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...
MOREE Community College is offering a new range of courses to kick-start 2017 – and program coordinator Julieanne Farrell urges anyone interested to drop by the Frome Street office and discuss their educational needs. It could be the start of a whole new career change. “We offer...
MEMBER for the Northern Tablelands Adam Marshall said tenders were now open for the construction of the Boggabilla to Toomelah water pipeline and there’s already been strong interest. “Thanks to the Water Security for Regions program, the state government has put in $4.6 million to make...