‘SLIP, slop, slap, seek and wrap’ has been a mantra for Australians for many years. Yet Port Stephens still has one of NSW’s highest rates of melanoma. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your…
MIDCOAST Council is currently in the initial planning stage for disability access upgrades to the Tea Gardens pool. With a $700,000 funding grant from the NSW Local Roads and Community Infrastructure Fund the funding allocations specifies $300,00 to upgrade…
LAST week we celebrated the International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem, a day set by UNESCO. Mangroves are a valuable asset for the atmospheric carbon they sequester, the protection they provide from tidal surges and for…
THE regions are set to bear the burden of the Sydney outbreak with the Pfizer vaccines redirected to Western Sydney’s outbreak leaving the vulnerable in our region waiting longer for their Covid-19 vaccination. South East Queensland is in a…
DESPITE lockdowns and all that has been happening in the world it is time to stand and be counted. The Census in Australia, officially the Census of Population and Housing, is the national census in Australia that occurs every…
THE Country Women’s Association (CWA) has for many years performed important roles in Australia’s rural communities. There is an active CWA Branch in Bulahdelah that has been running for the past 90 years! Advertise with News of The Area…
FIRST home buyers and single parents will be eligible to apply for 30,000 additional places under the First Home Loan Deposit Scheme, the New Home Guarantee program, and the Family Home Guarantee from 1 July 2021. Federal member for…
DINGOES on the Mid North Coast are at risk and it’s the members of the community that are feeding them that are doing the greatest harm. Local dingo advocate Jen Parker is angry that people are continuing to do…
AS the numbers of cases of COVID-19’s Delta strain increase in Sydney and Melbourne, no new cases have been seen in Port Stephens or the Myall Coast. However, exposure sites have crept into Wallsend and Thornton. Advertise with News…
THE Greens have launched their 2021 campaign for MidCoast Council with leading candidate Dheera Smith addressing plans for the party if elected. Centred around an idea of grassroots democracy, the party believes there is an opportunity to achieve better…