IT has often been said that from little things, big things grow – and it’s an apt description of Magic on the Mehi, a brand-new poetry and music festival planned for Moree next month. Magic on the Mehi is bush poet Murray ‘Muz’ Hartin’s ‘baby’, and...
BARWON LAC Police have recently taken a report from a local business after they became the target of a ransomware scam. Ransomware is a type of malware that blocks or limits access to your computer or files, and demands a ransom be paid to the scammer for...
MOREE-owned-and-trained galloper Free Billy – the gelding that has quickly gained cult status across the north and north-west as he angles towards a hometown cup win next month – needs to overcome a wide gate and big weight to win at Eagle Farm on Saturday. Free...
Hemochromatosis Awareness Week winds up on August 14 and Moree dietician Pollyemma Antees poses the question: “Are you pumping too much iron?” Ms Antees is an accredited practising dietitian and a member of the Dietitians Association of Australia, the NSW Coeliac Society, Diabetes NSW and several...
COLLEEN Tighe-Johnson has been selected as Australia’s only indigenous fashion designer to showcase Aboriginal fashion on the world stage at the Indigenous Runway Project in Saskatoon, Canada next month. The former Moree resident is a proud Gomeroi Yinarr and Aboriginal fashion designer with a vast body...
BY INVESTING $2 million in reinstating a disused section of rail line at Moree, the NSW Government will enable hundreds of thousands of tonnes of grain, cotton and pulses to be railed to Newcastle instead of being sent by truck to Queensland. Local State MP Adam...
A SMALL band of passionate Moree people embarked on a long walk on Sunday as part of the Hike for Homeless fundraising campaign. Setting out under police escort from the Moree Markets at Jellicoe Park, the15-strong group included NOW-FM breakfast announcer Jess Scully, member for Northern...
MOREE trainer Peter Sinclair has put a whole new meaning to the term ‘have horse will travel’ in recent weeks and the miles logged finally paid dividends at the famous Louth Cup meeting on Saturday. During the past two weeks, Sinclair has had runners at St...
THERE has been a lot of media coverage over the past week about the upcoming 2016 Census. It is compulsory for everyone to complete the Census as it provides important information about Australia’s people and their housing as well as helping to estimate Australia’s population. This information...
MOREE Plains Shire Council’s closed-circuit television cameras monitoring village landfill sites and known illegal dumping hotspots are now operational. General manager Lester Rodgers said issues with illegal dumping in bushland and around landfill sites has prompted council to take more serious steps towards identifying the perpetrators. “Council has spent thousands...