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WITH an increase in traffic on roads due to the June long weekend, local residents are warned that speeding, illegal use of mobile phones and electronic devices or failure to wear a seatbelt will incur double demerit points. And the same applies for motorcyclists that fail...
THREE consecutive days embracing morning and afternoon race sessions with a huge contingency of starters chasing the bunny as well as thousands of dollars in prize money – Moree Greyhound Racing Club is gearing up for one of its biggest dog-racing carnivals in history when...
A SILO nearly 11 storeys' high daring 11 brave souls that will have 11 good dinner-party stories to tell afterwards – that’s the scenario for Moree in the coming weeks and those stories will be well worth listening to when a group of business and...
MOREE trainer Peter Sinclair chases his 11th Boolooroo Cup in 23 years – and sixth in succession – at the Moree picnic races today, but it could be his son Nathan that spoils the party at round one of bush racing’s Golden Triangle. Nathan starts stable...
FASHIONS on the Field were all the go at Moree picnics exactly 70 years ago – and the only things that seem to have changed over the decades are the outfits and the styles. In 1947, The North West Champion reported: “Suits and woollen frocks were...
NORTHERN Tablelands MP Adam Marshall is backing a push from a Moree Aboriginal youth service to extend a ‘night rider’ bus service – helping kids stay off the street and learn about their culture. The planned ‘Night Culture’ project would extend a late night bus service,...
MOREE Plains Shire Council welcomes the Federal Government's $8.4 billion dollar commitment towards the continued development of the Melbourne to Brisbane Inland Rail Project. The Inland Rail will provide a corridor of opportunity between Brisbane and Melbourne via Toowoomba, Moree, Parkes and Albury, linking Australia's state...
MOREE Plains Shire Council is celebrating Reconciliation Week by flying a contemporary Aboriginal artwork by local artist David “Crockett” Craigie. The original artwork, My Country, tells the story of the artist’s connection to the Moree Plains and how he sees the region’s evolution to become a...
THE race will be on to see if tongs are quicker than tongues when local politicians Mark Coulton and Adam Marshall spice up the Blokes on the Barbie competition at Moree on a Plate next week (Saturday, May 13). And while things get heated in the...