SEVENTEEN-year-old Tyrone Pynor from Mount Druitt in Western Sydney was among 100 Indigenous students to become the latest graduates from the Aboriginal Employment Strategy (AES) School Based Trainee Program. As an AES trainee, Tyrone has worked on a part-time basis at the NAB for the past...
SEVERE to extreme heatwave conditions are forecast to continue for eastern Australia for several days, with widespread temperatures in the low to mid-40s. Moree's expected temperatures over the next four days from Wednesday average out at 42 degrees per day. Forecast temperatures are well above average for southern...
BROKEN Hill has secured much-needed funding under the latest round of the Government’s Energise Enterprise program. Member for Parkes Mark Coulton and Member for Barwon Kevin Humphries said this vital support will help community organisations invest in new opportunities and stimulate jobs growth. “This federally funded program delivered...
MURRAY Hartin’s new double CD, A Double Shot of Muz, is out now – and Muz has got a you-beaut, never-to-be-repeated, humdinger of an early-bird special for those wanting to get their next dose of one of Moree’s most famous exports. A Double Shot of Muz...
BARWON LAC crime manager, detective inspector David Silversides, says that motorbikes and quad bikes continue to be a popular target for thieves across the vast Barwon command. Police believe locations are being specifically targeted due to the presence of trail bikes and quads and that these...
The Fair Work Ombudsman has recovered a total of $10,700 for seven underpaid hospitality employees at a club in the Moree Plains area in northern NSW. The underpayments occurred over a 13-month period in 2015-2016 because the club operator failed to pay the employees the penalty...
THE Newell Highway will be safer for all motorists, with 16 new overtaking lanes along the highway creating safer overtaking opportunities for drivers. New South Wales Minister for Roads, Maritime and Freight Duncan Gay said the completion of line marking at Kyalite, between Parkes and Dubbo, on...
MORE than 80 items were seized by Police, including a quantity of illegal drugs, two unregistered firearms, ammunition and suspected stolen goods during a search warrant at Moree on Saturday afternoon. A 44-year-old man was arrested without incident at the Cooee Street address and taken to Moree...
THE Bingara Sporting Club has made the cut when it comes to golfing play with news of a $26,000 funding injection from the State Government that will help it buy a new first-rate greens mower. Northern Tablelands MP Adam Marshall today announced the funding for the...
Member for Barwon, Kevin Humphries, has welcomed $2 million in funding from the Murray Darling Basin Regional Economic Diversification Program (MDBREDP) for two new projects in Barwon. “$1.5 million has been allocated for the ‘Bourke to the Core’ project,” Mr Humphries said. “This funding is great news...