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Local Racing
SIENA Grima’s have-saddle-will-travel approach to race-riding steps up a notch at Muswellbrook today, where she has three rides on the seven-race card leading into Melbourne Cup week. Grima won on Crimson Bonnet at Moree on Friday for Tamworth trainer Sue Grills. She then headed to Randwick on Saturday for one ride, finishing third on Chris [...]
Local Racing
TOOWOOMBA jockey Les “Bubba” Tilley made the most of a rare trip south of the border on Friday, with a hat-trick of wins at Moree Race Club’s TAB Tradies Day. Tilley opened the eight-race card with a soft win in the 1300m Gwydir Gallop Class 1 Handicap with Pat Webster’s blue-blooded gelding Pan a Million [...]
Northern Tablelands
The 26th annual Uralla Thunderbolts Festival was held on Saturday and what a fantastic day it was. There was fantastic support and large crowds of people from both the local community and tourists who all enjoyed the many things on offer. There were rides, food, music, demonstrations, entertainment, a parade, shows and market stalls as [...]
Stormy Times
IN response to stormy community feedback, the Bureau of Meteorology has changed the default rain view in the new rain radar and weather map so that colours appear as they did in the previous website. Technically speaking, it will display rain reflectivity. The change went live on Friday, October 31. Other ongoing changes and improvements [...]
Regional Roads
RURAL, regional and remote Councils in NSW are unilaterally opposed to the Federal Government’s proposal for a blanketed 30 kilometre per hour reduction of default speed limits outside built-up areas, according to Country Mayors Association of NSW chairman, Rick Firman. Submissions are currently being received and will inform a final Regulatory Impact Analysis about proposed [...]
Tradies' Day
THE rise and rise of Siena Grima continues at Moree today, with the Tamworth apprentice taking five rides at the eight-race Tradies Day TAB meeting. Grima, fresh from five winners on Coonabarabran Cup day, has ridden 109 winners since her first day on the job at Deepwater last year, where she rode her first winner [...]
Offender Register
THE Queensland Government has established the state’s first public child sex offender register, with the historic passing of Daniel’s Law in parliament on Thursday. The three-tiered disclosure scheme is one of the most significant reforms to child safety in Queensland’s history and gives parents access to vital information to keep their children safe. The Community [...]
Corrective Services
PRISON officers at Cessnock Correctional Centre have walked off the job after a prisoner who bashed four of their colleagues went unpunished on Wednesday by a controversial Magistrate and is set to be released back into the community. Prison officers at Bathurst Correctional Centre have also walked off the job, with officers at all of [...]
Moree Races
MOREE Race Club tomorrow stages its eight-race Tradies’ TAB meeting, and Inverell trainer Ridge Wilson will bring a team of six runners across from the Sapphire City – all with tradesmanlike qualities, he says. And no horse better suits that description than Lesgo Don, owned locally by Les Quinn and his family. Lesgo Don will [...]
Narrabri Gas Project
THE NSW Farmers’ Association has strongly condemned the NSW Government’s threats of compulsory land acquisition to support a multi-billion-dollar mining corporation. In a speech last week at a National Energy Forum, NSW Premier Chris Minns said “we will be considering compulsory acquisition” to progress the Narrabri Gas Project. NSW Farmers’ say this is despite enormous [...]
