COMMUNITIES across NSW are being warned of a greater risk of grass fires after recent wet weather with the official bush fire season beginning on Saturday. Minister for Emergency Services and Resilience and Minister for Flood Recovery Steph Cooke said…
PORT Stephens Council has updated its bus shelter policy with the intent to allow community groups to provide bus shelters for the community and use the revenue gained from advertising to maintain the structure. John Maretich, Port Stephens Council Asset…
17 Billabong Avenue, Tea Gardens 4 bedrooms/2 bathrooms/2 garage WELL positioned and private, this home is located just a 350m level stroll from the shops, café and bakery as well as the medical centre. Walk a little further to the…
PATTY Henderson’s recent presentation at the Myall U3A was illuminating and timely. The subject of Patty’s historical research was Philip 11 of Macedonia and his son Alexander The Great. It was a timely lesson on how powerful well-armed nations can…
MORE than 8,000 water meters will be replaced across the MidCoast over the next six months, beginning in Bulahdelah on Tuesday 4 October 2022. All water meters over fifteen years old will be replaced with new meters as part of…
THE amended MidCoast Waste Management Strategy 2030 has been adopted by the Council. The MidCoast Waste Management Strategy 2030 provides a high-level roadmap for the strategic direction of Waste Services whilst also ensuring alignment with the NSW Waste and Sustainable…
WORK to conserve 20 war memorials across the state, including at Stroud, will soon be undertaken following grants provided from the NSW Government’s $125,000 Community War Memorials Fund. Minister for Transport, Veterans and Western Sydney David Elliott said the money,…
MINISTER for Emergency Services and Resilience and Minister for Flood Recovery Steph Cooke on Friday presented volunteers from Marine Rescue NSW with the first of 2,040 state-of-the-art lifejackets to be issued to each Marine Rescue NSW crew member. Ms Cooke…
THE Liberal and Nationals Government has released plans to create ‘fifteen minute neighbourhoods’ in the Hunter region by better connecting local transport networks. Minister for Regional Transport and Roads Sam Farraway said the Draft Hunter Regional Transport Plan is now…
AUSTRALIA has a housing affordability problem, with many Australians struggling to rent or buy a home, according to the Productivity Commission’s review of the National Housing and Homelessness Agreement (NHHA) released last week. “The NHHA is intended to improve access…