MOREE has been plagued by severe drought in recent years and, when the rains finally came back in January, so did the COVID-19 pandemic. Local businesses have struggled through the worst of times. However, in true bush spirit, they continue to see the light at the end...
NATIONAL charity Live Life Get Active is coming to Moree and is seeking the recruitment of local personal trainers and yoga instructors to help improve the health and wellbeing of Moree residents. Live Life Get Active offers free outdoor boxing, cross-training and yoga camps across Australia. The...
A $250,000 upgrade of amenities at Moree Police Community Youth Club (PCYC) will allow the facility to continue delivering its sport and recreation programs in a safe environment. Northern Tablelands MP Adam Marshall announced the funding through the State Government’s COVID-19 stimulus program. Mr Marshall said the...
A MAJOR breakthrough in Queensland’s COVID-19 border restrictions will allow farmers from northern NSW to harvest crops and tend their properties. Queensland’s Chief Health Officer on Monday issued a class exemption for farmers and agribusiness workers needing to move between Queensland and NSW to perform essential...
It has been a week for small victories with finally some movement on Queensland border restrictions and the continuation of local community sport. National Cabinet today resolved to establish an ‘Agricultural Workers Code’, similar to the existing freight code, which would allow the free movement of...
Queensland’s Chief Health Officer Jeanette Young on Wednesday announced new exemptions for border zone school students. For New South Wales families from within the border zone bubble, with a student attending any Queensland school (Prep to Year 12), the student and a parent or guardian are...
Goondiwindi Regional Council continues to work collaboratively with Queensland Health, with a revised ‘border bubble’ confirmed. “We acknowledge the outstanding job Queensland’s Chief Health Officer (CHO), Dr Jeannette Young continues to do in keeping Queenslanders safe during the COVID-19 pandemic,” Mayor Lawrence Springborg said. “Goondiwindi Regional Council...
MEMBER for Riverina and Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack on Saturday presented special commemorative medallions to four World War II veterans. Mr McCormack said every living WW II veteran was eligible to apply for a medallion and a certificate, which are being presented by the Federal...
MOREE Artesian Aquatic Centre has taken steps to reduce its carbon footprint, with the recent installation of solar systems. In December 2019, MAAC’s proposed Solar Project was supported by councillors who approved council to cover the costs of the solar systems and installation. The centre has since...
I cannot begin to describe the frustration I have felt this week on behalf of our border medical patients, farmers, contractors, boarding school parents and all those impeded by the hard border, imposed suddenly by the Queensland Government. Over the past week, I have sent eight...