STATE member for New England Adam Marshall has been appointed Tourism and Major Events Minister and Assistant Minister for Skills after a cabinet reshuffle in the new Berejiklian-Barilaro NSW State Government. Tourism is a 37.1 billion-dollars-a-year industry, employing around 297,000 people in NSW and Sydney is...
Words: Bill Poulos TAKE one 10-foot tinnie with plenty of grunt thanks to a 30-horsepower outboard motor replacing the normal 10hp job, 100 kilometres of one of Australia’s most famous waterways and a couple of thrill-seeking lads from Moree and you have the ingredients of one...
POPULAR media personality and published author Tony Squires will be a special guest at the Moree Race Club’s Pacific National Chopper Cup charity dinner on Friday, February 17 at Moree racecourse. Squires, a highly-regarded journalist and radio personality, launched his television career as the host of...
AUSTRALIA Day celebrations were especially meaningful for seven Moree residents yesterday, when they were welcomed as our newest Australian citizens at the Jellicoe Park breakfast hosted by Moree Lion’s Club. Mayor Cr Katrina Humphries welcome the conferees, originally from five different countries, as new Australian citizens and...
Words and Photo: Bill Poulos AROUND 100 people gathered at Jellicoe Park on Australia Day to welcome seven new citizens and listen to inspiring words from humble Paralympian Prue Watt. The Australia Day ceremony was emceed by popular 2VM breakfast announcer Michael Andersen, who jokingly encouraged Moree’s...
Words: Rusty Bell and Bill Poulos Images: Supplied A GROUP of Moree off-road enduro riders is this year set to embark on the ultimate challenge – competing in some of the largest and most gruelling off-road events across Australia, including the Tatts Finke Desert Race over the...
A MOREE woman who was dragged from her vehicle by an unknown assailant and threatened with a claw-hammer at a local service station says she is just thankful that she wasn’t seriously injured during the ordeal – and warns others to always be alert when...
TIRELESS Moree charity worker Lee Estens has been named in this year’s Australia Day Honours list, acknowledged for her incredible efforts raising hundreds of thousands of dollars for children’s charities, most notably the Variety Club of Australia. Mrs Estens joins six other recipients from across the...
MOREE Plains Shire Council and Moree Chamber of Commerce late last year released the results of the Moree and Mungindi Business Confidence Survey and will now host information sessions to prioritise the key skills needed for local businesses. The Moree information evening will begin at 6pm on...
A PROJECT investing $2 million to reinstate a disused section of rail line at Moree, enabling hundreds of thousands of tonnes of grain, cotton and pulses to be railed to Newcastle instead of being sent by truck to Queensland, has been completed. Deputy Premier John Barilaro...