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...
BETHANY Kelly has, literally, stepped up to the plate. With the Moree on a Plate festival less than two weeks away, this marks her first year as event president, a role she has described as challenging, but rewarding. “It’s a big job but thankfully there is an...
LUDENY Wiid from Moree Christian School and Mackenzie Barben from Moree Public School have created the winning artworks for the Moree Plains Shire Council and Cleanaway’s The Mechanics of Organics and Superheroes of Compost Waste truck-art competition. Moree Plains Shire Council’s Water and Waste manager David...
WITH her work highly regarded among cultural enthusiasts Australia-wide, The Moree Gallery’s upcoming exhibition of acclaimed artist Annie Herron is a major coup for the local art scene. This is Annie’s first showing at The Moree Gallery, however many art lovers in the region would be...
TRIKES of all shapes and sizes will converge on Moree to attend the United Trikers Australia AGM and Show ‘n’ Shine at Jellicoe Park on April 22. The Saturday morning event – scheduled between 9.30am and 11-30am – is expected to draw more than 150 trikes...
MORE than 20 years ago – during an era that was post-paleo, but pre-paleo diet – Pallamallawa couple Rob and Susie Long were quietly nutting out ways to capitalise on their newly purchased parcel of land on the fertile banks of the Gwydir River. While not...
BREAKING NEWS: THE Moree community is bracing for white-hot debate after it was revealed today that the local racecourse precinct will be sold to an international mining consortium that will use the site for coal seam gas extraction. The sale includes the 2000m racetrack and 600m coursing...