SEEKING salvation, Little Arrawarra Action Group members gathered outside Coffs Harbour City Council chambers before councillors met on Thursday 13 July. Vowing they would not be silenced, the group’s members told of threats, bullying and intimidation and what they described…
FARM Safe Australia launched its ‘Safer Farms’ report 2023 at the beginning of National Farm Safety Week, 16 – 23 July. The report highlights the 2022 injury and fatality statistics, including the first six months of 2023. This year recorded…
ANOTHER group of NSW firefighters deployed for more than a month in Canada, has returned home safe. Canada is experiencing significant fire activity early in the season and stands at the highest level of national preparedness. NSW’s four fire-fighting authorities,…
NAMBUCCA Valley had the twelfth-highest rate of reported domestic-violence-related assaults per capita in New South Wales in the past year, at 952.1 per 100,000 people, NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research reveals. The bureau’s figures, which cover the period…
SUPPORTING volunteers who turn out to help in a crisis is a key focus of a new state government consultation. Communities across NSW regularly band together to support each other through volunteering with emergency services organisations such as the State…
SOUTHERN Cross University (SCU) Coffs Harbour-based researcher Associate Professor Gail Moloney has received funding for a study looking at issues around organ donation. The $303,617 comes in the latest round of Australian Research Council (ARC) ‘linkage projects’ funding. Advertise with…
A VAN serving food for the homeless has been donated to the Salvation Army Coffs Harbour, and made its debut at Coffs’ Farmers Market on Thursday 6 July. It has been donated by the PAYCE Foundation, a charitable organisation which…
THE Coffs Coast Safety Network is thrilled to announce a keynote speaker who is not only a consulting expert in mental fitness (with a background in psychology and workplace health and safety), but she has also been a speaker at…
MORE than thirty healthcare providers have met in Coffs Harbour to get the latest input from the State Emergency Service to update their disaster planning. In collaboration with Healthy North Coast, the aim of the workshops was to learn about…
TAFE NSW has developed its Certificate III course in production horticulture to provide additional skills for anyone wishing to learn how to grow and manage horticultural crops. A tractor-driving unit has been included in the course curriculum, along with learning…