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Northern Tablelands
Citizenship Ceremony in Armidale It was wonderful to attend a Citizenship Ceremony in Armidale this week and warmly welcome our new Australian citizens. Our new citizens were beaming with joy and pride in becoming Aussies and that reinforced to me how lucky we are to live in this great country! Armidale Urban Rivercare Group inspection [...]
Rising Sun Film Society
Rolling Stone said, “Living Is Bill Nighy’s finest hour”, and the review is spot on. Overwhelmed at work and lonely at home, a civil servant’s life takes a heartbreaking turn when a medical diagnosis tells him his time is short. Influenced by a local decadent and a vibrant woman, he continues to search for meaning [...]
Agriculture
FEDERAL Member for Parkes Mark Coulton will stand shoulder-to-shoulder with hundreds of farmers from across the country next week, in an unprecedented rally against Labor’s anti-farming ideology. Mr Coulton said Labor is destroying agriculture and making life impossible for the nation’s producers of food and fibre, due to endless cuts to the regions, anti-farming legislation [...]
Grand-Final
WHEN Moree fitness guru Jenny Carter put the Moree Boars through training drills four years ago, she quickly identified Mick Watton as a team leader. On Saturday, Watton will lead the Boars onto Boughton Oval as first-grade captain and co-coach with Alex Barker – for the second year in a row – when Moree take [...]
Grand-Final
MOREE Boars will be at full strength for Saturday’s Whitehaven Coal Group 4 first-grade grand-final against Boggabri Kangaroos. The Michael Watton captained Boars have no injury concerns and will also stage their first home grand -final in more than 20 years on what could be a hot day. The bureau has forecast 29 degrees for [...]
Photo Gallery
THE future of rugby is in very good hands, with Moree Junior Rugby Club enjoying a terrific season, filled with footy, friendship and competitions across the Central North region. The recent Armidale Gala Day marked the end of the season. And, for a number of under-12 players and their families, the gala day also signalled [...]
Books for the bush
FOR a bloke who freely admits to not being much of a reader, Luke Mitchell sure likes his books. The 63-year-old retired stockman has for the past six years travelled the outback, collecting unwanted books with the sole purpose of giving them away. Mr Mitchell worked across central and Western Australia most of his life. [...]
NWRE Feature Property
A beautifully renovated three-bedroom home in a much-sought-after area of Moree is North West Real Estate’s Property of the Week. The charming family home at 74 Edward Street is walking distance to schools, shops and supermarkets. Apex Park is a short stroll up the road and 18 holes of golf is a chip and putt [...]
Opinion
Opinion by Adam Marshall Robert B Johnson once famously and succinctly described what most of us observe in our personal and professional lives – that people tend to fall into two distinct groups: those who are disengaged from the world around them and those who are active participants, trying to shape the future. This led [...]
Agriculture
MOREE agronomist Kate Lumber has been named the cotton industry’s 2025 Nuffield Farming Scholarship recipient, supported by Cotton Research and Development Corporation and Cotton Australia. A total of 25 scholarship recipients were announced at the annual Nuffield Farming dinner at the Grand Chancellor Hotel in Launceston on Tuesday. Alice Jorgensen from Myall Creek, near Bingara, [...]
