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Our Community
THE annual indoor carpet bowls and skittles award presentation at Moree Whiddon residential aged care facility on Monday featured a major donation from Moree and District Services Club. Whiddon residents compete in weekly carpet bowls and skittles tournaments, and this year they were surprised with a new indoor bowling mat from Moree Services Club to [...]
On The Buses
MOREE’s Cavanagh Bus and Coach on demand bus service has been secured for another five years, with Transport for NSW confirming the successful completion of a competitive procurement process. This will ensure a seamless and uninterrupted service for the Moree community through to the end of 2030. Cavanagh Bus and Coach manager, Paul Hoffman, said [...]
NSW EPA
AS spray season kicks off this summer, the NSW Environment Protection Authority will be checking if commercial pesticides applicators are licenced in Moree, Walgett, Narrabri, Brewarrina, Warren, Coonamble, Gilgandra, Gunnedah and surrounding areas. NSW pesticide users are being urged to make sure they have the relevant licences and training ahead of a new compliance campaign [...]
Bushfire Season
NSW FARMERS’ has warned the state’s national parks have become ticking time bombs for bushfires this summer. As authorities continued to confiscate large swathes of land to form national parks, NSW Farmers’ President Xavier Martin said vital resources to properly manage bushfire risks on public land had failed to follow. “Farmers and communities have done [...]
Border News
GOONDIWINDI’s Hell of the West Triathlon was named medium-sized Event of the Year at the 2025 AusTriathlon annual awards ceremony, held at the Gold Coast on Saturday night. The Hell of the West is a community-run endurance event that has become a ‘must-do’ for athletes from across Australia. Winning the medium-sized Event of the Year, for [...]
National Ag Day
A heartwarming image of a kelpie sleeping on freshly shorn wool has won the 2025 National Agriculture Day photography and video competition, in a record year for entries. The photo, Sleeping on Cloud 9, depicts red kelpie, Hazel, taking a break from yarding sheep with a kip on a pile of fresh wool. Photographer Kiana [...]
Operation Soteria
TWO teenage boys have been charged following an alleged home invasion at Collarenebri on Sunday, where an 85-year-old man was assaulted. At about 11.40am yesterday, police were called to a house on Herbert Street, Collarenebri, following reports of a home invasion. Officers attached to Central North Police District attended and were told a boy allegedly [...]
Border Racing
MOREE-owned gelding Shut Eye resumed at Goondiwindi on Saturday to easily win the 1200m Port of Brisbane Cup on an historic day that saw on-course race-caller Greg Kachel call his last meeting at Gunsynd Park. Shut Eye, trained at Inverell by Wayne Oakenfull and owned by Moree’s Our Next New Horse Syndicate, was resuming after [...]
Christmas 2025
AS Christmas edges closer, so do the endless range of gift ideas at Geoff O’Hara Electrical Discounts in Moree – part of the huge Furniture Zone and Betta buying groups. Steve and Casey O’Hara have a huge choice of beautiful and practical gifts for every member of the family. Casey said extra stock has been [...]
Jack’s Law
THE escalating number of weapons being brought into New South Wales schools has sparked urgent calls for tougher action as new figures reveal firearm incidents have tripled over the past five years and more than 1125 knives have been uncovered in school grounds. Shadow Minister for Police Paul Toole said this is now a serious [...]
