WORKERS across hospitals and health departments in NSW will receive a pay bump while nurses and midwives continue to negotiate for better wages and conditions. More than 50,000 cleaners, scientists, security staff, psychologists, wardspeople and other professionals at public hospitals…
THE percentage of people who can’t afford to visit a GP in the Mid North Coast region has increased 270 percent over the past four years, according to new research. The report titled “Access Denied: Australians Locked Out of Quality…
REPEALING nuclear bans and drafting new environmental, safety and technical guidelines are expected to blow the opposition’s nuclear timeline. Australian Energy Regulator chair Clare Savage confirmed to a federal inquiry last Wednesday that Australia would be “looking at eight to…
FILMMAKER Robert Zemeckis has been responsible for a number of cultural touchstones in his long career (Back to the Future, Forrest Gump, Cast Away) and it looks as though he’s attempting another with Here. Reuniting his most iconic screen couple…
SCHOOL leavers from across the Lyne electorate can now apply for financial assistance to undertake university study or an apprenticeship through the NSW Young Nationals Jenny Gardiner Scholarship. The scholarship provides funding of $1000 to a student who is attending…
NUCLEAR power plants could take up to fifteen years to establish in Australia and facilities to dispose of high-level nuclear waste twice as long, an inquiry has heard. Waste produced by the power plants might have to be stored at…
DUNBOGAN’S treehouses are up against the might of Taronga’s Conservation Society and Shoalhaven’s Mountain Ridge Wines for one of the state’s most prestigious honours. All three are finalists in the tourism category of the NSW Sustainability Awards, which are more…
RECENT local government elections in New South Wales marked a breakthrough for the Libertarian Party, with notable gains across the state, including one of the nine seats on Port Macquarie-Hastings Council. The party says its election success is a sign…
COREY Tutt’s commitment to demystifying STEM subjects and improving education outcomes for Indigenous Australians has led to yet another award for the Hastings-based charity, DeadlyScience. The Kamilaroi man, OAM recipient, Associate Professor and former NSW Australian of the Year, can…
RESEARCHER Ian Richardson may have re-written the history books when it comes to the date and year Green Hills officially became Bonny Hills. In 2023, he set out to find the actual date the Post Office was approved and opened,…