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THE TRUTH ABOUT: Moree | History Defined

‘Incomprehensible’: birds flee and hundreds of turtles left to die after government cuts water to NSW wetlands

Frogs and sheep in the Gwydir wetlands near Moree have also been bogged after WaterNSW stopped environmental flows, researchers say

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Sydney police are using drones to chase suspects 500km away. Is a vulnerable town being targeted?

Moree in NSW is the ‘perfect location’ for remote drones, police say. But critics worry about impact of increased surveillance on local Aboriginal community

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Youth crime in regional NSW down 12% with even sharper drops in crime hotspots

New data shows far west and Orana region is down 42%, while car theft is down by almost 25% overall

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Construction company building purpose for youth

Providing youth with valuable work and skills while repairing homes that may otherwise have been neglected is a double virtue of one Indigenous venture.

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‘Here the people know each other’: why do so many regional Australian towns have a Chinese restaurant?

In their culinary travels, Lin Jie Kong and Jennifer Wong chronicled the families who run some of Australia’s most loved eateries – including one special restaurant in northern NSW

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The moment I knew: he popped open a bottle of champagne and filled his mother’s glass first

When Annabelle Hickson was introduced to a family friend’s son during a weekend in the country, he swept her off her feet in every way

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NSW police say they will keep locking up young offenders but advocates say approach is ‘draconian’

Under Operation Regional Mongoose, 153 people – including 109 children – have been charged since September, the youngest 11 years old

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Teens accused of breaking into home and hotel rooms before taking off with cars

Police allege the teenagers were armed with a knife.

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Rusted gravestone plaque brings end to family’s search for Sydney grandfather missing for 70 years

NSW police reveal man known by some as Donald Gordon Buckley and others as Arthur Johnson changed his identity after walking out on his family in 1953

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'Too much money is spent on jails and policing': what Aboriginal communities told us about funding justice reinvestment to keep people out of prison

Justice reinvestment emerged in the United States more than 20 years ago as a way to reduce mass incarceration and its vast costs by addressing the social drivers of imprisonment.

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Coroner releases findings after inquest into drowning death of Gordon Copeland

Gordon Copeland was 22 years old when he ran from police and fell into the flooded Gwydir River in north-west New South Wales. The coroner says "mistakes were made" in dealing with his family after his death.

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Iconic rocket ship playgrounds inspired by Cold War 'propaganda exercise'

Set up during the Space Race, the playgrounds were made to help build the physical strength of young children and foster a fascination with rockets.

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Second portrait of Moree Aboriginal elder and activist Polly Cutmore to hang in the National Portrait Gallery

Gomeroi and Anaiwan woman Polly Cutmore says she sees her family and its history in the portraits — from Moree's segregation laws, to her activism work today.

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Moree cotton grower handed $350k fine for breaching water allocation from Gwydir River

A NSW irrigator pleads guilty to building a dam without approval and knowingly pumping almost double their water allocation from the Gwydir River for years.

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Young workers head to rural NSW and Queensland to help with harvest season amid labour shortages

Harvesting is an impossible task for farmers to do alone and some unlikely faces have downed their usual tools to answer the call for help.

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Before-and-during photos of Gunnedah and Moree floods reveal scope of damage and isolation

While enduring its worst flood in a decade, properties in Moree were inundated, highways closed, cars and people were stranded and locals could not get to the other side of town.

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Farmers in north-west NSW race against time as wall of flood water heads their way

Farm crop losses due to widespread flooding exacerbated by the rising cost of fertiliser, fuel and herbicides

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Residents in NSW town of Moree still 'marooned' and waiting to start 'tedious' clean-up

Floodwaters in the agricultural bowl are receding at a painfully slow rate and many residents are still trapped in their properties after enduring Moree's fourth major flood in a decade.

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Moree assesses flood damage as the Murray River peaks in Echuca with more wet weather on the way

Woman’s body found in flood waters, as heavy rainfall continues across New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland

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Most productive NSW agricultural shire counts hundreds of millions of dollars in crop losses

The fourth-worst flood in Moree since records began has wiped out more than 120,000 hectares of wheat that was nearly harvest-ready.

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Body found in search for woman swept away in NSW – as it happened

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Floods at Moama break 30-year record as more New South Wales towns are evacuated

Residents of Moama are hoping a town levee will hold as they prepare for a flood peak unseen for 30 years, while thousands of residents in NSW's north-west are ordered to evacuate their homes.

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‘Changing people’s way of thinking’: the CWA members working for Indigenous recognition

The Country Women’s Association is finding ways to get Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal women together to raise support for the Uluru statement

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Former Inland Rail project director claims $14b freight line plans 'done in a rush'

A damning Senate report, ongoing community tension, and a looming government review hang over the Inland Rail, but is this vital infrastructure project really running off track?

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NSW Police seek to rebuild relationship with Moree's Aboriginal community after Gordon Copeland's death

Over two weeks in a country New South Wales courtroom, police officers were moved to tears, made apologies, and admitted that their best had not been enough as they tried to explain how Gordon Copeland, 22, died while fleeing from them.

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