FINANCIAL assistance has been approved for two worthy community groups following the recent Council meeting. Meals on Wheels Tomaree has been granted $500 of rapid response funding put forth by Councillor Matthew Bailey. This donation will go towards assisting volunteers…
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…
PORT Stephens Council has updated its bus shelter policy with the intent to allow community groups to provide bus shelters for the community and use the revenue gained from advertising to maintain the structure. John Maretich, Port Stephens Council Asset…
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…
THE NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) is encouraging farmers and landholders who have been affected by the recent severe weather and floods to report damage using the DPI’s online survey tool. CEO of the NSW Rural Assistance Authority (RAA)…
THERE’S just over six months to the next state election and NSW Farmers President Xavier Martin has called on bureaucrats and governments to work hand-in-hand with country communities. With the state government recently releasing the Six Cities Discussion Paper –…
THE Aussie Backyard Bird Count is back! This project involves citizen scientists counting the birds that they see and identify in a 20 minute period between 17 and 23 October, 2022. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth…