The newest stories across general, sport, community, and business coverage.
Local Government
NEWLY-elected Local Government NSW president Darcy Byrne has wasted no time in advocating for councils across New South Wales, this week heading to Canberra to meet with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. Fresh from his election to the role on Monday, Cr Byrne travelled to the nation’s capital, inviting outgoing president Phyllis Miller and chair of [...]
National Weather
THE Bureau of Meteorology has issued its long-range forecast for the 2025 summer season and it shows summer days and nights are likely to be warmer than average across most of Australia. Nationally, summer rainfall is likely to be below average for parts of the west and inland parts of the east. However, for much [...]
Opal Mining
THE Lightning Ridge Miners’ Association has acknowledged the NSW Government’s regulatory environment ‘refresh’ for small scale opal mining titles in New South Wales. The LRMA said the way in which the government has engaged with key stakeholders during the process has been positive, despite some challenges ahead. In a statement earlier this week, LRMA said [...]
Politics
MEMBER for New England Barnaby Joyce today announced to the house of representatives his resignation from the Australian National Party. The former deputy prime minister said in a one-minute address he announced his intention to quit the party about five weeks ago. “Apart from a 90-second phone conversation with the leader (of the National Party), [...]
Christmas Cheer
WHEN 20 or 30 schoolkids perform in front of 120 seniors, magic happens – Christmas magic. Students of Moree Public School Choir, from Year 1 through to Year 6, closed the 2025 Seniors Christmas lunch at Moree Services Club on Wednesday to rousing applause from more than 120 guests who sang along to a repertoire [...]
DV Awareness
SUPPORT organisations from across Moree came together on Wednesday to host the domestic violence awareness initiative, the Clothesline Project, in the gardens of Bank Art Museum Moree. The awareness event was the local launch of 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, a global campaign which began on Tuesday – International Day for the Elimination of [...]
Conservation
THE Bats in Backyards project, part of the NSW Government’s Saving our Species initiative, is calling for landholders in the Moree Plains Shire and north-western New South Wales to help survey insect-eating bats on properties during the summer months. Bats in Backyards is a citizen science project that contributes valuable data to help save some [...]
Agriculture
AUSTRALIA’s largest state farming organisation has engaged senior legal counsel as it ramps up opposition to the controversial Narrabri Gas Project. NSW Farmers Acting CEO Mike Guerin – who led a successful legal challenge against the federal government and mining giant Glencore in Queensland – said he was “getting the band back together” to fight [...]
Census 2026
THE Australian Bureau of Statistics this week published the 2026 Census Topics and Data Release Plan. The publication outlines the questions that will be included in the 2026 Census, and when and how the data will be released. Census general manager, Jenny Telford, said the publication is a significant milestone in the lead up to [...]
Lawn Bowls
MOREE Magpies Bowling Club held its championships presentation and Christmas party at Moree Services Club on Saturday, showcased by the unveiling of two new pennant scoreboards and three bench seats donated by well-known Moree families. Pennant scoreboards dedicated to Darcy and Glenda Hobday, and Allan Kite were donated by the Hobday and Kite families on Saturday. [...]
