COFFS Harbour has been named as one of seven new NSW Head to Health sites, part of a joint commitment by the Australian and New South Wales Governments of $45.7 million of new mental health funding over four years. “People…
THE State Parole Authority has determined to grant William Matheson parole, accepting the recommendations of the Serious Offenders Review Council (SORC) and Community Corrections (ComCor). Matheson is serving a sentence of 25-years with a non-parole period (NPP) of eighteen years…
KASH Taylor and Wolfe Hudson were announced as the latest recipients of Coleman Smith Youth Sports Advancement Foundation funding on Friday 28 April at the Stuarts Point Workers Recreation and Bowls Club. Both of the local young men excel at…
STUARTS Point Community Hall resounded to smooth beats during the afternoon of Tuesday 9 May as local youths were invited to come along and learn to make beats, songwriting and the processes of music recording and production. Designed and coordinated…
REGIONAL Development Australia Mid North Coast (RDAMNC) welcomes Dr Madeleine Lawler as its new CEO and Director of Regional Development, replacing outgoing CEO Kerry Grace. Dr Lawler was most recently Director of Community and Economic Development for a Queensland council,…
FRUSTRATED Mid North Coast healthcare workers walked off the job on Thursday, May 4 at 2pm. The action at Coffs Harbour was one of three days of industrial stoppages stretching from the Queensland border to the Mid North Coast that…
MEMBER for Coffs Harbour Gurmesh Singh was named Shadow Minister for Tourism, Shadow Minister for Emergency Services and Shadow Minister for the North Coast by NSW Liberal leader Mark Speakman and NSW Nationals leader Dugald Saunders on Tuesday 9 May.…
HEALTHY North Coast is reminding communities across our region to book a flu shot before winter and the traditional flu season. Healthy North Coast Chief Executive, Monika Wheeler, said there was a resurgence of influenza in 2022 due to the…
THE Bureau of Health Information (BHI) released its latest ‘Healthcare in Focus’ report, last Wednesday, May 3, which reflects on the pandemic’s effects on key aspects of public health system performance throughout 2020 to 2022. BHI was established by the…
NAMBUCCA Valley student Amy Jarrett has been announced as a finalist in the 2023 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Student of the Year category in the North Coast and Mid North Coast Training Awards. Amy completed her studies at NV…