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Lawn Bowls
MOREE Services Club will create history this weekend when Magpies Bowling Club hosts an opening round of the 2026 Australian Indoor Singles Lawn Bowls Qualifiers. The four-day knock-out competition started yesterday with women’s sectional rounds. Women’s finals will be decided today, with the men’s sectionals played Sunday and finals decided Monday. Magpies club president Wayne [...]
Northern Tablelands
Welcome to 2026! I hope everyone is feeling rested and recharged after the festive season and looking forward to the year ahead. Changes to gun laws Premier Chris Minns recalled Parliament in the lead up to Christmas to make unnecessary changes to firearms laws in NSW. I voted against these changes, as did the rest [...]
TCMF 2026
A high-visibility police operation is underway to ensure community safety is the number one priority as country-music fans and spectators alike gather for this year’s Tamworth Country Music Festival. Operation Tamworth Country Music Festival 2026 is in place for the duration of the iconic event, which kicked off on Friday, January 16, and runs until [...]
Regional Health
HUNTER New England Local Health District is asking the Tamworth community and visitors to the Tamworth Country Music Festival to be aware of hepatitis A and its symptoms after six cases have been notified in the area since November last year. Three cases have occurred in one household, while the source of infection for the [...]
Critical Incident
A critical incident investigation has commenced after a man died following a shooting at Gunnedah today. It is believed a police firearm was discharged when the man aimed a bow and arrow at officers. At about 1.40pm, police were called to a home on Quia Road, Gunnedah, following reports of a concern for welfare. Officers [...]
Oz Day 2026
AUSTRALIA Day in Moree is expected to be one of the biggest seen at Jellicoe Park in recent years, with Moree Plains Shire Council staff and volunteers conducting a nomination drive for the local Australia Day Awards. The awards ceremony will be held at Jellicoe Park on Monday, January 26, from around 8am. Council staff [...]
Social Media
MAJOR social media companies removed access to about 4.7 million accounts identified as belonging to children under 16 in the first half of December to comply with Australia’s social media minimum age, according to initial figures gathered by eSafety. eSafety’s focus since the minimum age obligation took effect on December 10 has shifted from preparation [...]
It’s Showtime!
THE 2026 Moree Show is less than three months away, and the hardworking committee is back on deck putting everything together for two big days of incredible entertainment and show ring action. The Moree Show, first held in 1874, is scheduled for Friday-Saturday, April 10-11 and will again offer something for everyone. Moree Show secretary [...]
TCMF 2026
All roads – and railways – will lead to north-western New South Wales for the 54th Tamworth Country Music Festival which starts today and runs until 25 January – a major tourism drawcard that annually attracts around 300,000 people over the 10-day event. Extra train carriages have been put on to support public transport to [...]
Education
TENDERS are being called for the cleaning contract at St Philomena’s Catholic School in Moree, a co-educational central school with a population of 360 students and 65 staff members. The school has undergone significant expansion in recent years, including new learning spaces and a new administration area. St Philomena’s school principal, Alistair Stewart, said 2026 [...]
