Words: Bill Poulos POPULAR Moree singer-songwriters Merri-May Gill and Fi Claus will take the next step in their already extraordinary careers – a quantum leap, in fact – when they produce and record a new album alongside some of Australia’s best-loved musicians in Melbourne. Merri-May and Fi...
THE Inverell Mower Sports Club is celebrating a cash injection that will put them on the starting grid to become the first licensed club in NSW – and host competition lawn-mower racing on a dedicated flat track from early in 2017. Northern Tablelands MP Adam Marshall has...
Narrabri Shire Council has secured nearly $2.5 million from the latest round of Resources for Regions, a NSW Government program designed to support regional communities impacted by mining activity. Member for Barwon, Kevin Humphries welcomed the funding, saying the Boggabri waste water project would deliver significant benefits...
POLICE from Barwon Local Area Command are appealing to business owners as well as shoppers to be on the look-out for fake fifty-dollar notes after counterfeit money of the same denomination were cashed at Moree and Mungindi businesses recently. Police urge businesses and retail stores that...
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...