FEDERAL Member for Lyne Dr David Gillespie has echoed support for an Australian High Speed Rail Network, which he believes can unclog capital cities and supercharge decentralisation. “I’ve always been a big supporter of high-speed rail and have advocated for…
THE Port Stephens Literature Awards are now open for entry with the closing date being 31 October 2022. This year the Tilligery Lions Club will be running the competition with prizes totalling $1100. Advertise with News of The Area today.…
COMMUNITIES across NSW are being warned of a greater risk of grass fires after recent wet weather with the official bush fire season beginning on Saturday. Minister for Emergency Services and Resilience and Minister for Flood Recovery Steph Cooke said…
MORE than 8,000 water meters will be replaced across the MidCoast over the next six months, beginning in Bulahdelah on Tuesday 4 October 2022. All water meters over fifteen years old will be replaced with new meters as part of…
THE amended MidCoast Waste Management Strategy 2030 has been adopted by the Council. The MidCoast Waste Management Strategy 2030 provides a high-level roadmap for the strategic direction of Waste Services whilst also ensuring alignment with the NSW Waste and Sustainable…
WORK to conserve 20 war memorials across the state, including at Stroud, will soon be undertaken following grants provided from the NSW Government’s $125,000 Community War Memorials Fund. Minister for Transport, Veterans and Western Sydney David Elliott said the money,…
MINISTER for Emergency Services and Resilience and Minister for Flood Recovery Steph Cooke on Friday presented volunteers from Marine Rescue NSW with the first of 2,040 state-of-the-art lifejackets to be issued to each Marine Rescue NSW crew member. Ms Cooke…
THE Liberal and Nationals Government has released plans to create ‘fifteen minute neighbourhoods’ in the Hunter region by better connecting local transport networks. Minister for Regional Transport and Roads Sam Farraway said the Draft Hunter Regional Transport Plan is now…
AUSTRALIA has a housing affordability problem, with many Australians struggling to rent or buy a home, according to the Productivity Commission’s review of the National Housing and Homelessness Agreement (NHHA) released last week. “The NHHA is intended to improve access…
BIOSECURITY has been on everyone’s minds. First there was Covid, then Monkeypox, Varroa Mite, and now our farmers are under threat from Foot and Mouth Disease, with Indonesia experiencing high levels of the disease which impacts all cloven-hoofed animals. Advertise…