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Christmas Races
PORT Macquarie jockey Ben Looker bravely smiled as he watched Navy Buoy win the TAB Highway Handicap at Randwick on Saturday from the jockeys’ room at Moree racecourse. Looker had the choice of one ride at Randwick for Port Macquarie trainer Paul Snowden or a full book of rides at Moree, including ghostly-grey Toowoomba mare [...]
Gun Laws
THE state’s peak farming group warns rushed changes to firearms legislation are unworkable. NSW Farmers’ president Xavier Martin said multiple attempts had been made over the past week to engage with the NSW Government in the wake of the Bondi terror attack to ensure farmers and those in agriculture were not impacted by any knee-jerk [...]
Christmas Races
RACEGOERS handled a typical Moree summer afternoon at the Moree Ag Supplies and Steel Twilight Christmas races on Saturday, when more than 3500 people converged on the local track to take in six races and after-party entertainment by Australian country music star Max Jackson. Moree Race Club secretary Michell Gobbert said Saturday’s twilight meeting was [...]
Christmas Races
COFFS Harbour apprentice Grady Spokes made the trip westward well worth the ‘weight’ on Saturday, with a winning double at the Moree Ag Supplies and Steel Twilight Christmas races. The journey to professional ranks hasn’t been easy for the 22-year-old former picnic jockey, the son of well-known Northern Rivers rider, Raymond Spokes. Not that long [...]
Education
THE Gallipoli Scholarship Fund invites applications for its 2026 Gallipoli Scholarships, offering $8000 to support first-year university and TAFE students who are direct descendants of Australian and New Zealand Veterans. Applications open on January 1, 2026 and close on February 28, 2026 and can be lodged at Gallipoli Scholarships. The scholarships honour the service and [...]
Christmas Races
STRAPPER and stablehand one day, jockey the next – Inverell heavyweight hoop Scott Sweedman is back in the saddle at today’s Moree Ag Supplies and Steel Twilight Christmas races with a full book of good rides. Sweedman has always struggled with weight, and when not in the saddle on race-day, he’s strapping runners and riding [...]
Season’s Greetings
THIS year has been a year of change and opportunity for myself and my family. The federal election on May 3 was the start of my journey as the new Member for Parkes serving a vibrant and diverse family of communities that encompasses half of New South Wales. I was deeply honoured to be elected [...]
Northern Tablelands
Premier Chris Minns has recalled Parliament next Monday and Tuesday to discuss emergency changes to firearms laws. My stance is the current laws are sufficient and don’t need changing and the gun laws are not to blame for the terrorist attack at Bondi on Sunday. Like all Australians, I’m absolutely appalled and heartbroken by the [...]
Christmas Races
LOCAL trainer Doug Fernando will have one runner at the Moree Ag Supplies and Steel Twilight Christmas races tomorrow, with stable newcomer Your Temptation representing the town in the 1400m Brett Brazel Painting BM-50 Handicap. Your Temptation, owned by the trainer’s father, Marty Fernando, arrived in Moree about a month ago from the Pakenham stables [...]
Tribute
THE 1950s have often been called the ‘perfect decade’. Significant post-World War II reconstruction and economic growth created employment opportunities, consumer spending, suburban growth and a sense of peace and stability. For Mona Assef, the year 1950 was not only the start of a perfect decade, but the start of a new life in Australia. [...]
