Jellicoe Park on Saturday, September 21. The event will bring together emergency service organisations, as well as government and non-government organisations, and connect [...]
Speed Shear
WITH any sort of luck, Ed might turn up at Pally to do a bit of shearin’. If he does, he’ll join more than 60 shearers competing for big dollars and trophies at the inaugural Pallamallawa Speed Shear on Saturday, September 28. The Pally Speed Shear, affiliated with the official New South Wales speed shear [...]
Jellicoe Park
RUOK? Day is Thursday, September 12, and Jellicoe Park in Moree will be the venue for a special twilight event to ask RUOK? Any Day. The event, scheduled between 5pm and 7pm, is being co-ordinated by a group of local volunteers headed up by Glen Crump, Blossom Pitt, Ann Holden and Jenee Smith. “A small [...]
Storm Season
NEW South Wales State Emergency Services north-western zone commander, superintendent Paul Perusic, was in Moree on Monday to officially launch the SES storm season campaign, and to urge members of the public to consider joining the local unit. During the past two weeks, New South Wales has been battered by windy conditions, with 1200 volunteers [...]
Coulton’s Catch-Up
I was thrilled to take part in the official opening of the Collarenebri Bore Baths last week. This is a fantastic facility that will draw thousands of tourists to town, significantly boosting the local economy, local businesses and the wider community. I’m proud to have helped secure more than $900,000 in funding for this project [...]
