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Local elections
MOREE Chamber of Commerce will host a Meet the Candidates public forum as part of the lead-up to the Moree Plains local government election polling day. The forum will be held in the Moree Services Club auditorium between 6pm and 8pm on Tuesday, September 3. Chamber president Dibs Cush requests attendees to arrive by 5.45pm [...]
2024 Elections
JOY Cunningham is well-informed on global, national and local current affairs, although she freely admits to slowing down a bit in recent years. And, at 95 years of age, she’s got every right to take things a little easier. Despite failing eyesight, Joy still reads daily newspapers and watches news bulletins when she can. Not [...]
Farewell Monty
AFTER 33 years, local government veteran Mike “Monty” Montgomery has signed off from Moree Plains Shire Council. At the August 14 Ordinary Council Meeting, mayor Mark Johnson formally recognised and officially thanked Mr Montgomery for his significant career and contribution to the Moree Plains. “As this Council term draws to a close, I wanted to [...]
Boost for the Bush
THE Minns Government this week announced more than $60 million will be invested to deliver vital upgrades to seven research facilities and five emergency response sites across New South Wales to safeguard regional communities and the agriculture sector. Speaking from AgQuip at Gunnedah during the week, Premier Chris Minns said he was forever amazed by [...]
Your News
THE Moree plains has a new information and news service, with the launch of Moree Online News. The new, free-to-view website is an expansion of Moree Online News social media platforms, and will extensively cover news and events from across the north-west region and beyond. Moree Online News as a social media presence was created [...]
2024 Elections
Moree Online News will extensively cover the local government elections during the weeks leading up to September 14 polling day. There are 15 candidates seeking nine spots on Moree Plains Shire Council. The local ballot paper includes current deputy mayor Susannah Pearse and current councillors Mekayla Cochrane, Kelly James and Brooke Sauer. Councillors Pearse and [...]
Operation Mongoose
A MAN and two teenagers have been charged following number of armed robberies and vehicle thefts across the state’s north-west last weekend. Officers attached to New England Police District, assisted by Oxley Police District, initiated inquiries after a white 2024-model Ford Everest was stolen from a motel on Amaroo Drive, Moree, about 2.20am on Saturday, [...]
NFF
A MAJOR coalition of financial industry bodies and associations has publicly added their voice to the growing chorus of groups backing small business and farmers’ concerns regarding the Government’s proposed ‘Super Tax’. The Joint Associations Working Group, consisting of Australia’s 11 industry and professional bodies representing accountants, superannuation trustees, financial advisers and other groups yesterday [...]
Politics
Projects still waiting on funding The Labor Government continues to starve regional Australia of much-needed economic development funding with its failure to deliver on successful grant applications announced in May. Five major projects in the Parkes electorate were approved for funding under the Growing Regions Program, including the Brewarrina PCYC Youth Hub and Indoor Sports [...]
Onya Bikes!
SIXTY-ONE riders joined forces to help raise $6091.70 for the Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service in the Croppa for the Chopper charity bike ride. Riders from Goondiwindi, Moree, Croppa Creek, North Star, Yallaroi, Grafton and Pottsville set out from North Star on a perfect winter’s morning and rode 29 kilometres to Croppa Creek Soldiers Memorial Hall, [...]
