THE night sky can fire up the imagination of children in a way few other subjects can. Kids of all ages find it hard to resist the temptation to explore these jewels that glitter overhead in our beautiful NSW skies…
KIDS have a natural curiosity about the world around them, and space is no exception! Here are some interesting questions kids often ask in my school outreach programs: Why is the sky dark at night? Ah, the answer has to…
PAULA Flack and Lyn Orrego have been fighting to protect Mistake State Forest (SF), and other forests across the Nambucca Valley, for more than three decades. With the NSW Government committing in 2023 to a process to create a Great…
A RISK assessment has found that Grahamstown Dam could be damaged in the event of an earthquake, prompting Hunter Water to immediately reduce the amount of water stored in the dam. The risk assessment, undertaken with expert consultants and an…
YOUNG rural women and non-binary people from across regional New South Wales will have the opportunity to win a once-in-a-lifetime ‘Power Trip’ to the nation’s capital. Celebrating its tenth year, Country to Canberra’s prestigious Leadership Competition launched this week, opening…
ANTHONY Albanese and Peter Dutton are struggling to attract a majority of voters to back them as the preferred leader of the respective parties, according to Newspoll. The latest survey for The Australian showed only 28 percent of voters nominated…
BRITAIN’S King Charles III and Queen Camilla are set to visit Australia and Samoa in October, Buckingham Palace says. Charles is undergoing cancer treatment and doctors have advised him against any further extension of the trip, so neighbouring New Zealand…
DEDICATED work in the refugee community by two Coffs Harbour women has been recognised in the 2024 NSW Humanitarian Awards. Michele Greenwood, a clinical nurse consultant who works at Coffs Harbour Refugee/Multicultural Health North Coast Public Health Unit, was named…
WHEN Majestic Cinemas shuttered their business in February, company director Kieren Dell cited the “perfect storm” of factors that were rendering traditional cinemas increasingly unfeasible businesses. The effect of three years of social distancing wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic combined…
SHERIFFS from Coffs Harbour, Bellingen and Macksville walked off the job last week, joining colleagues from courthouses in Gosford to the Queensland border and inland to protest against staffing levels and poor pay. In Coffs Harbour, eight sheriffs protested. North…