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Swamp Dawkins
A much-needed dose of laughter, happiness and connection will soon be served up across the Moree Plains. Moree Plains Shire Council will present a number of iconic Australian bush dances in Moree, Pallamallawa, Gurley, Mungindi and Garah during September. The events will provide a rare opportunity for communities to kick up their heels in what [...]
Tourism Moree
AN initiative offering tourists and visitors an energising way to take in the sights of Moree has been launched. Tourism Moree recently took delivery of six new bicycles, kindly supplied by Moree Lions Club and Thomas Lee Can-Am and Bicycles. Staff at Tourism Moree say the bikes are perfect for exploring Moree and the network [...]
New Program
ABORIGINAL students from around New South Wales now have greater access to a program designed to provide valuable work experience and nationally recognised qualifications while still at school. NSW Minister for Skills, TAFE, and Tertiary Education Steve Whan announced a new round of the Djinggi School-Based Traineeship Program while visiting students completing school-based traineeships at [...]
Northers Tablelands
Walcha Mobile Office I’ll be holding my next Mobile Office at Walcha next Wednesday 5th September at Café Graze, 1:30pm to 2:30pm. If you’d like say hello, or raise any issues of concerns with me directly, please don’t hesitate to drop by! Out and about in the electorate this week It was great to catch [...]
Junior Sport
A GROUP of dedicated Moree junior athletes began serious training during the week in preparation for the NSW State Championships at Sydney’s Olympic Park in September. Moree Secondary College students Karri Weatherall, Lucy Grant, Ruby Wadwell-Graham, Sarsha Maas, Teo Whan, Lakia Noble, Jayden Wilde and Blyde Evans have been selected to represent the Zone 1 [...]
Eisteddfod
A GROUP of rising young stars from Xavier Drama in Moree participated in the annual Narrabri Arts Eisteddfod at the Crossing Theatre during Term 2, when more than 400 entrants from across the district and interstate performed over three days. The eisteddfod encompassed woodwind, brass and piano, and vocal sections included singing, poetry and literature [...]
Strike Action
NURSES and midwives at Moree District Hospital walked off the job for one hour on Thursday, as the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association ramp up the fight for a 15 per cent pay increase. Thousands of NSWNMA members from more than 100 hospitals and health facilities statewide stopped work this week in a series of [...]
Moree Boars
RUMOUR has it Moree Rugby League Club supremo Todd Mitchell was smiling at Boughton Oval last Saturday. It’s been a tough, stressful year for the Boars club president, and smiles have been few and far between. Mitchell bleeds blue and white, and when the full-time whistle was a few minutes away and a home-ground ticket [...]
Tablelands
NORTHERN Tablelands MP Brendan Moylan has called for a moratorium and stocktake of renewable energy projects in the New England REZ, calling for certainty together with a fairer and more transparent process. Mr Moylan said there is enormous pressure on councils and landholders and growing uncertainty within the community about proposed projects within the New [...]
Police Beat
A 24-year-old man will face court today (August 29) following a police pursuit ending at Yarraman, Moree. At about 11.45pm Wednesday, August 28, officers attached to New England Police District were patrolling the Newell Highway, when they attempted to stop a gold-coloured Nissan X-trail. When the vehicle failed to stop, a pursuit was initiated. A [...]
