Words: Bill Poulos Images supplied THE eight-year-old boy wiped a bead of sweat from his brow and watched intently through a rusty chain-link fence as the field of greyhounds charged past the winning post at the old Moree coursing track. It was a stinking hot afternoon in 1940...
Media Release Applications open for up to $250,000 per project NORTHERN Tablelands MP Adam Marshall has welcomed a $10 million boost to reduce crime with the NSW Government’s Community Safety Fund now open for applications. The funding program is open to non-government or not-for-profit organisations, community groups,...
Media Release NORTHERN Tablelands MP Adam Marshall has today hit out at Fairfax Media, slamming the news group for the cuts announced yesterday to local newspaper journalist and staff numbers in the region. Fairfax Media confirmed yesterday there would be 22 jobs cut across the region which...
Media Release MEMBER for Northern Tablelands Adam Marshall today announced that the highly acclaimed ‘open air’ classical music event, Opera in the Paddock, would continue to be financially supported by the NSW Government. Mr Marshall had been pressing the case for continued backing from the government with...
Media Release MEMBER for Northern Tablelands Adam Marshall today announced that three community groups across the region have been successful in their applications for the 2015 Local Domestic and Family Violence Committee Grants. The annual grants assist local non-government organisations and government service providers to fund activities...
Media Release MEMBER for Northern Tablelands Adam Marshall has today (November 2) announced the second round of the state’s Fixing Country Roads program is open and a further $50 million is available to local councils to help repair council owned roads and bridges. Mr Marshall said that...
Media Release MEMBER for Northern Tablelands Adam Marshall has today announced almost $60,000 in State Government funding for the Moree Salvation Army to run its important financial counselling service over the next three years. Mr Marshall said this was very good news for those in the Moree...
Media Release THE National Broadband Network (NBN) yesterday (October 16) released its full construction schedule for the next three years, providing Australians with the greatest detail yet on when the NBN will reach them. The comprehensive construction plan to network 9.5 million premises nationwide will see more than 40,500 homes...
Media Release MEMBER for Northern Tablelands Adam Marshall today offered his congratulations to University of New England (UNE) Iraqi student Dunya Alruhaimi who was last night recognised for her outstanding and invaluable contribution to her community at the 2015 NSW International Student Awards, in Sydney. Ms Alruhami...
Media Release LIFE for visitors to Copeton Dam near Inverell is about to get a whole lot more comfortable with the installation of a new water treatment plant at the Copeton Waters Holiday Park, according to Member for Northern Tablelands Adam Marshall. Mr Marshall visited the park...