“THANK YOU Mr McFarlane” were the words that echoed through Sportz Central last Wednesday as Orara High School bid a heartfelt farewell to their beloved principal. Normally calm and composed, Malcolm McFarlane found himself overwhelmed as the school, alongside the…
NSW NURSES will get a three percent interim pay hike in return for suspending all industrial action which has been affecting the state’s public hospitals. The government struck a truce with the nurses union after months of wage negotiations and…
MORE accurate data will aim to give people a better idea whether the rent they are being asked to pay is in line with nearby homes as part of reforms to make tenancies fairer. The comparison site built on rental…
AS reports emerged about how a gambling ad crackdown may work, Communications Minister Michelle Rowland says the reforms need to be right the first time. Any reform to gambling advertising needs to ensure there are no unintended consequences, the communications…
A FILM documenting the plight of koalas on Australia’s east coast will be screened at Scotty’s Cinema, Raymond Terrace on 29 September at 2pm. ‘The Koalas’, created by filmmakers Dr Georgia Wallace-Crabbe and Gregory Miller, discusses the species’ current predicament…
IN the 1960s, development applications could be one page long, housing advocates say. Now, documents that run to reams of pages are spending months collecting dust on NSW bureaucrats’ desks, sending waiting times for much-needed homes skyrocketing. Premier Chris Minns…
CHEAPER petrol, lower beer prices and discounts on student debt have all been floated as potential Nationals policy as the party sharpens its pitch ahead of a federal election. Cutting and freezing increases linked to inflation on the fuel excise…
FORCING cafes and fast-food restaurants to accept reusable cups, banning helium balloons and phasing out other problematic single-use plastics have been floated for Australia’s most populous state. The NSW government has released an action plan to plot the state’s path…
THE NAMBUCCA Valley Conservation Association has lodged an objection to scheduled logging in Little Newry State Forest (SF), claiming it is home to key koala habitat and that planning requirements have not been fulfilled. Little Newry SF, located west of…
THE NSW Government’s tourism and events agency, Destination NSW, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Newcastle Airport to help the airport secure agreements with airlines for new international and domestic routes. The government says the MOU is an…