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Moree Sport
MOREE Junior Soccer Club and Moree Clay Target Club are two of 90 sporting organisations across New South Wales to receive automated external defibrillators through the NSW Government’s Local Sport Defibrillator Grant Program. The program provides grants of up to $3000 to eligible sport and active recreation organisations to purchase automated external defibrillators for use [...]
Bush Fire Safety
THE official Bush Fire Danger Period will conclude at midnight tonight for most of New South Wales, but will remain in place for the Moree Plains, Narrabri and Gwydir Local Government Areas until midnight, April 30 due to local conditions. Despite the easing of restrictions across much of the state, residents in the Narrabri, Moree [...]
New England REZ
MORE than $180 million in funding has been allocated to upgrade sections of the New South Wales road network – to support the safer movement of oversize and over-mass vehicles transporting components for wind and solar projects. Regionally, a total of $68.2 million has been set aside for New England REZ to begin upgrades at [...]
Price Gouging
CONSUMER group Choice has launched a campaign in response to rising prices. As prices continue to soar across the economy, especially fuel, consumer group Choice is launching a new campaign calling on the Federal Government to ban price gouging whenever and wherever it happens. Choice head of policy, Morgan Campbell said, with global disruptions causing [...]
Our Community
VIETNAM veteran Murray Shaw recognised the problem immediately. Mr Shaw, a long-serving member of Moree RSL Sub-Branch, was at a sub-branch ceremony earlier this year when he noticed the portable public address system was malfunctioning. The system dropped in and out in jagged bursts, with an underlying crackle that cut through and distorted the speakers [...]
Health Crisis
THE Australian Medical Association’s New South Wales president, Dr Kathryn Austin, has issued a statement responding to the Bureau of Health Information’s Healthcare Quarterly report for October to December, 2025, releases earlier this month. Dr Austin said if the quarterly report was a bank statement, the trajectory of numbers would be pleasing. of the numbers. [...]
Regional News
THE latest fire engine to roll off the Fire and Rescue NSW production line has arrived at its new home at Coonamble. Valued at around $560,000, the Compressed Air Foam System Class 2 Pumper allows firefighters to tackle structural, chemical, petrol and grass fires, using up to five times less water. The truck boasts a [...]
Our Community
FORMER Moree Plains Shire mayor, Katrina Humphries, has been made a patron of the Country Mayors’ Association of NSW. Also honoured was former mayor of Gunnedah Shire, Jamie Chaffey, and Ken Keith, a long-serving Parkes Shire mayor. Mrs Humphries was Moree Plains Shire mayor from 2008 to 2021, and did not seek re-election in 2021. [...]
Fuel Crisis
MORE than half the nation is choosing to change their driving habits during the Middle East conflict, helping to reduce strain on the family budget, according to the NRMA. A national survey of about 1800 NRMA members found that 52 per cent of petrol and diesel vehicle drivers have cut back on driving in the [...]
Agriculture
AUSTRALIA’S sheep industry is entering a lower supply phase in 2026, with Meat & Livestock Australia’s latest Australian Sheep Industry Projections forecasting a further decline in flock numbers after several years of elevated turn-off and challenging seasonal conditions. The national sheep flock is estimated to fall 2.7 per cent to 67.1 million head by June [...]
