A SUCCESSFUL application from Bowraville Central School (BCS) provided an all expenses paid trip for 20 very lucky students to attend the Sydney Royal Easter Show. ‘All Roads to the Royal’ is a program offering a unique experience of the…
ONE of the nation’s most recognisable voices in popular music is that of Whitlams frontman Tim Freedman. On Thursday 8 June 2023 the Nambucca Valley has an opportunity to see and hear the man himself as Tim Freedman and musician…
‘THE Giants’, a biopic of Australian environmentalist Dr Bob Brown, has been described as “awe-inspiring” by members of the Bellingen Environment Centre (BEC). The film weaves together the threads of Dr Brown’s life and activism, the history of the green…
ON Saturday 29 April, participants in the annual ‘Sydney to Surfers’ charity cycling event that raises funds for Father Chris Riley’s ‘Youth Off The Streets’ program departed the NSW capital. By Tuesday 2 May the riders and extensive support crew…
WITH the long awaited extension project now complete, the new look Nambucca Heads Library is in full swing and, as well as the extensive range of reading material available, the facility has much more to offer. In addition to the…
MACKSVILLE Medical Centre and Hibiscus Medical Rooms are raising awareness of heart disease as part of Heart Week (1 – 7 May). Heart disease is the leading cause of death in Australia, with a person dying every half an hour,…
REGIONAL Development Australia Mid North Coast (RDAMNC) and local high schools hosted a Nambucca Valley youth employment event last week. The ‘Work Pathways for Young People’ event brought together parents, employers, service providers and schools to support young people to…
NAMBUCCA Valley Council has engaged Telstra Corporation Ltd to commence construction of a Macro Base mobile telecommunications tower to be located on South Arm Road, South Arm. It is hoped the tower will improve outdoor coverage across targeted areas and…
THE Bureau of Health Information (BHI) has released its latest ‘Healthcare in Focus’ report, which reflects on the pandemic’s effects on key aspects of public health system performance throughout 2020 to 2022. ‘Healthcare in Focus – New South Wales and…
SYSTEMS which categorise young people as either perpetrators or victim-survivors has left services unable to recognise the ongoing impacts of trauma on young people who have experienced adult-perpetrated domestic and family violence or who may have other unmet support needs.…