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Local Racing

“Moses” parts runners to win at Moree Tuesday

ARMIDALE trainer Lea Selby ended a long run of outs when tough old gelding Set to Prophet – affectionately known as Moses – won the September 6 Moree Cup BM-58 Handicap at Moree on Tuesday. Selby, whose last winner was the aptly-named Invincible Faith at Deepwater back in January, went within a long-head of landing

Border Crime

Goondiwindi: Property and drug offences, charges laid

Police have charged a man and a woman following an ongoing investigation into stolen property and drug offences in Goondiwindi. A 42-year-old Goondiwindi woman has been charged with 13 counts of supplying drugs, two counts each of possess dangerous drugs, possessing anything for use in the commission of crime and receiving tainted goods. She has

Myall Creek

UNE to host Myall Creek symposium ahead of annual memorial service

THE University of New England will host the Myall Creek Memorial Symposium on Friday, June 5 at the Oorala Aboriginal Centre. The symposium will be held ahead of the annual memorial service held at the Myall Creek site near Bingara on Sunday, June 7. The event, a flagship of Oorala’s 40th anniversary year, moves beyond

Murray-Darling Basin

Emerging leaders urged to apply for Basin leadership program

EMERGING leaders across the Murray-Darling Basin are being called to nominate for the first round of a new leadership development program focused on securing a sustainable future for the Murray–Darling Basin. With applications for the inaugural intake of the Murray–Darling Basin Leadership Program closing on Sunday June 7, 2026, Murray–Darling Basin Authority chief executive Andrew

Local Racing

Izzy’s switch from picnic to professional ranks continues at Moree today

TWO years ago this month, Izzy Neale was riding at Mallawa and Talmoi picnic races as an amateur jockey. Today at Moree, as a claiming apprentice in the professional ranks, Neale has three rides for her boss, Dubbo trainer Brett Robb. Neale rode her first winner at her first ride in a race at Condobolin

June 2, 2026
Central North Rugby

Moree Old Bulls’ day celebrates 40 years of rugby at Weebolla Oval

MOREE Rugby Union Club celebrated Old Bulls’ day at the weekend, nearly 40 years to the day the Bulls played Inverell Highlanders at Weebolla Oval. On June 14, 1986, Moree Weebolla Bulls created local rugby history when they beat the Highlanders in the club’s first home game. Bulls club president, David Watts, said more than

June 2, 2026
Community Arts

Traces of the Hand by Moree Arts Community Centre opens at BAMM Thursday

MEMBERS of Moree Arts Community Centre will open their new exhibition, Traces of the Hand, at Bank Art Museum Moree on Thursday. Traces of the Hand brings together ceramics, weaving, installation, sound and mixed-media works created through the centre and explores the relationship between making, memory and community, where each artwork carries the marks of

June 2, 2026
Our Community

New Moree police inspector Cherie Knox says she’s found her place

MOREE Police Station officer-in-charge, Inspector Cherie Knox, says she has found her place. Born and raised in Grafton, with close family ties to Pallamallawa and Gravesend, Insp Knox was transferred to Moree from Canberra earlier this year – at her request. “I arrived in February, and I absolutely love it,” Insp Knox said. “The community

June 1, 2026
Local Racing

Brown predicts Soft 7 track rating for Moree TAB meeting Tuesday

MOREE Race Club tomorrow stages a seven-race TAB card, and after nearly 100mm of rain fell on the Moree course proper last week, course curator, John Brown, is confident he’ll post the track a Soft 7, pending a stewards’ inspection today. “We had 98mm, and the track really needed it because it’s been so dry

June 1, 2026
Community Arts

From actor to playwright: Moree’s Tim Barklay premieres Walking Shadows

AFTER 30 years of acting, directing, producing and designing shows and sets, Moree thespian Tim Barklay has finally put pen to paper. A Moree Arts Community Theatre keystone for the past decade, Tim has been part of some big productions over the years. His debut with MACT came in 2016 in The Red Barn, followed

May 30, 2026