Capture the moment: The My Moree photography and videography competition now open

IT’S time to scroll through your phone, computer or photo albums and find your most iconic images of the Moree Plains with the My Moree photography competition now open. There is $4500 worth of prizes being offered to local and visiting photographers up to the challenge. This year, organisers are also calling on content creators, [...]

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1951: Getting to school was all in a day’s work for the kids at Pally

IN the 1950s, getting to class at Pallamallawa Public School was considered a bigger task than actually undertaking a day’s learning. Kids would be up at dawn to get chores done. After breakfast, and a lean one at that, they’d line up at the front gate and jump on a horse-drawn ‘school bus’ as it [...]

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Being Colin Rice: Ordinary people doing extraordinary things

It’s hard to picture a boxing coach sketching landscapes or painting portraits, but that pretty much sums up Colin Rice, known universally as “Chalky”. This Moree coach and mentor has an artistic side, some say a soft side. Chalky’s been painting, sketching and creating artworks for years. He’s a craftsman who works with two types [...]

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Barbara Woodham and Virginia Grey recognised

BARBARA Woodham and Virginia Grey from Mungindi, St Philomena’s Catholic School in Moree and Moree Plains Shire Council were recognised in State parliament by Member for Northern Tablelands Brendan Moylan. Barbara and Virginia were recognised for their efforts raising funds to help Years 5 and 6 students from St Joseph’s Primary School attend an excursion [...]

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Moree Plains Museum officially opened

A NEW chapter of Moree’s rich history was written in April when the Moree Plains Museum was officially opened. The museum was gifted to Moree and District Historical Society in 2019 when Moree Plains Shire Council acquired the historic Lands Office building from the NSW State Government. Adam Marshall, at the time Member for Northern [...]

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Peter Mailler: MPSC candidate

BOGGABILLA grain and cattle producer Peter Mailler is no stranger to politics. He has, in the past, actively sought political reform for rural and regional Australia through various political and social mechanisms. Mr Mailler, a third-generation farmer, holds a degree in agricultural science, is a fellow of the Australian Rural Leadership Foundation and is a [...]

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Debbie Williams: MPSC candidate

SELF-employed Moree resident Debbie Williams is confident her hometown is on the cusp of economic growth and development, and she wants a seat at Moree council chambers to help foster what lies ahead for the shire. The State Government recently committed $225 million funding to the Moree Special Activation Precinct. Over the next 15 to [...]

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Stephen Ritchie: MPSC candidate

STEPHEN Ritchie knows what it’s like to sit in council chambers and after a three-year hiatus, he’s decided to seek re-election to Moree Plains Shire Council. Mr Ritchie sat as a councillor for five years and three months, and was deputy mayor to Katrina Humphries for two years. He now feels it’s time to return [...]

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Fred McGrady: MPSC candidate

FRED McGrady is a passionate man. He’s passionate about his First Nations’ heritage, he’s passionate about the Moree Shire, and he’s passionate about the land on which he lives and works. “If we, the people, don’t take care of our land and lose sight of what our environment is telling us – it will not [...]

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Brooke Sauer: MPSC candidate

WHEN Brooke Sauer was elected to Moree Plains Shire Council in 2022, her campaign focused chiefly on results for ratepayers. Mrs Sauer, who seeks re-election at the 2024 local government elections with running mate Susannah Pearse, has modelled her campaign along the same lines. “Last term I stood for council on the simple platform of [...]

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