THE Aboriginal Languages Trust was established in 2020 to help resource and network Indigenous communities to carry out language revitalisation work. On Saturday, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs Ben Franklin and the Aboriginal Languages Trust launched the Trust’s Five Year Strategic…
HOST of Gardening Australia and Landcare champion Costa Georgiadis is joining forces with Junior Landcare to ask Aussie kids to get outdoors and snap photos of the fauna and flora in their ‘backyard’. Junior Landcare understands that children can’t be…
REGISTERED commercial beekeepers impacted by Varroa mite in the surveillance (purple) zones, including areas of Port Stephens and the Myall Coast, are now eligible for reimbursement payments under the agreed National Response Plan. Minister for Agriculture Dugald Saunders said the…
THE NSW Government is continuing to ban certain single-use plastics, with new laws coming into place from next Tuesday. From 1 November 2022, all manufacturers, wholesalers, businesses and community organisations will be banned from supplying a range of single-use plastic…
CHURCHILL Fellowships are sought after opportunities to learn from communities around the world and to bring that knowledge to Australia to improve our methods and knowledge. Last week was National Anti-Poverty Week, which coincided with the launch of the Churchill…
REAL time traffic information is now available to motorists across the MidCoast LGA. Minister for Regional Transport and Roads Sam Farraway welcomed the launch of the first expansion to the Live Traffic NSW website, which will see the addition of…
MEMBERS of the Regional Australia Institute’s Regional Australia Council (RAC) met this week for the first time following the launch of the RAI’s ‘Regionalisation Ambition 2032 – A Framework to Rebalance the Nation (the Ambition)’. Council members include Aurizon, Australia…
COMMUNITY members now have the chance to recognise the outstanding contributions people have made to NSW’s multicultural society by nominating them for a Premier’s Multicultural Community Medal. Submissions are also open for the Multicultural Honour Roll, which gives posthumous recognition…
THE Federal Albanese Government has confirmed it will join Joe Biden’s global Methane Pledge, an attempt to cut methane emissions by 30 percent by 2030, due to concerns that climate change is increasing the frequency and potency of extreme weather…
EACH month a photograph is selected at the Myall U3A Photography Group’s meeting to be printed in News Of The Area. This month’s theme was ‘Industrial’. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message…