VOLUNTEERS and donors to the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RDFS) throughout the Parkes Electorate were given a boost this week, with the Federal Government granting an Australian Charities and Not-for-Profit Commission (ACNC) Registered Tick to the Flying Doctor. “With bases in Dubbo and Broken Hill, as...
The Heatwave Action Plan has been activated following the prediction of heatwave conditions across NSW for the next three days, with temperatures predicted to exceed 40 degrees. In Moree alone, temperatures over the weekend are expected to nudge 44 degrees on Saturday and 43 on Sunday,...
A new meningococcal vaccination program will launch this year for all Year 11 and 12 students to combat the rise in the W strain of the disease. Under the NSW Meningococcal W Response Program, 17- and 18-year-olds will receive a four-antigen vaccine, which provides protection against...
Words and Image: Bill Poulos AFL Sydney Swans stars George Hewett and Shaun Edwards are living proof that hard work, dedication and passion will take a person anywhere – regardless of background, creed or colour. And they were in Moree on Tuesday advising local youth – as...
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 streets and learn about their culture. The planned ‘Night Culture’ project would extend a late night bus service,...
MOREE’S Indigenous youth aged between 16 and 25 have the opportunity to take part the third National Indigenous Youth Parliament (NIYP) and learn how laws are made, get expert training in how government works, public speaking and dealing with the media. The young parliamentarians will learn...
Words: Bill Poulos IT started out like an Aussie remake of Cool Runnings – only on water, not ice – but ended with a slightly different result. However it was a result for the ages, and one that will have Moree’s Jock Gartshore and Sam Tapscott back in...
THE boat is called Plan A because there is no Plan B and the long trip south has been one big learning curve for Moree adventurers Sam Tapscott and Jock Gartshore as they chase their wildest dreams at the Red Bull Riverland Dinghy Derby tinnie...
Click PDF link to catch up with everything that's happening in Moree Plains Shire during February: February eNewsletter 2017 You can also click this link to take you straight to Tourism Moree's webpage: www.moreetourism.com.au ...
Words: Bill Poulos WILLIAM Shakespeare would certainly approve – that’s a given. Moree Arts Community Theatre's production of the great bard’s classic A Midsummer Night’s Dream will go to the next level with an original score by one of Moree’s hidden gems, composer Ritchie Hair, added to the...