The newest stories across general, sport, community, and business coverage.
Border Sport
GOONDIWINDI Regional Council will soon commence the development of a Sporting Facilities Strategic Plan to guide long-term investment in sporting infrastructure in the bordertown and shire villages. The plan will help Council take a proactive, co-ordinated approach to maintaining and upgrading its facilities while ensuring future decisions are sustainable and financially responsible. Councillor Kym Skinner [...]
Inland Rail Update
MOREE Plains Shire Council is urging the Federal Government to provide the required funding to complete works that will link north-western New South Wales to the Inland Rail project and the Port of Newcastle. Last week, the NSW Government gave their tick of approval for the final leg of Inland Rail in New South Wales, [...]
Sport
AROUND this time last year, Moree Motorcycle Club was struggling to get half-a-dozen kids interested in slipping on a helmet and protective riding gear and learning the Motocross craft at Boolooroo Raceway. As a result, earlier this year a new program was devised by club president Matt Anderson, his wife Renee and their son Max [...]
Agriculture
AUSTRALIA’s combined agriculture, fisheries and forestry production is on track to reach a record-breaking $106.4 billion in 2025–2026, according to the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences December quarter reports. ABARES executive director, Dr Jared Greenville, said agricultural production alone was expected to total $99.5 billion – the highest on record. “These [...]
Strike Force Trawler
SEX Crimes Squad detectives have charged a Tamworth man for allegedly paying for and streaming the live abuse of children overseas under Strike Force Trawler. Strike Force Trawler is an ongoing investigation by Sex Crimes Squad’s Child Exploitation Internet Unit into the sexual abuse and exploitation of children facilitated through the internet and related telecommunications [...]
Federal Politics
FEDERAL member for New England Barnaby Joyce today confirmed he is joining Pauline Hanson’s One Nation Party. Mr Joyce made the announcement on Tamworth radio station 88.9FM, alongside Ms Hanson. Later, in an official statement, Mr Joyce said “there has been no more considered and serious decision than the one I make today to join [...]
MX Moree
MOREE Motorcycle Club on Sunday closed the 2025 season at Boolooroo Raceway with an RPA day, trophy presentation and a visit from Santa Claus – and the promise of a bigger and stronger year ahead. Club president Matt Anderson said the end-of-year Christmas party, featuring learner-riders as young as four years of age, showcased everything [...]
Bushfires
Members of Boggabilla Rural Fire Brigade joined brigades from across New South Wales to help combat bushfires in the Merriwa and Bylong Valley areas in the Upper Hunter region, with the Albanese and Minns Governments on Sunday activating disaster assistance to communities in six Local Government Areas. The NSW Government’s Natural Disaster Declaration applies Warrumbungle, [...]
Strike Force Mayville
POLICE have released CCTV footage and a still image as they renew an appeal for information after the discovery of a body found in a burnt-out vehicle near Brewarrina in September. Emergency services were called to the Kamilaroi Highway, Brewarrina, 100km east of Bourke, at about 5.15am on Sunday, September 28, after an SUV was [...]
Operation Soteria
POLICE have charged six people following a three-day, high-visibility operation focused on preventing and disrupting crime in Moree. Between Thursday, December 4 and Saturday, December 6, officers attached to New England Police District – assisted by officers attached to Operation Soteria, Western Region Operations Support Group, Youth Command, Traffic and Highway Patrol Command and the [...]
