SHOOTERS Fishers and Farmers Party Tamworth candidate Jeff Bacon and Northern Tablelands candidate Rayne Single have called on the National Party to adopt their party’s rural payroll tax exemption policy as a further drought relief measure. “When the National Party and Liberal Party Government came into...
EVEN in these dry times, generosity abounds – thanks to the thoughtful staff at Rhodes Kildea. Despite the season, staff at the local law firm has not skipped a beat donating to its ‘local charity collection’, with The Moree Pre-School and Croppa Creek Bowling Club the...
THE Moree Water Ski Park took another ‘jump’ forward this week with the formal start of construction on a range of off-water enhancements. Northern Tablelands MP Adam Marshall joined Moree Plains Shire Mayor Katrina Humphries and Ski Club members on Monday to turn the first sod...
RYAN Hunt is just one of the scores of young people returning to rural Australia, keen to forge a meaningful career, without having to compromise lifestyle. And this 25-year-old pump and irrigation specialist is keen to see other young professionals follow suit. “I literally have a two-minute...
THE mighty Moree Boars celebrated 100 years of local rugby league at the weekend with a huge centenary ball at the Memorial Hall. The ball featured guest speakers Tony Butterfield and David ‘Cement’ Gillespie as well as a charity auction hosted by David Watts that raised...
IT is not often that Alf Scott is lost for words. But that is exactly what happened on Saturday night when the Moree born-and-bred living treasure was given not one, but two standing ovations at the Moree Boars Rugby League Football Club Centenary Ball. It was due...
SADLY, Bernie Briggs and Terry Kelly – known as '9' and ‘Super’ respectively – are no longer with us, but their legend lives on. Now, it can finally be revealed how Bernie kicked that goal from the sideline to seal victory for Moree High School in...
THEY were yelled at and heckled, and told countless times to get their eyes tested. And if Specsavers had been around 35-odd years ago, that catchphrase would’ve been used frequently. Tommy ‘Killer’ Cain and Reg Jamieson still chuckle when they recollect their refereeing days on rugby league...
MEMBER for Northern Tablelands Adam Marshall has inspected construction progress on the new, purpose-built, $2 million Renal Dialysis Unit at Moree District Hospital this week. The new eight-chair unit is being built adjacent to the existing hospital and will herald a new era in renal treatment...
WHEN former Northern Daily Leader sports editor Geoff Newling was approached last week and asked to send through his recollections of Moree Boars’ 1988 grand-final win against Gunnedah, he had several hundred words emailed back to Moree Online NEWS within a few hours – despite...