AIRCRAFT type, Sydney Airport slots, Moree Plains’ agricultural significance in the overall scheme of things and connectivity with other flights – these are just some of the factors Moree residents need to be concerned about says a group of locals fighting a proposed deregulation of...
MOREE Plains Shire Council has supported the Bush Bursary-CWA Scholarship Scheme with $857 through Council’s public donations financial assistance program to help the NSW Rural Doctors’ Network provide a medical student with a two-week placement in Moree. Joshua Richards, 26, came to Moree after completing his...
NORTHERN Tablelands MP Adam Marshall says he’s confident a permanent resolution to the ownership future of the historic Moree Lands office building is closer to being finalised. Mr Marshall said the Frome Street building has been saved from being sold off by government and he’s confident...
A three-kilometre section of track on the Moree-Inverell railway line – between Broadbent Grain and the Tycannah Street Level Crossing – is now open for business. The first train is expected to use the line this Friday, March 3 with more in April to accommodate the recent...
MOREE businessman Josh McGregor three years ago led a lobby group that fought successfully to get Qantaslink back in Moree after the town was left without a carrier to service the Moree-Sydney air route. And now the battle is back on – and again Mr McGregor...
DISASTER assistance has been made available for communities across the state that have been affected by the recent bushfires. The local government areas receiving Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements (NDRRA) assistance include: Cessnock Dungog Kempsey Maitland Mid Coast Mid-Western Regional Narrabri Port Macquarie-Hastings Port Stephens Queanbeyan-Palerang Tenterfield Upper Hunter Warrumbungle. This assistance includes: help for eligible people whose homes or belongings...
MEMBER for Northern Tablelands Adam Marshall has issued a statement concerning the controversial proposed deregulation of the Moree-Sydney air route. Currently, the route is locked in with QantasLink however Transport for NSW has put forward a proposal to deregulate what is believed to be a safe...
MOREE’S favourite racehorse Free Billy is back with a track record-breaking vengeance, making a small but handy team of horses look like bit players in the 1400m XXXX Gold Goondiwindi Cup on Saturday. Free Billy, trained by Peter Sinclair, is owned by the Boar Boar syndicate,...
MOREE Plains Shire Mayor Katrina Humphries says Moree could end up with no air service at all if the proposed deregulation of the Moree-Sydney air route is adopted by Transport for New South Wales. Cr Humphries says the route is simply not big enough to sustain...
UPDATED: 4.20-pm, February 25 NEW South Wales member for Northern Tablelands Adam Marshall hopes to meet with Moree Plains Shire Council next week to discuss the proposed deregulation of the Moree-Sydney air service. Mr Marshall, who was recently elevated to NSW minister for Tourism and Major Events as well...