A $237 million investment to reduce criminal reoffending rates in NSW will target persistent domestic violence defendants and other high-risk offenders. It also supports ex-inmates who have served a short sentence of six months or less with intensive rehabilitation programs. NSW Minister for Corrections David Elliott said...
PUMA Energy will turn the sod on its new travel centre in Moree before Christmas, bringing with it more local jobs, long-term economic benefits and fuel competition for the local community and travellers, Moree Plains Shire Council says. The Moree Travel Centre is a part of Puma...
RESTORATION of the Gurley community hall will move into a new phase, with $11,806 in support from the State Government, Northern Tablelands MP Adam Marshall announced today. “The hall has already benefited from painting and other clean-up efforts by Work for the Dole participants, but this...
THE effort to freshen up Boomi’s sportsground has received new stimulus, after the Boomi Sportsground Reserve Trust secured $16,219 in State Government funding for maintenance works. “This funding will help the Trust take down old boundary fencing and build a new fence while tidying up the...
VISITORS to Jellicoe Park on Sunday morning are pre-warned not to be too alarmed at the sight of a massive pink elephant as they make their way through what is expected to be a record crowd at the Fathers’ Day Moree Markets. Molly Heffernan’s famous motorised...
REGIONAL airline service Fly Corporate arrived at Moree this morning on its maiden flight, connecting the people of the black soil plains with Brisbane. Representatives from Moree Plains Shire Council warmly greeted Fly Corporate on the first of its weekday commutes between Narrabri via Moree to Brisbane. [caption id="attachment_5892" align="alignleft"...
Location! Location! Location! It’s a spiel often used in the real-estate world and it means the world – and then some – to those buying and selling. It’s also an apt spiel for Magic on the Mehi, a three-day poetry and music festival being put together by...
NSW farmers will now be able to legally grow poppies following the passage of the Poppy Industry Bill 2016 through the NSW Parliament. NSW Minister for Primary Industries Niall Blair said growing alkaloid poppies safely and securely in NSW will support the production of medicines many...
Barwon Local Area Commander, Acting Superintendent Andrew Hurst last week welcomed three new police officers to Moree. The trio recently attested at the NSW Police Force College. “Two-hundred-and-eight officers took their oath of office at the College in Goulburn on Friday, August 19,” Mr Hurst said. “The new probationary constables...
WET tracks have been the bane of many trainers in recent weeks, both for racing and trying to have horses fit and ready for major assignments. None more so than Tamworth trainer Sue Grills. She has two of her stable running in this Tuesday’s $20,000 FSDP Tamworth...