THE NSW Government is asking members of the public to help prevent turning charities into dumping grounds for unwanted, unusable goods. Each year, Australian charities receive almost 800,000 tonnes of goods but around a third of these donations cannot be reused or recycled. During the holiday season, there...
MOREE Police are holding more than 80 items believed to have been stolen during a string of home burglaries in Moree during the past 12 to 18 months and are now seeking the rightful owners. The goods were seized after a search warrant was executed at...
Barwon Local Area Command today farewelled one of its most popular officers. Aboriginal Community Liaison Officer (ACLO) Willie Middleton has called time on his service to the New South Wales Police Force after 21 years working with Indigenous communities. Wilie is originally from the Bourke area and...
MOREE Plains Shire Council will use a $36,000 funding injection from the State Government to boost some survival, self-help and skills and services success for local businesses, according to Northern Tablelands MP Adam Marshall. Mr Marshall today welcomed Deputy Premier and Regional Development Minister John Barilaro...
Words: Bill Poulos POPULAR Moree singer-songwriters Merri-May Gill and Fi Claus will take the next step in their already extraordinary careers – a quantum leap, in fact – when they produce and record a new album alongside some of Australia’s best-loved musicians in Melbourne. Merri-May and Fi...
THE Inverell Mower Sports Club is celebrating a cash injection that will put them on the starting grid to become the first licensed club in NSW – and host competition lawn-mower racing on a dedicated flat track from early in 2017. Northern Tablelands MP Adam Marshall has...
Narrabri Shire Council has secured nearly $2.5 million from the latest round of Resources for Regions, a NSW Government program designed to support regional communities impacted by mining activity. Member for Barwon, Kevin Humphries welcomed the funding, saying the Boggabri waste water project would deliver significant benefits...
POLICE from Barwon Local Area Command are appealing to business owners as well as shoppers to be on the look-out for fake fifty-dollar notes after counterfeit money of the same denomination were cashed at Moree and Mungindi businesses recently. Police urge businesses and retail stores that...
SEVENTEEN-year-old Tyrone Pynor from Mount Druitt in Western Sydney was among 100 Indigenous students to become the latest graduates from the Aboriginal Employment Strategy (AES) School Based Trainee Program. As an AES trainee, Tyrone has worked on a part-time basis at the NAB for the past...
SEVERE to extreme heatwave conditions are forecast to continue for eastern Australia for several days, with widespread temperatures in the low to mid-40s. Moree's expected temperatures over the next four days from Wednesday average out at 42 degrees per day. Forecast temperatures are well above average for southern...