Words: Bill Poulos Image: Janian McMillan BUSH racing communities across western NSW are mourning the loss of Collarenebri stalwart Jane Willis. She was 80 years of age and leaves behind a country-racing legacy spanning more than six decades. Jane, a Collarenebri Jockey Club life member and wife of western...
Press statement by State member for Barwon Kevin Humphries: Last week the NSW Government released its response into the Wambelong Fire Inquiry held by the Upper House. The response also followed a Coronial Inquiry; handed down in September 2015, into the fire given its ferocity and...
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Media Release Minister for Roads and Freight Duncan Gay, NSW Member for the Northern Tablelands Adam Marshall and Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton last Friday in Moree announced Expressions of Interest are open for the $15 million Fixing Country Rail pilot program, which is targeted...
Media Release Work begins on Armidale Hospital $60 million redevelopment. I was delighted to visit the work site at the Armidale Rural Referral Hospital yesterday to witness the demolition of several buildings which will make way for a new four-storey structure. It’s a wonderful milestone for the...
Media Release Minister for Roads and Freight Duncan Gay, Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton and NSW Member for Northern Tablelands Adam Marshall yesterday announced a $700,000 investment to upgrade three local roads in Moree to improve freight links in the district. Mr Gay said Gosport Street,...
NEW South Wales will later this year trial extended daylight saving hours, with Moree’s new solar farm one of the big winners it was announced late yesterday. The trial, devised by the Australian Climate Control board, will commence at 2am on Sunday, August 7 and finish...
MORE than $10,000 has been raised through an online silent art auction for terminally-ill Moree man Mick Colbran and his family. Eighteen Lots covering art, ceramics, photography and the written word were offered through social media over a two-week period, with all but three items selling. Organiser...
MOREE’S Yaama Ganu Centre has donated Parpul to the Leap for Mick online art auction. Parpul was painted by renowned artist Yikartu Bumba, a member of Martumili Artists of Western Australia. The Martu are the traditional owners of a vast area of the Great Sandy, Little Sandy...
Words, Images: Bill Poulos THE greatest omen bet of all time saluted at Moree greyhounds on Saturday when Royal Hotel won the 302m Moree Broadcasting 5th Grade Stakes – on a day when the Royal Hotel Social Club made the meeting its own. As Royal Hotel scampered...