SUPPORT for residents and community-based anti-smoking campaigns in the Electorate of Parkes are the local focus of the record $183.7 million in funding for Australia’s first four-year Tackling Indigenous Smoking (TIS) program. “Together, we are making progress in reducing smoking rates but tobacco is still claiming...
MOREE Plains Shire Council encourages locals to lend a helping hand for Clean Up Australia Day, with efforts this year focused along the Mehi River from Dr Hollingsworth Bridge – the Edward Street crossing – to Dr Geoffrey Hunter Bridge (main bridge) and upstream to...
MOTORISTS are being asked to show patience and diligence over the next few months as farmers and drovers move stock on TSRs, highways and roads in the Moree shire due to the continued dry weather. Moree Plains Shire Council’s road safety officer Renee McMillan explains that...
IT is nearly three years since Sam Sabine, a giant of the Moree community, passed away. He was well-known as the quietly-spoken, behind-the-scenes man whenever the call came to raise money for Moree charities and vital services, especially the Moree Hospital. And while Sam’s death left Moree...
A 13-year-old boy was on Wednesday arrested in relation to a house fire in James Street, East Moree, during the early hours of New Year’s Eve. The arrest was made after Barwon Local Area Command officers received information from the public. The young person was charged with...
A MAJOR restructure of Moree Race Club’s signature race-day – the Pacific National Moree Cup meeting on Fathers’ Day – will see a major fundraising drive for Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service transferred to a new date later in the year. Fundraising for the vital service has...
A specially-convened public meeting will be held in Moree tonight (February 5) to discuss the horrific outbreak of deliberately-lit fires in and around the town. Firefighters have responded to more than 200 house and grass fires in an eight-week period. The Memorial Hall meeting, to be convened...
APPLICATIONS are now open for the 2018 NSW Farmers’ Tertiary Scholarship, an initiative aimed at supporting students who plan to further contribute to the growth and prosperity of rural and regional Australia. The NSW Farmers’ Association supports excellence in the future workforce and will this year...
PARAMEDICS in rural and regional areas will receive high-tech smartphones to ensure they have undisrupted phone connection when responding to emergencies. In a new trial in Bateau Bay, Batemans Bay and Dubbo, 200 vehicles have been fitted with smartphones that function more efficiently than satellite phones...
MAGISTRATE Michael Dakin, a former police officer who has spent the past eight years presiding over the Tweed Heads circuit, began duties in Moree Local Court last Monday. State MP Adam Marshall recently met with Magistrate Dakin to welcome him and his wife to the region. “It’s...