PROVIDING leadership that continues a focus on strong governance, financial management and a commitment to the environment will be the main aims of new MidCoast Water chairperson, Cr Tony Summers. Cr Summers, who is one of two Great Lakes Council…
Daniel Brauer from Midcoast Water was invited to the recent Hawks Nest/Tea Gardens Progress Association meeting after having addressed the Association in September last year regarding the proposed use of recycled effluent on Myall Oval. Mr Brauer provided information about…
FEDERAL Member for Paterson, Bob Baldwin has welcomed delivery of the Australian Government’s $2.1 billion Roads to Recovery programme, announcing that councils in the electorate of Paterson will receive $13.8 million for local road construction and street repairs. “Deputy Prime Minister and…
DEMOCRACY was in action at a North Arm Cove Residents Association (NACRA) meeting last Saturday. Kate Washington, Labor candidate for Port Stephens and Craig Baumann, the sitting Liberal member, attended the meeting. Residents asked questions of the visitors which covered…
Members of the community will have the opportunity to tour the new water treatment plant servicing residents in Tea Gardens and Hawks Nest. A community tour is being held at the plant on Thursday October 23 and MidCoast Water is planning to operate a number of tours for…
Police have located the body of a fisherman who disappeared in water near Tuncurry yesterday. The 32-year-old Berala man got into difficulty when he entered the water at Wallis Lakes to retrieve his child’s shoe just before 2pm yesterday (Wednesday…
Police will prepare a report for the Coroner following the death of a man at Soldiers Point at Port Stephens yesterday. About 8pm, Thursday 9 October 2014, a woman contacted police when her 82-year-old husband failed to return home after visiting…
Counillor Len Roberts from Great Lakes Council writes the following article about the Myall Coast dredging. IN June 2012 I issued a press release that stated: THEN: “The government did the right thing in establishing a task force to work…
ALCOHOL is involved with 18 per cent of all drowning deaths and in those deaths, almost half of the people who drowned (49 per cent) had a blood alcohol reading four times the legal limit or higher. Member for Paterson,…
The statutory Bush Fire Danger Period (BFDP) commenced on Wednesday 1 October 2014. One-third of the State has already commenced its danger period due to dry conditions. A Bush Fire Survival Plan can help you make important decisions about what to…