AFTER nearly 60 years of service with the NSW Police Force, Senior Sergeant John Thompson is ready to call time on his distinguished career. The decorated officer – who began as a 17-year-old police cadet in Redfern in 1962 before being officially sworn in on his...
INVERELL and Glen Innes will be the next towns to receive drive-through COVID-19 testing services with Gunnedah offering a walk-through clinic. Northern Tablelands MP Adam Marshall announced the drive-through clinics will commence operating from next week, with Member for Tamworth Kevin Anderson stating the Gunnedah walk-through...
FRIDAY, May 15 has seen further easing of COVID-19 restrictions and the Northern Tablelands electorate finds itself in the enviable position of having only one active coronavirus case – in Armidale – and now nine people having recovered. These figures directly reflect the outstanding work you,...
COLES Supermarket Moree has been awarded the Moree Thumbs Up! Thumbs Down! Essential Business Appreciation Award for April – beating retail rival Woolworths Moree by just a handful of votes. Team members at both supermarkets have gone that extra aisle during the COVID-19 health crisis however...
Destination Country and Outback NSW reports New South Wales is cautiously moving toward recovery, with Tourism Australia advising the National Cabinet has outlined its Roadmap for COVIDSafe regional travel around Australia to resume at the discretion of States and Territories. The three-step framework to ease the...
Bush racing’s Golden Triangle will go ahead this year – with quite a few history-making changes, thanks to the coronavirus pandemic. The picnic racing series, traditionally held at Moree, Mallawa and Talmoi over a six-week period in May and June, will now be held at one,...
Goondiwindi Regional Council Lawrence Springborg has spoken directly with Queensland’s Chief Health Officer Dr Jeanette Young to clarify why the Goondiwindi region has not been included in the ‘outback’ category of the Queensland Government’s ‘Roadmap to Easing Restrictions’. The Goondiwindi region is not included in the...
MOREE Plains Shire Council continues to work on critical infrastructure projects across the Shire. Over the past few months, Council has been rolling out its water mains replacement program to replace sections of pipe in areas where ageing infrastructure has been identified. The first stage of the...
Every day the Northern Tablelands electorate edges closer and closer to being COVID-19 free, with NO new confirmed cases in the last week and seven cases recovered. The three confirmed cases which remain as of Friday, 8 May are two in Armidale and one in Moree. Across...
WORK will soon begin on replacing Moree Artesian Aquatic Centre’s controversial Olympic pool. In late 2017, Moree Plains Shire Council commenced proceedings in the Supreme Court of NSW as a result of the construction of the 50m Olympic pool at MAAC. Those proceedings were ultimately settled shortly...