Our quarterly ‘Council Focus’ newsletter highlights key achievements and projects that Council has worked on. In this quarter's edition of Council Focus, we are excited to share the progress and accomplishments made within our Shire from October to December 2024.
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Now is the time to dispose of those heavy, awkward and unwanted items with Council's annual bulky waste collection!
Registrations for the Moree Plains March Bulky Waste Collection are now open.
Collection Dates
Moree Township and Surrounds (Gurley, Gwydirville and Bendygleet):
Collections from Monday, 10 March 2025
Bookings close at 5pm Friday, 7 March 2025
Moree Villages (Ashley, Biniguy, Boggabilla, Boomi, Garah, Mungindi, Pallamallawa, Weemelah, Vitonga Road and Yarraman):
Collections from Monday, 17 March 2025
Bookings close at 5pm Friday, 14 March 2025
What to Do and Acceptable Items
After registering and on the weekend before collection starts, separate and stack items into four neat piles (large items; general household waste; green waste and metals, whitegoods and e-waste) on the kerb. Only three cubic metres of waste per household is permitted. No items should be put out or added to the existing piles after Sunday night before collection.
The following is an example of how to sort waste items:
Large Items:
✅ Mattresses, lounges and sofas
✅ Tables, chairs, desks, wardrobes and bookshelves
✅ Rugs and carpets (no longer than 1.8 m)
✅ Furniture (remove glass and mirrors)
General Household Waste:
✅ Toys
✅ Clothing and shoes
✅ Manchester (towels and bedding)
✅ Car seats, playpens and walkers
✅ Discs (videos, DVDs, CDs and games)
✅ Timber, fencing and wooden pallets
✅ Plastic flowerpots
Green Waste:
✅ Garden pruning's less than 1.8 m minimum length and no thicker than 250 mm in diameter. Must be bundled and tied
✅ Loose vegetation packed into cardboard boxes (no plastic bags)
Metals, Whitegoods and E-Waste:
✅ Mobile devices, laptops, computers, monitors, printers and facsimile machines
✅ Televisions, players (VCRs, DVDs, CDs) radios and stereos
✅ Washing machines, air conditioners, humidifiers, toasters and blenders
✅ Fencing and wire (rolled and bundled)
Items Not Suitable for Collection
❌ Containers with liquids
❌ Toxic, hazardous or asbestos waste
❌ Demolition waste
❌ Vehicle parts
❌ Rock or soil
❌ Glass or mirrors
❌ Fluorescent light
❌ Gas bottles or canisters
❌ Tree stumps of thick branches (over 250 mm diameter)
❌ Lithium-ion battery–based products
(No single item should be over 1.8 m)
Brochure
To register, you can register through Councils MPSC Waste App, call the Waste Hotline on 1300 736 719 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
For all other general enquires and questions, please email Council at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call (02) 6757 3222.
Please be advised that a JR Richards waste collection truck experienced a fire earlier today due to mechanical faults.
As a result, their operations are running behind schedule for today’s collections.
Service Impact:
• There may be delays in scheduled collections across affected routes.
• If any collections are missed today, they will be completed by the end of the week to ensure all services are covered.
JR Richards is actively managing the situation and working to minimise disruptions.
Dr Rachel Franks is the Coordinator of Scholarship at the State Library of NSW and the author of An Uncommon Hangman (2022).
Michael Brissenden was an award-winning journalist with the ABC for over 35 years before turning to writing fiction. Smoke is his third novel.
Dr Rachel Franks is the Coordinator of Scholarship at the State Library of NSW and the author of An Uncommon Hangman (2022).
Register for this free webinar
Smoke is available for free on indyreads until 13 February 2025 or can be borrowed from the Moree Community Library. To borrow this and many more great titles, download the indyreads app and log in with your library card.
https://indyreads.libraries.nsw.gov.au/
For more information or any inquiries, don't hesitate to get in touch with the Moree Community Library on 0267 57 3374.
NSW Premier Chris Minns along with Minister for Youth Justice Jihad Dib were in Moree today to announce more than $2 million in additional funding will help tackle offending and support young people.
Mayor Susannah Pearse and Deputy Mayor Wayne Tighe met with the Premier and Minister before the announcement regarding the extra investment which will further boost youth engagement, with a focus on reducing crime, improving family safety and supporting early childhood development.
“The Deputy Mayor and I are grateful to the Premier and Minister Dib for their time today and their ongoing interest and investment in our community. Crime continues to be a major issue in our shire and everyone acknowledged that our community deserves better. The revolving door of offending and reoffending needs to cease.
“Our community deserves to feel and be safe in their homes,” said Mayor Pearse.
“We are fortunate that the Premier has made our community a personal focus and welcome his announcement of a 4-year commitment to Moree, appointment of providers for the bail accommodation facility, and a review of relevant legislation. This is all important work which we hope will see our crime issues improve and better outcomes for vulnerable youth in our shire,” commented Deputy Mayor Wayne Tighe.
“The community of the Moree Plains Shire wants to see further reforms to our sentencing and bail legislation and are expecting more actions from the state government as the Inquiry into Community Safety in Regional and Rural Communities hands down its recommendations later this year,” said Mayor Pearse.
“Today’s announcement is another step towards a safer community. There is still much to be done and Council will continue our role in advocating for our community’s demands.”
The additional funds will flow over four years from July and reinforces the Minns Government commitment to working with our community and leveraging local strengths to maximise positive outcomes.
This builds on the NSW Government’s initial $13.4 million targeted response for Moree.
The funding injection comes as the NSW Government marks two important steps in the delivery of a new youth bail accommodation centre and after-hours patrols.
This short-term accommodation centre will provide police and courts with more options to put a young person under supervision.
The facility will also give authorities higher confidence that young people released on bail will not reoffend while their proceedings are underway.
A consortium of three local Aboriginal organisations will deliver the new centre. The alliance consists of Miyay Birray Youth Service, Pius X Aboriginal Medical Service, along with SHAE Academy.
The service will improve opportunities to divert young people away from the justice system and provide culturally appropriate support services.
While the bail accommodation centre is expected to open later this year, Youth Justice NSW is also boosting resources in Moree by establishing additional temporary caseworker roles to supervise young people on bail.
Image - Mayor Susannah Pearse, NSW Premier Chris Minns, Deputy Mayor Wayne Tighe and Minister Jihad Dib.
Council is pleased to inform the Mungindi community that the recent boil water alert and level 2 water restrictions are now lifted.
Council, in close collaboration with NSW Health and the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW), have been working together to ensure the safe and reliable supply of drinking water.
Following thorough testing, including the flushing of water mains and subsequent water sample analysis, all results from the Mungindi Water Treatment Plant and the town mains meet the required standards of the Australian Drinking Water Guidelines. Both NSW Health and DCCEEW have confirmed that the water is now safe for consumption and the boil water alert and the water restrictions can now be lifted as of Friday 7 February 2025.
“We are pleased that the water quality has returned to safe levels, and we appreciate the community’s understanding as we worked with health and environmental experts to resolve the issue,” said General Manager Natalia Cowley.
Council will continue our regular monitoring of Mungindi’s water to ensure water compliance. If your home has been un-occupied the last two weeks, we recommend that occupants flush their internal water lines by turning on taps to ensure that the clean water is coming through.
We would like to thank Balonne Shire Council and our Local Mungindi Depot staff for their assistance with having bottled water for the community, due the boil water restrictions being lifted water is no longer available for collection.
For further information or inquiries, please contact Council (02) 6757 3222.
