FRUSTRATED Mid North Coast healthcare workers walked off the job on Thursday, May 4 at 2pm. The action at Coffs Harbour was one of three days of industrial stoppages stretching from the Queensland border to the Mid North Coast that…
MEMBER for Coffs Harbour Gurmesh Singh was named Shadow Minister for Tourism, Shadow Minister for Emergency Services and Shadow Minister for the North Coast by NSW Liberal leader Mark Speakman and NSW Nationals leader Dugald Saunders on Tuesday 9 May.…
HEALTHY North Coast is reminding communities across our region to book a flu shot before winter and the traditional flu season. Healthy North Coast Chief Executive, Monika Wheeler, said there was a resurgence of influenza in 2022 due to the…
THE Bureau of Health Information (BHI) released its latest ‘Healthcare in Focus’ report, last Wednesday, May 3, which reflects on the pandemic’s effects on key aspects of public health system performance throughout 2020 to 2022. BHI was established by the…
NAMBUCCA Valley student Amy Jarrett has been announced as a finalist in the 2023 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Student of the Year category in the North Coast and Mid North Coast Training Awards. Amy completed her studies at NV…
A SUCCESSFUL application from Bowraville Central School (BCS) provided an all expenses paid trip for 20 very lucky students to attend the Sydney Royal Easter Show. ‘All Roads to the Royal’ is a program offering a unique experience of the…
ONE of the nation’s most recognisable voices in popular music is that of Whitlams frontman Tim Freedman. On Thursday 8 June 2023 the Nambucca Valley has an opportunity to see and hear the man himself as Tim Freedman and musician…
INTERNATIONALLY-renowned Australian group Acacia Quartet opens Coffs Harbour Music Society’s (CHMS) 2023 season with what promises to be a feast for music lovers. The Quartet comprises Lisa Stewart and Doreen Cumming on violins, Stefan Duwe on viola and Anna Martin-…
THE New Orleans street music inspired William Street band is back at Coffs Harbour’s King Tide Brewery, performing live in the lounge on Saturday 20 May, from 7pm ‘til late. The five-piece band, with four horn players and a drummer,…
‘THE Giants’, a biopic of Australian environmentalist Dr Bob Brown, has been described as “awe-inspiring” by members of the Bellingen Environment Centre (BEC). The film weaves together the threads of Dr Brown’s life and activism, the history of the green…