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Deepfake Love
DEEPFAKES and AI chatbots are transforming romance scams into an industrial-scale threat that extracts millions from Australian victims each year. With Valentine’s Day this weekend, many people turn to dating apps and social media in search of connection, companionship and perhaps that perfect romantic relationship. But lurking behind profile pictures and persuasive messages is a [...]
Regional Tourism
THIS year’s Autumn Festival at Armidale will feature exciting new elements with the inclusion of New England Heritage Festival highlights, showcasing lost trades and heritage skills. Visitors can enjoy fascinating demonstrations such as blacksmithing, leatherwork, and lacemaking, alongside displays of antique trucks and machinery. A major attraction will be Councillor Rob Taber’s antique steam traction [...]
Our Community
IT’S quite ironic that a man who drove a taxi cab for 26 years of his working life has clocked up 77,000 kilometres running and jogging around the streets of Moree. On Saturday morning, 80-year-old Moree marvel Ronny Clissold proudly pencilled in that number in a tiny pocket diary after running five kilometres at Moree [...]
Our Community
MOREE Plains Shire Council, in collaboration with the Moree Seniors Week Committee, is calling for nominations for the 2026 Moree Plains Senior Citizen of the Year Award. Do you know a community member aged 60 years or over who makes a meaningful difference in the lives of others? Now is the time to recognise their [...]
Agriculture
GETTING the balance right between genetic selection and nutrition in a beef operation is a challenge even for the most experienced beef producers. To help local producers find more certainty in their decision making, North West Local Land Services host a series of Feed and Breed workshops around the north-west from February 17 to March [...]
Heywire Grants
THE Foundation for Rural Regional Renewal is inviting not-for-profit organisations to collaborate with local young people in remote, rural and regional communities to design and deliver local solutions that respond to the issues that matter most to Australia’s rural youth. Earlier this month, more than 30 young people from across rural Australia attended a week-long [...]
Moree SAP
MEMBER for Northern Tablelands Brendan Moylan was not consulted prior to Moree Plains Shire Council’s decision to request the State Government to ‘stage’ funding for the Special Activation Precinct. At an extraordinary council meeting last Thursday, councillors voted in favour of adopting a report tabled by senior staff, which recommended Council request the NSW Government [...]
Featured Property
POTENTIAL home-buyers are invited to inspect the ultimate St Valentine’s Day gift, when Raine and Horne Moree opens the front door to one of Moree’s most spectacular homes on the special day set aside for lovers and couples around the world. Selling agent Kelly Atkins has booked in 10am Saturday, February 14 – St Valentine’s [...]
Agriculture
PRODUCER confidence across Australia’s grassfed beef sector has surged to its strongest level in recent years, according to the latest Beef Producers Intentions Survey from Meat & Livestock Australia. Nearly 80 per cent of producers report a positive outlook for the year ahead, marking a significant lift in sentiment across every state and both major [...]
SES
THE NSW State Emergency Service has launched Adapt 2030, a new five-year strategy designed to strengthen how the service works with communities, volunteers and partners in an increasingly complex emergency environment. Every day, NSW SES members work to save lives and create safer communities. With numerous factors, including population growth, evolving technology and changing patterns [...]
