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BellingenNSWThe biosecurity officers' fight against fire ants and allegations of threats, harassment and stalking A Glen Turner Déjà vu“We’ve had threats of ‘If you come on my property, I’ll shoot you’. ‘If you try and come on my property, I’ll set my dog on you...Australian police are routinely escorting biosecurity officers onto private properties after they reported being threatened with dogs and guns. In cases when people were “incredibly hostile”, program staff would “proactively engage with the police to escort us and to keep the peace and to keep everyone safe in that environment, because we need to complete the treatment” >> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/03/fire-ants-australia-eradication-biosecurity-officers-queensland-ntwnfb" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/03/fire-ants-australia-eradication-biosecurity-officers-queensland-ntwnfb</a>The environmental officer Glen Turner was shot in Croppa Creek, near Moree in 2014 investigating illegal land clearing. "There is an interweaving between the physical murder of Glen Turner, and the ecological ‘murder’ of the brigalow through the voracious demand for agricultural land." Book review: ‘The Winter Road’ by Kate Holden >> <a href="https://residentjudge.com/2022/04/09/the-winter-road-by-kate-holden/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://residentjudge.com/2022/04/09/the-winter-road-by-kate-holden/</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#conservation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/biosecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#biosecurity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/FireAnts" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#FireAnts</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/InvasiveSpecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#InvasiveSpecies</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/BiosecurityOfficers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#BiosecurityOfficers</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/OHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#OHS</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#biodiversity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/IllegalLandClearing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#IllegalLandClearing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/GlenTurner" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#GlenTurner</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/violence" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#violence</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#crime</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Moree" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Moree</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/GoldCoast" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#GoldCoast</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Grafton" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Grafton</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/SunshineCoast" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#SunshineCoast</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/LandOwnership" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#LandOwnership</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/IndividualPropertyRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#IndividualPropertyRights</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/PossessiveIndividualism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#PossessiveIndividualism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/liberalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#liberalism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/pseudolaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#pseudolaw</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/community" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#community</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/pests" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#pests</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/EnvironmentalImpacts" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#EnvironmentalImpacts</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/insecticide" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#insecticide</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/EnvironmentalLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#EnvironmentalLaws</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/NSW" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#NSW</a>

Craig Smith (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈🦁More XXXX advertising at the Post Office Hotel in downtown Moree <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/moree" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#moree</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/moreeplains" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#moreeplains</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/nsw" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#nsw</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/bentsabout" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#bentsabout</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/latergram" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#latergram</a>

Craig Smith (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈🦁Bank turned cultural in Moree's Bank Art Museum - the former Commercial Banking Co of Sydney Edwardian building was constructed in 1911 <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/moree" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#moree</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/moreeplains" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#moreeplains</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/nsw" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#nsw</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/bentsabout" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#bentsabout</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/latergram" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#latergram</a>

Craig Smith (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈🦁The boxy formal design of the Moree Post Office <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/moree" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#moree</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/moreeplains" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#moreeplains</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/nsw" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#nsw</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/bentsabout" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#bentsabout</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/latergram" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#latergram</a>

Craig Smith (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈🦁Big red doors on the new Moree Fire Station <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/moree" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#moree</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/moreeplains" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#moreeplains</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/nsw" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#nsw</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/bentsabout" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#bentsabout</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/latergram" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#latergram</a>

Craig Smith (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈🦁The oversized Moree War Memorial Hall is unexpected - and was built after the original Town Hall and School of Arts were destroyed by fire in 1917 <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/moree" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#moree</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/moreeplains" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#moreeplains</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/nsw" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#nsw</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/bentsabout" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#bentsabout</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/latergram" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#latergram</a>

Craig Smith (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈🦁All Saints Anglican Church in Moree is positively old - built in 1935 <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/moree" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#moree</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/moreeplains" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#moreeplains</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/nsw" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#nsw</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/bentsabout" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#bentsabout</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/latergram" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#latergram</a>

Craig Smith (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈🦁Despite being settled in the 1860s, most of Moree's churches are relatively modern - including the Presbyterian Church dating to around 1957 <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/moree" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#moree</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/moreeplains" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#moreeplains</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/nsw" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#nsw</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/bentsabout" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#bentsabout</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/latergram" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#latergram</a>

Craig Smith (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈🦁NSW TAFE occupies the former Council Chamber and then Services Club with that deco clocktower in Moree <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/moree" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#moree</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/moreeplains" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#moreeplains</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/nsw" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#nsw</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/bentsabout" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#bentsabout</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/latergram" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#latergram</a>

Craig Smith (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈🦁The St Francis Xavier Catholic Church opened around 1930 but has subsequently been extensively renovated <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/moree" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#moree</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/moreeplains" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#moreeplains</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/nsw" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#nsw</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/bentsabout" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#bentsabout</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/latergram" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#latergram</a>

Craig Smith (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈🦁The Moree Uniting Church on Frome St dates to 1936 <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/moree" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#moree</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/moreeplains" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#moreeplains</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/nsw" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#nsw</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/bentsabout" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#bentsabout</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/latergram" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#latergram</a>

Craig Smith (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈🦁The utilitarian design of the St Francis Xavier Parish Centre and Presbytery <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/moree" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#moree</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/moreeplains" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#moreeplains</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/nsw" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#nsw</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/bentsabout" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#bentsabout</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/latergram" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#latergram</a>

Craig Smith (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈🦁Deco styling on this former bank building in Moree - formerly the Westpac branch <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/moree" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#moree</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/moreeplains" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#moreeplains</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/nsw" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#nsw</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/bentsabout" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#bentsabout</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/latergram" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#latergram</a>

Craig Smith (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈🦁Works currently underway on a new museum in downtown Moree - formerly the Moree Lands Office <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/moree" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#moree</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/moreeplains" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#moreeplains</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/nsw" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#nsw</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/bentsabout" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#bentsabout</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/latergram" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#latergram</a>

Craig Smith (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈🦁Ornate court house in the centre of Moree was designed by the Colonial Architect W.L. Vernon and finished construction in 1903 <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/moree" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#moree</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/moreeplains" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#moreeplains</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/nsw" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#nsw</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/bentsabout" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#bentsabout</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/latergram" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#latergram</a>

Craig Smith (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈🦁The new Moree Police Station has prominent position in the centre of the town <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/moree" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#moree</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/moreeplains" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#moreeplains</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/nsw" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#nsw</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/bentsabout" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#bentsabout</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/latergram" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#latergram</a>

Craig Smith (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈🦁The Moree War Memorial and Education Centre <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/moree" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#moree</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/moreeplains" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#moreeplains</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/nsw" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#nsw</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/bentsabout" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#bentsabout</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/latergram" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#latergram</a>

Craig Smith (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈🦁Dating to 1904, Harvey Norman has found themselves fancy digs in Moree - Reid's Emporium <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/moree" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#moree</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/moreeplains" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#moreeplains</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/nsw" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#nsw</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/bentsabout" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#bentsabout</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/latergram" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#latergram</a>

Dwight WalkerBoggabilla teens find their voice in a shipping container turned recording studio <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-02/boggabilla-recording-studio-empowers-indigenous-young-people/103493640" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-02/boggabilla-recording-studio-empowers-indigenous-young-people/103493640</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#music</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/recording" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#recording</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/studios" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#studios</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/aborigines" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#aborigines</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/boggabilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#boggabilla</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/nsw" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#nsw</a> near <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/moree" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#moree</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/goondiwindi" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#goondiwindi</a> over 40% of population of Boggabilla is aboriginal <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/remote" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#remote</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/rural" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#rural</a>

BellingenNSW"The son of a farmer who shot and killed an environment officer involved in land-clearing prosecutions has been ordered to pay $405,000 by the New South Wales Land and Environment Court in Sydney today.""The court heard the illegal clearing included Brigalow trees, an endangered species, in a landscape of the New England region that had already been over-cleared.""The 2014 clearing has had, or is likely to have had, a highly significant effect on the population of koalas on the property and on surrounding properties." >> <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-08/croppa-creek-land-clearing-fine-after-farmers-murder-conviction/103206070" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-08/croppa-creek-land-clearing-fine-after-farmers-murder-conviction/103206070</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Moree" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Moree</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/LandClearing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#LandClearing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#crime</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#wildlife</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/habitat" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#habitat</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Brigalow" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Brigalow</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/EnvironmentOfficer" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#EnvironmentOfficer</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/GlenTurner" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#GlenTurner</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#biodiversity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Koalas" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Koalas</a>

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