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Our Community
MOREE SES volunteer Kam Wheeler has been named 2025 NSW Adult Volunteer of the Year at a special gala event in Sydney today. Ms Wheeler is a leading Moree SES rescuer, trainer and leader with more than 40 years’ experience across the north-western region of New South Wales. She is the Mehi Cluster support officer, [...]
Texas Cup
Moree galloper Shut Eye, owned by the Our Next New Horse Syndicate, is off to the Texas Cup on Saturday, December 13 – and we’re organising a bus trip to make a real day of it. We have a driver organised and syndicate members Mark and Nat Cook have kindly loaned us their bus for [...]
Agriculture
The Australian Cotton Ginning Association has awarded life membership to Moree’s Melvyn Kong and service-to-the-industry awards to Rowena’s Neil Towns and former Wathagar Gin manager Mike Murray during its annual general meeting last month, reports Grain Central. Richard Millyard, formerly with Lummus Australia in Moree, also received life membership. Since starting out at Auscott in [...]
Agriculture
A series of NSW Farmers’ roadshows will return to the north-west this month to assist the farming community with telecommunication issues, including one at Moree on Wednesday, December 10. The Moree roadshow will be held at Moree Masonic Hall between 6pm and 8pm. Roadshows will also be held at Uralla, Mullaley and Loomberah over the [...]
Regional News
INVERELL Shire Council has announced a more than $2 million budget surplus following the completion of the Inverell Aquatic Centre redevelopment, with $2.3 million to be reallocated. The redevelopment, which commenced with the demolition of the previous facility in May 2023 and reached practical completion in September 2025, represents one of Council’s most significant infrastructure [...]
Christmas 2025
THE beauty of Beauty Matters in Moree at Christmas time is that Natalee Cook and her team make the task of choosing gifts so much easier. And this yuletide season, Moree’s foremost beauty therapy and treatment salon has affordable gift vouchers specialising in beauty products from industry leader, Payot, as well as a few new [...]
Early Education
IT’S a big step – bigger than most people realise. For students under the age of five, transitioning from pre-school to kindergarten can be a daunting exercise. After all, this is the “big school”. Recently, Boggabilla Central School staged its main transitioning event, with each pre-school room showcasing a range of craft and arts based [...]
Regional History
THE book has been three years in the making, and is now on the shelves at Bingara Newsagency – just in time for Christmas. Bingara: Our Town, Our People Volume 2, by well-known Bingara historian Rod King, is the perfect follow-up to Volume 1, and continues Mr King’s fascinating stories and historical facts about Bingara [...]
Local Government
FORMER Inverell Shire Council mayor Paul Harmon has been recognised for his service to local government at the LGNSW annual conference, held in Sydney last week. Mr Harmon received the Emeritus Award as well as an award for more than 20 years’ service to Inverell Shire Council – 12 of those as mayor. The Emeritus [...]
Future Cops
THE NSW Police Force has officially launched a Cadet Traineeship Program for school leavers and young adults. The 12-month pilot program will provide an authentic hands-on experience, combining practical training, academic study and paid employment to provide a structured pathway for aspiring police officers to enter the NSW Police Force. NSW Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon [...]
