THERE are 20 candidates to fill just nine seats – and local residents will have the job on September 10 to decide who will sit on Moree Plains Shire’s new council for the next four years. Of the 20 candidates, 10 are putting their hands up...
Moree Plains Shire Council is finalising Stage One of the South Moree Sports Project with the multi-purpose sports and recreation complex expected to be completed in late September, 2016. In collaboration with the Moree Boomerangs Rugby League Football Club, the complex will make a significant contribution...
FREE Billy will press ahead with a Moree Cup start despite beating just one horse home at Eagle Farm last start, bush cups king Dungiven is also a likely starter in Moree Race Club’s signature race and Cool Rules could be the wildcard runner after...
FOR the last four weeks, Moree has had three extra residents enjoying the work and social lifestyle the town has to offer. Rachel Titill, Claire Jones and Nicholas Maher are fourth-year nutrition and dietetic students from the University of Newcastle and are currently completing a foodservice...
MOREE will get a taste of Broadway next month when the footlights are switched on, make-up applied and costumes donned for Moree Secondary College’s production of Mean Girls: The Musical. Playing at the school’s Multi-Purpose Centre on Albert Street on September 15-16, Mean Girls: The Musical...
Moree mayor Katrina Humphries and State Librarian Dr Alex Byrne recently cut the 60th birthday cake to celebrate the diamond jubilee of Big Sky Libraries, a fantastic representation of local government partnerships. The Moree Community Library provided the backdrop for the celebrations, demonstrating that public libraries are...
[caption id="attachment_5741" align="alignleft" width="405"] Image: www.thinkingaustralia.com[/caption] THE Coalition Government today announced the commencement of a review and public consultation on the broad range of issues affecting the supply and remuneration conditions of labour performed by Working Holiday Maker visa holders. Assistant Minister Luke Hartsuyker, who has responsibility for...
Police from Barwon Local Area Command (LAC) will this week host information sessions to discuss ways police and Aboriginal people can work together to create stronger, safer communities. The information sessions will take place within Barwon LAC, in the state’s north-west, between Tuesday (16 August 2016),...
MOREE trainer Peter Sinclair had four runners at three tracks on Saturday but it was left to his trainer son Nathan to put food on the family table over the weekend when Gilded Spirit won the 1200m Stewart's Grain Trading BM-45 Handicap at Inverell. Ironically, Sinclair...
Rail infrastructure in regional NSW has received a major boost with $15 million to fund 10 pilot projects to kick start improvements to the state’s rail freight network on top of the $400 million Fixing Country Rail program. Minister for Freight Duncan Gay joined Parliamentary Secretary...