When arguments and debates arise about 21st century climate change, it seems nothing much has changed at all during the past 200 years – not across the Moree black-soil plains, anyway. The devastating drought of 2018 and 2019, which affected most of eastern Australia, is regarded...
MOREE and district has been on a social starvation diet for far too long, and the 2021 Moree on a Plate Food and Wine Festival has grand plans to help break the fast. A feast of entertainment, activities and fresh local produce and menus will satisfy...
MOREE Boars return to the Group 4 rugby league playing fields in May but they will do so without one of their favourite sons and true champions – Paul “Poey” Raveneau. Paul, the 27th life member of the Boars, passed away last Friday, March 5. He was...
RESIDENTS of north-west New South Wales are encouraged to take up work on the transformational Inland Rail project, with the Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) and Trans4m Rail hiring local workers now for the Narrabri to North Star section. Local member for Parkes and Minister for...
MOREE student Elka Devney and Inverell student Imogen McDonald have been appointed members of the State Government’s 2021 Regional Youth Taskforce. Member for Northern Tablelands Adam Marshall said Elka and Imogen were thoroughly deserving of their new roles, as part of the second-year cohort of the...
APPLICATIONS are currently open for this year’s Moree Solar Farm Community Enhancement Fund. The fund offers community, sporting or educational organisations in the Moree Plains Shire the opportunity to propose projects or programs that will have a positive impact on the community, or practical solutions...
MOREE Youth Council is saying no to drugs and alcohol and yes to increasing public awareness in 2021, using a $23,550 State Government grant to host camps aimed at identifying and supporting young people who are experiencing problems with substance abuse personally or at home. Northern...
ASPIRING young leaders from Moree and Mungindi’s Aboriginal communities are taking control of the social calendar in 2021 and using a $46,300 State Government grant to develop a series of events aimed at inspiring a new generation of role models. Northern Tablelands MP Adam Marshall said...
THE GrainCorp silos at Yelarbon were named the Best Rural Art in the nation at the Australian Street Art Awards on the Sunshine Coast on Tuesday night. As one of the biggest murals in Australia, When the Rain Comes, also received the bronze prize in the...
The Australian Airports Association (AAA) is backing a new report released by the Business Council of Australia (BCA) highlighting the need to ease COVID-19 restrictions in line with the vaccine rollout. AAA Chief Executive James Goodwin said the Shifting gear: three steps to safely, quickly and...