The newest stories across general, sport, community, and business coverage.
Health
FROM this month, GPs can begin training to diagnose attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) as part of the next phase of landmark reforms to make it easier, faster and more affordable for families to access care. Nearly 600 general practitioners have expressed interest in undertaking training to be able to diagnose and treat ADHD. With [...]
Education and Arts
MORE than 8300 students have this week been rehearsing and performing in Pulse Alive – a show-stopping Sydney Olympic Park event held over three big nights, with a huge curtain-closing finale scheduled tonight. Performers from Moree Secondary College include Amber Muller, Esther Litchfield, Pearl Humphries and Imogen Brazel. Pearl and Imogen danced on Thursday night [...]
Regal Visit
THE 39th Governor of New South Wales, Margaret Beazley, yesterday began an extended tour of Moree and district and will visit organisations, schools, community leaders and agriculture industry stakeholders over the coming days. The Governor and her husband, Dennis Wilson, met with Moree Plains Shire mayor Susannah Pearse, deputy mayor Wayne Tighe, and councillors and [...]
Harmony on the Plains
A children’s book inspired by the cotton-growing industry in the Moree region will have its local launch at Harmony on the Plains at Moree Public School today. Cotton at a Campsite, written by Kasey Holt – an author with strong family ties in Moree – was created after Kasey and her family spent several months [...]
Rugby League
AS the countdown to round one of the Group 4 rugby league season begins, Moree Boars Rugby League Club officials and coaches have never seen confidence so high and camaraderie and mateship so strong. Players are turning up to training in record numbers as the Boars’ first-grade squad, coached by Jack Durheim, chases a hat-trick [...]
Regional Health
RURAL patients in New South Wales will have easier access to general practice care following strong growth in the number of GPs training in the Commonwealth-funded Australian GP Training Program with the Royal Australian College of GPs. Among the 530 future GPs training in the RACGP’s New South Wales training regions, 22 will train in [...]
Telecommunications
TELSTRA CEO and managing director Vicki Brady visited Goondiwindi this week, after Goondiwindi Regional Council invited her to experience first-hand the ongoing sub-optimal state of local mobile services. Mayor of the Goondiwindi Region, Lawrence Springborg, said the visit allowed the Telstra CEO to experience the frustratingly inferior service our region has experienced since the 3G [...]
Education
STUDENTS at Bullarah Public School last week celebrated International Pi Day – not the type eaten, but there were some hidden away – to honour a fundamental mathematical constant. Pi is defined as the ratio of any circle’s circumference to its diameter and, regardless of the size of the circle, from a mouthwatering pie to [...]
Group 4 Rugby League
MOREE Boars’ under-18s squad is on-song to improve on their Group 4 rugby league debut season last year, with players still signing up as the season launch draws closer. But a few more players are needed, says coach Brent McDonald, who also plays for the Moree Boars’ first-grade premiership-winning team. “This is only our under-18s’ [...]
Gaming and Racing
THE Hospitality and Racing Regulatory Roadshow is back on the road this year and visiting Moree on March 31, launching a statewide tour to engage directly with industry stakeholders. The Hospitality and Racing division includes Liquor and Gaming NSW and the Office of Responsible Gambling. The roadshow, now in its fourth year, will be held [...]
