VETERANS and Defence personnel in will benefit from the Coalition Government’s employment initiative and increased attention on mental health. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will host the first Prime Minister’s Veterans’ Employment Initiative in November that will help find ways for…
DON’T be surprised to see Census workers still pounding the pavements over the next few weeks. It’s all part of the ongoing program to ensure every person is counted and reassured that the Census is safe. The Australian Signals Directorate…
IMF Benton have confirmed they have received enough applications for the Class Action against the defence force to be commercially viable. Partnering with Gaden’s law firm, the company received over 500 registrations since April of this year. This means those…
GREENS NSW Senator Lee Rhiannon says the recent Human Health Assessment Report released yesterday is more bad news for the Williamtown community. “It confirms that existing fishing bans for Fullerton Cove will remain in place, and extends cautionary advice about…
CENSUS night proved to be a bit of a technological letdown for anyone wanting to submit their information online, with the Census website being offline for more than forty hours. With cries of overseas hackers being responsible for the website…
MEDOWIE has it’s very own MMA Light Heavyweight fighting champion amongst its ranks, with our own David Morley taking the championship last week in Canberra. David ‘Fingers’ Morley is a kickboxing trainer at the Project Health and Fitness Gym…
AS the Vietnam Day of Remembrance for 18 August approaches, News Of The Area took the opportunity to focus on a Medowie Vietnam Veteran. In 1968, a then seventeen-and-a-half year old Brian Boughton prepared to leave home and head…
FEDERAL Member for Paterson Meryl Swanson has called for urgent blood tests for residents affected by PFAS contamination at Williamtown, after a Human Health Risk Assessment failed to provide any reassurances. “The fact that the NSW EPA has…