THE Lake Cathie Bonny Hills (LCBH) Raiders will add a new page to their history books in 2025, with a women’s league tag team representing the club for the first time. “The committee members of the Lake Cathie Bonny Hill…
ANOTHER big slate of releases this week, so “Cinema in a Sentence” returns. Few new films this year are as highly anticipated as The Day The Earth Blew Up: A Loony Tunes Movie and by all accounts this feature-length laugh-fest…
DEAR Jasminda, MY 13-year-old son wants an E-bike for his birthday. He has offered to pay half. All his friends have E-bikes and he can’t keep up with them.. Should I relent even though I think he’s better off riding…
MEMBERS of the community have until 6 April to provide feedback on MidCoast Council’s draft Community Engagement Strategy, currently on public exhibition. General Manager Adrian Panuccio said the strategy provides a framework to ensure Council communicates and engages with the…
COLES and Woolworths are two of the most powerful and profitable supermarkets in the world but should not be split up, the competition watchdog has found in a major review of the sector. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission released…
SHOCKING allegations of children being sexually abused, restrained for hours and served low-quality meals have prompted a government-backed parliamentary inquiry into the childcare sector. The NSW probe is the first called since an ABC investigation revealed widespread failings in the…
ALMOST 2,000 entries and exhibitions were on show at this year’s local Gloucester Show, which ran from 21-22 March. Over 1,000 entries were entered across the pavilion halls, ranging from flowers, farm and garden produce, handicrafts and the arts. Advertise…
THE eve of the 60th anniversary of the Gloucester Quota Club has Quotarians reflecting on their community efforts. The objectives of Quota are to “serve country and community, promote high ethical standards, emphasise the dignity of all useful occupations, develop…
