THE festive season will be brightened even more around Karuah as free ‘pallet trees’ are being taken by locals to be decorated and placed around the town. Starting from mid-November, the Karuah Progress Association (KPA) has been offering pre-cut pallets,…
SHADOW Assistant Minister for Regional Health Dr Anne Webster took a three-day tour of the Mid North Coast last week, attending round table forums and visiting local health and aged care providers and educators. Dr Webster was invited to the…
EDF Renewables Australia has applied for a feasibility licence to explore the viability of their Newcastle Offshore Wind (NOW) project within the declared Hunter offshore wind zone. The application period for feasibility licences, to be issued by the Federal Government,…
THE Myall Coast’s youth leaders are invited to apply to participate in the Y NSW’s Youth Parliament program in 2024, with submissions opening on 24 November. Young people in Years 10, 11 and 12 (or equivalent age) in all 93…
NETWORKING opportunities and creating new connections were declared as two winning outcomes from the 60-plus stakeholders who attended the Coffs Agrifood Living Lab (CALL) launch at Yarrila Place on October 25. Facilitated by the CALL project team, Dr Ozgur Dedehayir…
THE surging demand for fodder for drought-stricken livestock has come as no surprise to rural charity Rural Aid. The Bureau of Meteorology has declared the three months from August to October as the driest on record since records began in…
TO support the future prosperity of Australian agriculture and rural communities, the 2024 AgriFutures Horizon Scholarship, which aims to support the next generation of industry leaders, is now open for applications. Created in collaboration with industry sponsors, the highly sought…
PROTESTORS at a wind farm rally on Bennetts Beach, Hawks Nest on Saturday, 18 November amplified calls for renewed consultation and clearer information on a proposal for the development of offshore wind farms off the Myall and Port Stephens coasts.…
MORE than 100 years after the end of what was described as “the war to end all wars”, Remembrance Day remains a powerful reminder of the terrible cost of war. As tens of thousands of Australians around the country came…
COFFS Harbour based playwright Willa Hogarth has had one of her scripts selected to be produced for the stage by prestigious Melbourne based theatre company, the Playhouse Players. Best known on the Mid North Coast, particularly in the Nambucca Valley,…