AFTER months of deliberation, exploring different avenues and consultation with the local licensing authorities, Moree Race Club has elected to not stage the popular twilight Christmas races. However, a re-branded race meeting with limited crowd numbers and strict COVID-19 requirements will still go ahead. The Summer Races...
THE State Government will invest a record $102.84 million to upgrade roads across the Northern Tablelands this financial year. Member for Northern Tablelands Adam Marshall said the 2020-21 NSW Budget announced Tuesday targeted improvements to key freight routes as a way to speed up the recovery...
THE 2020-21 NSW budget announced on Tuesday will fast-track $2 million allocated for final planning of the $80 million Moree District Hospital redevelopment and $500,000 to bring forward and commence the $20 million refurbishment of Glen Innes Hospital. Northern Tablelands MP Adam Marshall said with this...
GLADYS Bassett has lived through two world wars and survived two global pandemics. She celebrated her first birthday just 24 hours after the Armistice was signed in 1918 and, as a toddler, survived the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1919-1920. A decade later, as a teenager, Gladys lived...
Australian Rail Track Corporation has awarded the $693 million construction contract for the next section of Inland Rail, with Trans4m Rail announced as the Tier 1 Contractor for Phase 1 of the Narrabri to North Star section of the Inland Rail project. Deputy Prime Minister and...
SHOW committees and societies across New South Wales are encouraged not to cancel events in 2021, for the social and economic good of their communities. The call from Northern Tablelands MP and Minister for Agriculture Adam Marshall comes after the State Government recently announced COVID-safe guidelines...
BINGARA Showground’s grandstand is set to undergo a major facelift, with a $85,378 State Government grant to re-clad the structure and dispose of asbestos-based fibro sheeting announced on Wednesday. This grant takes the total amount provided to the Bingara Showground through the Showground Stimulus Fund (SSF)...
STUD cattle breeders from the Moree district – and further afield – will soon have an open-air shed to exhibit their stock at show time. Northern Tablelands MP Adam Marshall on Wednesday announced an additional $57,480 in State Government funding to construct the new building. This takes...
Dog-owners in the Goondiwindi region will benefit from half-priced dog registrations in the New Year, thanks to a new initiative from Goondiwindi Regional Council. The discount is part of Council’s COVID-19 Community and Economic Support Package to provide direct support to local households through fee waivers...
IT is just over three years since the world changed irrevocably for Moree equestrienne Emma Botfield. Shortly after dawn on Thursday, July 20, 2017, Emma, an accomplished horsewoman with years of horse-riding experience, was preparing for her regular morning ride prior to starting work at Moree...