THE Australian Federal Police (AFP) is undertaking a recruitment drive to increase the number of female police officers protecting the country. The AFP plans to recruit hundreds of female officers under a new strategy to help outsmart serious crime…
NSW Tourism Industry Council is thrilled to announce the finalists for the inaugural Top Tourism Town Awards for NSW, with 42 ambitious towns from across the state now in the running to take out this prestigious award. Amongst the…
THE MAIN issues to emerge from The Coffs Harbour Waste Conference were, “To achieve the National Goal of reducing waste to landfill by 80% by 2030 we need improved recycling, more food and garden waste collection services around Australia,…
A PROMINENT site in the Coffs Harbour Jetty Precinct has been earmarked for a $25.4 million redevelopment including retail and cafe outlets, office premises and 39 residential apartments. The redevelopment of The Promenade site on Harbour Drive, Coffs Harbour,…
AS part of this year’s Library and Information Week from May 17-23, National Simultaneous Storytime is taking place on Wednesday. Typically Storytime is held across the Coffs Harbour, Toormina and Woolgoolga Libraries, and is one of the most popular…
COFFS Harbour Musical Comedy Company’s (CHMCC) long awaited production of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s multi award winning Broadway musical ‘Into the Woods’ opened at the Jetty Memorial theatre on Friday 7 May. Originally planned to be on stage…
ALLISON Gibbs has just launched her first novel Repentance, set in 1976 in a north coast logging town where counter culture influences create tensions with the timber industry. Allsion is in conversation with Jess Hill, discussing the book at…
AN AUSTRALIAN Red Cross Humanitarian Partner Award has been bestowed upon Woolgoolga High School Teacher-Librarian Megan Hart for her promotion of Red Cross volunteering among the school’s students over the past 12 years. Megan was nominated for the Red…
THE PUBLIC Safety Network (PSN), formerly known as The Government Radio Network, has been expanded across the Coffs Coast with three new sites at Upper Orara, Korora and Mt Coramba. Next to Australia’s triple zero emergency hotline, the PSN…
DID you know plasma is yellow, known as liquid gold, and the Coffs Coast has a shortage? To highlight the need and encourage donations The Big Banana will be lit up in yellow on the evening of Sunday May…