The newest stories across general, sport, community, and business coverage.
Garage Barbershop
THE kid can cut hair – and he’ll be on the clippers and combs free-of-charge for the next couple of Saturday mornings at Bank Art Museum Moree as part of the Garage Barbershop program. Jake Frey didn’t expect much when he first walked into Garage Barbershop. He was quiet and unsure of what the program [...]
Social Media
GOVERNMENT eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant is calling on parents, carers and young people in regional and rural communities to visit eSafety and access resources designed to help them handle social media age restrictions, which are now in effect. Developed collaboratively with Australia’s leading mental health and support organisations, the resources explain what is changing, [...]
Agriculture
MEMBER for Northern Tablelands Brendan Moylan has welcomed news that virtual fencing was legalised in New South Wales on Thursday. Virtual fencing systems allow farmers to confine and move animals without physical fences using GPS, wireless and sensor technology. A parliamentary inquiry in October 2024 into the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Amendment (Virtual Stock [...]
Christmas Races
AWARD-winning Australian country music star Max Jackson headlines the December 20 Moree Ag Supplies and Steel Twilight Christmas races after-party, just weeks ahead of her ground-breaking third appearance as official ambassador of the Tamworth Country Music Festival. Jackson, a proud bushie, Coonamble born and raised, is a three-times Golden Guitar winner and was crowned Golden [...]
Featured Property
THE restoration work is complete and the history is deep – Raine and Horne Moree’s featured property this week is an inspiration for all aspiring home renovators. No.75 Edward Street in west Moree, a former NSW Railways’ residence, is steeped in history. And that history has been brought back to life with a complete renovation [...]
Regional News
MEMBER for Northern Tablelands Brendan Moylan has welcomed news 20 jobs will be created in Armidale after a huge funding boost for one of the region’s emerging industries. The Australian Natural Therapeutics Group has received $1.38 million in funding from the NSW Government as part of a huge $6.93m injection. The funding will create jobs [...]
Agriculture
NSW Farmers says farming communities and landscapes cannot continue to be vandalised in the state government’s “sledgehammer” approach to powering the nation. NSW Farmers’ President Xavier Martin said it is clear the Minns Government is ignoring farm communities and the damage inflicted on them by industrial scale developments. “NSW Farmers has long been a bridge [...]
Regional News
WALGETT shire mayor Jason Ramien and general manager Andrew Brown assisted fire crews and council staff when a main street building was engulfed in flames late Tuesday. At around 6.30pm Tuesday, Walgett Shire Council staff were assisting with a barbecue at the Walgett Singers carols event in Gray Park when a plume of black smoke [...]
Christmas Millions
A Tamworth man has been jolted wide awake by the eye-popping revelation he won $15 million in last night’s Oz Lotto draw. The New South Wales player held one of the two division one winning entries nationally in Oz Lotto, with each division one winning entry pocketed $15 million. The stunned winner joked he might [...]
Local Government
MOREE Plains Shire Council general manager Natalia Cowley’s salary package has come under scrutiny, with council’s annual report outlining staff payments for the last financial year creating confusion among ratepayers. Former Moree Plains Shire mayor Katrina Humphries says information about remuneration packages for council senior executive staff – previous and present during the past financial [...]
