AS well as our support for local communities, Australian Red Cross supports neighbouring countries when disaster strikes. The Australian Red Cross, together with the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs, provides technical assistance to nine priority countries across the Asia…
A TROMPE l’oeil mural that brings the ‘old’ town of Urunga back to life has been named as one of the best public art experiences in the nation, as voted by the Australian Street Art Awards judges. The enchanting…
STUARTS Point local Wayne Mason has deservedly been awarded an Order of Australia Medal for ‘services to the community in a range of roles’. Wayne is a former National Serviceman who served in Vietnam as an infantry soldier. His…
STATEWIDE on Tuesday 15 February nurses and midwives walked off the job to demand that the staffing crisis in public hospitals be resolved. Across NSW the strike action took place in 150 public hospitals and health services. Life-preserving services…
ACCORDING to Everybody’s Home, the national campaign to end homelessness. Australia’s underinvestment in social and affordable housing is worsening the housing affordability crisis on the NSW Mid North Coast and aggravating the cost to other areas of the Federal…
SEEKER Keith Potger and master singer-songwriter Mike McClellan come to the Nambucca Heads RSL Club on Saturday 19 March – celebrating the folk-pop music of the 60s and 70s – which inspired them to forge lasting careers both in…
1. ON 6/2/22 Police were required to deploy a taser to subdue a 29-year-old man in Nambucca Heads. Police were called to the Short Street address upon the request of Ambulance personnel as the man was highly aggressive and…
DEAR News Of The Area, I NEED to comment on a couple of points made in the recently published letter from my good friend Darcey Browning (‘Warming Up’, p29, NOTA, Friday 11 February Edition). Darcey’s respect in the community…
DEAR News Of The Area, I BECAME worried and frustrated when I read Darcey Browning’s letter (‘Warming Up’, Coffs Coast NOTA page 29, 11 February Edition) extolling the performance of the existing PM and his government and denigrating the…
COFFS Harbour Older Women’s Network (CH OWN) committee members are delighted to have been granted one of the 2022 Women’s Week Grants to enable their intergenerational mentoring and networking program gain traction. With gaining the Women’s Week Grant, which…