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Young Aggies
MORE than $85,000 has been gifted to nine important Moree and district not-for-profit organisations after this year’s hugely successful Young Aggies Ball, held at Moree racecourse in September. More than 500 young aggies from across the district helped raise tens of thousands of dollars through ticket sales, raffles and charity auctions, with proceeds delivered to [...]
Christmas Races
MOREE Race Club is preparing for its biggest social event of the year, with the Moree Ag Supplies and Steel Twilight Christmas races on Saturday, December 20 showcasing a big weekend in Moree. The Christmas race meeting has quickly become the club’s signature event, with thousands of people – young and old – expected to [...]
Recruitment Drive
THE ranks of the NSW Police Force have been bolstered with 13 more officers making the switch from other jurisdictions across Australia and New Zealand, with one joining the New England Police District. Thirteen officers from Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Northern Territory and New Zealand on Friday attested at Sydney Olympic Park as part of [...]
Feature Story
SEVENTY years ago, Moree Municipal Council adopted an ordinance denying Aboriginal people entry to Moree Bore Baths and Moree War Memorial Hall. In part, the ordinance stated “no person, being a full-blooded or half-caste aboriginal native of Australia, or being a person apparently having an admixture of aboriginal blood, shall use or occupy, or be [...]
Lawn Bowls
HE’S been trying for more than 20 years, and this year he did it – for his mum. Phil Hobday has always been one of Moree’s best lawn-bowlers, but winning a Moree Magpies A-grade singles club championship has eluded him. Hobday’s mum, Glenda, passed away in 2018, but she’s never been far away in the [...]
Recognition
MOREE Services Football Club and Moree dietitian Renaye Madden were given Community Recognition Statements in parliament on Thursday by Member for Northern Tablelands Brendan Moylan. Mr Moylan recognised the remarkable achievements of the Moree Services Football Club throughout the 2025 season, which saw the club collar a 2-1 grand-final win against Narrabri FC Elevens in [...]
Operation Soteria
A second teenager has been charged after an attempted break-and-enter in Walgett last week. At about 8pm last Monday, a group of four youths allegedly attempted to enter a property on Montkeila Street, Walgett, forcing open the rear screen door. After allegedly attempting to gain access through a second rear door, the group – allegedly [...]
Northern Tablelands
The second week of the November sittings wrapped up this week. I gave a Notice of Motion calling on the Minns Labor Government to reinstate the 100kph speed zone on Bundarra Road and to properly fund council roads. I tabled Questions On Notice on teacher recruitment, aged care beds in hospitals, home schooling enrolments, the [...]
On The Bunny
MEMBER for Barwon, Roy Butler, is calling for any decision to close country greyhound tracks to be put on hold pending a requested parliamentary inquiry into Greyhound Racing NSW. GRNSW has released an Optimisation Report that recommends closing 15 tracks in country New South Wales, including Coonamble and Broken Hill in the Barwon electorate. Late [...]
Legal Aid NSW
THE Moree Legal Aid NSW office will host a drop-in event at the Dhiiyaan Aboriginal Centre Conference Room next Tuesday, November 25, with members of the public invited to meet lawyers, legal support staff and allied professionals. Connecting with Our Community – Meet Your Local Legal Professionals aims to help people learn more about Legal [...]
