The newest stories across general, sport, community, and business coverage.
Regional Banking
WESTPAC is investing in regional Australia, with three new banking service centres in New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania, including Moree. The Moree branch is now open, with an official opening celebrations scheduled for Monday, October 13 at 10.15am. Westpac CEO Anthony Miller will attend the Moree branch’s official opening. Regional Service Centres will provide [...]
Fatal Crash
A man has been charged following a three-vehicle fatal crash between Narrabri and Wee Waa in August. At about 3pm on Sunday, August 17, emergency services were called to the Kamilaroi Highway, about 10km east of Wee Waa, following reports of a crash. On arrival, officers attached to Oxley Police District were told a semi-trailer, [...]
Northern Tablelands
It is great to see BackTrack’s Night Crew program receive $120,000 in funding from the NSW Government for it to be continued. The program sees youth workers on Armidale streets between 8pm and 7am three nights per week to engage young people at risk. The trial earlier in the year was hugely successful with a [...]
Border News
GOONDIWINDI Regional Council has secured a $200,000 grant from the Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads for essential compliance upgrades to the more than 40−year−old Texas Apex toilets. The estimated $250,000 project will connect the toilets to the town’s sewerage, which will deliver environmental compliance and reduce on-going costs. The Texas Apex toilets were [...]
Junior Sport
A group of Moree junior soccer players took on the world at the Inverell Sporting Complex last weekend in the Rale Rasic Joeys Mini World Cup, and returned home laden with trophies, new friendships and memories that will last forever. Sarsha Maas, Aiynzlee Magarry, Anabelle Honour, Lucy-Grace Ryan, Jazmine Magarry and Emma Chick joined four [...]
Regional News
NARRABRI Shire Council has received approval from the NSW Department of Health to blend water from the Tibbereena Street bore with water from the Elizabeth Street bore to supplement the town’s supply. Level 4 water restrictions will remain in place to help rebuild the reservoir and secure water for essential use. While the Tibbereena Street [...]
Regional Tourism
THE Uralla Arts Society runs a variety of events and now they will be able to amplify that to a wider audience, thanks to a Community Building Partnership grant. Member for Northern Tablelands, Brendan Moylan, delivered $10,839 to the Uralla Arts Society for the purchase of new sound equipment to bolster their range of events. [...]
Fatal Crash
AN 11-year-old boy has died and another 11-year-old boy is in a serious condition following a crash 50km north-west of Inverell this morning. At about 11.05am today), emergency services were called to Girraween Road, Graman, after reports of a crash. Officers attached to New England Police District attended and found a utility had left the [...]
Our Community
THE problem with being a clinical nurse, is the need to be so damn clinical. Palliative care clinical nurse consultant, Fiona Lysaught, and Moree District Hospital Health Service manager, Lee Clissold, are the first to agree a clinical mindset is all part of the job. And it’s this mindset that brought about an incredible initiative [...]
Regional News
NARRABRI township moved to Level 4 Water Restrictions from midnight last night, following a significant and continued drop in the Namoi Street Reservoir level over the past week. The decision came as the Elizabeth Street bore remains the only active source supplying the Narrabri town water network. The Killarney Street and Tibbereena Street bores remain [...]
