FEDERAL Member for Paterson Meryl Swanson has hit back at claims that Labor has abandoned the region’s mining community. The Minister for Resources and Water, Keith Pitt, visited Newcastle last Monday, stating now was not the time to risk…
THE Port Stephens Council has approved a development application for 37 Canomii Close, Nelson Bay, modifying the height requirement by 27 percent, or 2.5m over current building standards. Any development application which requests to vary a development standard by…
THE Minister for Employment, Workforce, Small and Family Business, Stuart Robert, has announced that there are 30 percent more apprentices now in the Hunter region than pre-COVID. “30 percent… at a time when we thought moving into COVID would…
THE Australian Labor Party has announced an investment to support defence personnel and veterans in the Port Stephens and Maitland region, by providing $5 million in funding for a new Veteran Wellbeing Centre. Shadow Minister for Veterans’ Affairs and…
LIBERAL candidate for Paterson, Brooke Vitnell, has announced her mobile blackspot campaign to eradicate frustrating and dangerous mobile phone blackspots in communities throughout the Paterson electorate. Minister for Communications, the Hon Paul Fletcher, and Ms Vitnell attended a mobile…
THE SES do more than help out people in need – they often end up helping out our four-legged friends as well. Last NSW SES – Port Stephens responded to a large animal rescue at Nelson Plains. Advertise with…
ANZAC Day will be commemorated in style across Port Stephens, with services across the region commencing from dawn. This year is the first ANZAC Day since Australia’s withdrawal from Afghanistan, ending Australia’s large-scale military commitment in the Middle East…
STATE and federal biosecurity authorities are alerting pig and horse owners to be vigilant for Japanese encephalitis virus. The virus is spread by mosquitoes and can infect people and animals. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth…
THE Port Stephens Council has endorsed a draft Terms of Reference for the Comprehensive Koala Plan of Management Steering Committee. The Committee was established in 2001 to implement the original Compressive Koala Plan of Management recommendations and Action Plan.…
WITH immigration into Australia being rebooted and gathering pace, some regions are seeing a new wave of demand for rental properties, according to Pete Wargent, the co-founder of Australia’s first national network for buyer’s agents, BuyersBuyers. Mr Wargent said,…