IN 1969 we landed on the Moon. The astronauts proudly stuck an American flag into the ground. Were they staking a claim to the dusty rock? No, and it wouldn’t have been possible anyway. Just two years earlier, a United…
THE consultation process relating to the development of the offshore wind industry will be referred to the Australian Senate’s Environment and Communications References Committee. The committee will launch an inquiry and report back to parliament by the last sitting day…
ON Sunday June 30 three members of Palestine action group ‘Gather for Gaza’, with support from Gumbaynggirr Elders, walked seventeen kilometres from the river in Bellingen to the lido in Urunga. Group members say the symbolic protest march took place…
ANALYSIS undertaken by Forest Alliance NSW indicates that forests in the proposed Great Koala National Park (GKNP) are being targeted with logging at a rate three times higher than other North Coast state forests. The Alliance says Forestry Corporation of…
VICE-REGAL visits are rare in Tea Gardens, but the beautiful weather on Saturday 29 June was perfect for the trip by NSW Governor Margaret Beazley AC KC, who stopped by the local Galleries in the Gardens (GiG) on Myall Street…
A PLAN to power Australia with nuclear energy has been condemned by former prime minister Paul Keating, who labelled it as climate change denialism in disguise. Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has pledged to build seven nuclear plants across five states…
THE location for the new Medowie High School was revealed on Sunday, following the NSW Government acquiring 6.6 hectares of land at 6 Abundance Road, Medowie. Scheduled to open Day 1, Term 1, 2027, the new public high school will…
AUSTRALIA’S first floating wind farm is one step closer to becoming a reality, with a licence issued to explore the feasibility of a large-scale renewable energy project in the Hunter offshore wind zone. Equinor and Oceanex Energy’s Novocastrian Wind Pty…
AVOIDING hip-pocket expenses at the doctor should be easier after GPs and NSW officials brokered a deal to curb crashing bulk-billing rates and end a backroom spat. But concerns have been raised that the state is scrimping on its health…
STUBBORN inflation and an extremely weak economy pose a difficult balancing act for the Reserve Bank of Australia as it plots its next move on rates. Persistent price pressures, stronger household spending and sluggish productivity performance are some of the…