POSITIVE progress has been made on remediation efforts to protect the eroding riverbanks of the Williams River, spanning from Seaham to Clarence Town. The work led by Hunter Water is helping to prevent further erosion and enhance water quality. Advertise…
POWER planners have found nuclear energy does not stack up for Australia even after considering new parameters, with large-scale solar and big batteries still the lowest-cost option. In an official update released on Monday, as the federal opposition prepares to…
NEW wanding laws that target the illegal possession of knives, aim to reduce knife crime and boost community safety came into effect in NSW on Monday. Under the powers, modelled on Queensland’s Jack’s Law, police will be able to use…
AUSTRALIANS are worse off today than they were three years ago, but Treasurer Jim Chalmers argues they would be mired in even more economic misery under the coalition. Living standards, measured by real disposable income per capita, have fallen more…
NUCLEAR power reactors could be operating in Australia within 10 to 12 years, an inquiry has heard, if the government follows the example of the United Arab Emirates rather than Europe. Two international nuclear consultants laid out that timetable at…
SCORES of NSW MPs will earn the equivalent of more than $10,000 per sitting week in 2025 after a bid to increase the year’s 16-week calendar was rejected. The Labor government’s lower house schedule for MPs earning $172,500 a year…
IN a city apartment block of 100 people, at least 40 residents are dreaming of a life by the beach or in the countryside. The number of city-dwellers looking to escape the big smoke has doubled in the last 18…
A HOLIDAY staple for more than 15 years, the R and R Property ‘Giving Trees’ return across the region in 2024. On 1 November, Christmas trees were erected and decorated at R and R Property’s offices in Bulahdelah, Stroud, Gloucester,…
DREDGING at three key sites of the Myall River estuary is expected to begin by March 2025. The State Government says planning and preparations are now underway for the major dredging project, which it states will “provide much-needed maintenance dredging…
LARGE-SCALE housing proposals will be allowed to avoid council as Australia’s most expensive housing market gets worse under decade-low approvals. From early 2025, housing developments of about 100 homes in greater Sydney will be able to bypass council approval and…