FLY Corporate will launch a regular passenger service between Moree and Brisbane after being granted approval by Moree Plains Shire Council at its Council meeting today. Fly Corporate CEO Andrew Major said the increase in the Fly Corporate network was an "extremely exciting development which forms part...
IN an Australian first, NSW is researching medicinal cannabis cultivation. The Federal Government has given the NSW Department of Primary Industries the go-ahead for the pilot cannabis cultivation program. NSW Minister Primary Industries Niall Blair said the program paves the way for non-government cultivation in the future. “This is an...
PETER Sinclair’s charge towards the all-important Moree Cup meeting in early September continues unabated on Saturday, with the local trainer saddling up three runners at two meetings – both of them in Queensland. Free Billy, Sinclair’s big Moree Cup hope, heads to Doomben on Saturday and...
THE imminent shift to a new system that will allow people with a disability to ‘comparison shop’ among service providers is being supported in Moree with almost $67,000 in transition funding from the State Government announced for two local service providers. [caption id="attachment_5533" align="alignleft" width="610"] Moree...
MEMBERS of the public interested in standing as a councillor at the forthcoming local government elections are invited to an informal information evening at 5.30pm next Monday, August 1 at Moree Plains Shire Council Chambers in the Max Centre on Balo Street. General manager Lester Rodgers and deputy mayor Sue...
THE Warialda NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS) Brigade has acquired some serious firepower, taking delivery recently of a new CAT 6 (Category 6) tanker equipped with a remote-controlled water cannon. Mr Marshall inspected the tanker yesterday in Warialda with RFS Namoi-Gwydir Zone Superintendent Michael Brooks and...
THERE has always been a self-help attitude in Gwydir Shire, and with the equipping of two 24-hour gyms, that now extends to local residents’ health and fitness. Northern Tablelands MP Adam Marshall joined Gwydir Shire Mayor John Coulton yesterday to open Bingara’s shire-owned, 24-hour gym. It was...
MOREE Plains Shire Council is asking for suggestions where community members think new bus shelters, signage or better lighting and security would be most beneficial along community bus routes. Director of Engineering Services Ian Dinham explained grants are currently available to improve the community transport experience in Moree...
REGISTRATIONS are now open for the August 2 North West NSW Heavy Vehicle Breakfast Forum which draws people from the trucking industry, as well as farmers, stock and station agents, livestock owners and business operators keen to hear and talk about road infrastructure, investment and plans for the...
Barwon LAC Police remind residents and in particular young persons that legislation is in place making the act of throwing a rock at a vehicle a crime, regardless of whether you hit it or not. Detective Inspector David Silversides said “the offence applies to any person...