Upgrades to sporting facilities and shared pathways are among a number of projects currently rolling out across the Moree Plains, thanks to a multi-million dollar Federal Government investment which is creating jobs and boosting the local economy. Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton recently met with...
Queensland Premier Anastacia Palaszczuk late Thursday announced that from 12.01am, Friday November 5, Moree Plains Shire LGA will be declared a restricted border zone area, following a COVID-19 outbreak in Moree. Moree Plains LGA will no longer have access across the Queensland border as part of...
STAN Swan might be one of the smallest men when he runs onto a Group 4 rugby league ground but he casts a large and determined shadow – on and off the field. The 30-year-old Moree plumber was this week named the WEG Group 4 First...
Grain growers across the region are preparing for a bumper wheat harvest that is being touted as potentially the biggest in decades. And Moree & District Historical Society hopes some of the grain being delivered to silos across the black-soil plains can help boost a major...
Less than a month until the BAMM Art Fair closes for 2021! A dynamic mix of local and regional artists is on show at Bank Art Museum Moree (BAMM) until the end of August as part of the annual BAMM Art Fair. The opening weekend was a...
THE season may be soaring, but for rural Australia, its workforce is anything but. And with another bumper harvest fast approaching, primary producers across Australia are scrambling to fill the gap. But help may be at hand, thanks to an unlikely harvest saviour in the form of...
MOREE’S flagship entertainment venue will again fly proudly as one of the region’s premier arts and cultural facilities, with a $2.4 million Civic Precinct redevelopment currently underway. Moree War Memorial Hall was officially opened on April 17, 1923 after discussions to construct the hall began in...
NARRABRI suffered their first golden-point extra time loss this WEG Group 4 first grade season when the Moree Boars served up a 26-22 win on Bernie Briggs 9s Day at Boughton Oval on Sunday. Two late tries by winger Alex Lawrence levelled the game and then...
MOREE Boars roared late to snatch the WEG Group 4 first grade competition points from Werris Creek, with a 26-24 win at Boughton Oval on Sunday. The Boars started well to lead 8-nil early but then slipped behind 24-8 at halftime as the visiting Magpies swooped. “It...
MOREE ratepayers have received Floodplain Management Levee Feasibility survey in the mail and Moree Plains Shire Council is pleased with the number of ratepayers completing and returning surveys. Surveys are due back by the end of June, 2021. Council’s General Manager, Lester Rodgers, explained under the NSW...