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It’s Showtime!
WITH the 2026 Moree Show fast approaching, shutterbugs are urged to enter their favourite images for the photography competition. The competition, proudly sponsored by McGregor Gourlay Moree, is a highlight of the show each year and regularly attracts a strong field of entries from photographers of all ages and skill levels. Organisers encourage anyone with [...]
Law and Order
A teenage boy will face court today charged with allegedly possessing extremist material following an investigation in Moree. In December, 2025, officers attached to New England Police District commenced an investigation after receiving information a teenager was allegedly accessing extremist material online. On Friday, March 27, NSW Police officers, including officers from the Moree Crime [...]
Food and Wine Festival
MOREE’S black-soil plains are part of Australian society’s beating heart. It’s where the wheat is grown that fills pantries with pasta, bread, noodles and biscuits, and where cotton clothing is born. A region rich in agricultural production, helping feed and clothe the world, the Moree community enjoys a great appreciation for fresh produce and seasonal-based [...]
Recognition
MORE than 34,000 emergency services volunteers and personnel will be recognised at events held across New South Wales, honouring their extraordinary efforts during the state’s flood response between 2021 and 2023. Moree suffered major flooding in March-April, 2021 and again in October, 2022. The Premier’s Flood Emergency Citation honours individuals who played a significant role [...]
Northern Tablelands
The second week of the March Parliament sittings was another busy one. A 90,000-signature ePetition calling for proportionate, evidence-based and a consultative firearms policy was debated in Parliament this week. Unfortunately, Labor refused to let me speak. The ePetition was one of the most popular in Parliament history and addresses the rushed changes to gun [...]
Fuel Crisis
FAMILIES and small businesses from the Parkes electorate are being hit hard by a deepening national fuel crisis, with the Coalition calling on the Albanese Government to immediately halve the fuel tax for three months to deliver urgent relief. Federal Member for Parkes Jamie Chaffey says this is a practical step the Government can take [...]
Fuel Crisis
THE NSW Minister for Energy has issued formal information notices to a number of liquid fuel companies, as New South responds to fuel distribution challenges arising from the conflict in the Middle East. The NSW Government last week sought voluntary information from major fuel companies about historical stocks and sales as well as future orders [...]
Fuel Crisis
MINISTER for Climate Change and Energy Chris Bowen told parliament on Thursday there are more than 170 service stations in New South Wales without diesel fuel, and more than 330 across Australia with dry diesel pumps. “New South Wales today has 178 with no diesel, 48 with a total stock out,” Mr Bowen said. “Queensland [...]
It’s Showtime!
ENTRIES are now open for the Moree Show rodeo, an ABCRA-affiliated event scheduled to jump from the chutes at 6pm, Friday, April 10. This year’s edition, again brought to Moree by Gill Bros Rodeo, heralds a new format, with junior riders and rising stars being called to the ring. Moree Show Society president, Brendan Munn, [...]
Health and Education
MOREE Lions Club will next month launch the Lions Eye Health Program in Moree schools, with an aim to reduce the incidence and impact of vision loss through education and awareness. LEHP promotes eye examinations and conducts free children’s vision screenings for children aged three years and up in childcare centres, schools, sporting clubs or [...]
