NSW Local Council Elections will take place on Saturday, 10 September 2016. However, due the council amalgamation process only 81 NSW councils are having elections. All remaining councils, including those that have been amalgamated, have had their elections deferred until…
HAVE you recently noticed your child start roaming the streets with their eyes glued to their smart phone screens? It is very likely that they are playing the new Pokémon Go app. Launching on 6 July, the app is now…
MEMBER for Port Stephens, Kate Washington MP, has called on Newcastle’s Liberal Councillors, to stop supporting the Baird government’s plan to forcibly merge Port Stephens and Newcastle Councils. Newcastle City Council recently voted to obtain legal advice about joining one of the…
PORT Stephens Council will receive a $33,000 NSW Government grant to target litter in the Port Stephens LGA. Parliamentary Secretary for the Hunter, Scot MacDonald MLC announced last week that Port Stephens Council would receive a share of more than…
AS the dust settles on another federal election campaign and the ramifications of a BREXIT continue to unravel, the light begins to shine on the somewhat unscrutinised NSW Government’s budget release. Member for Port Stephens, Kate Washington, has turned her…
ENTRIES are coming in from local families looking to win one of two Family Passes News Of The Area are giving away next week. There is still plenty of time to get your entry in, so get going. News Of…
THE proposed Offshore Fish Farm which is set to be a joint venture between NSW DPI and Tasmanian-based Huon Aquaculture Providence Bay to some might seem a feasible idea. Given that 70 to 80% of our Seafood is imported, one would…
IT is with great sadness to report the already well known fact that NSW have again lost the annual NRL State of Origin series, falling short of victory against QLD on Wednesday June 22 by losing 26-16 to a gutsy…
THE Greens are concerned at the new enHealth safe advisory levels for PFOS/PFHxS and PFOA, released today. enHealth say the interim levels are based on the 2008 European Food Safety Authority’s Tolerable Daily Intake values for PFOS and PFOA. enHealth…
THE proposed Offshore Fish Farm which is set to be a joint venture between NSW DPI and Tasmanian-based Huon Aquaculture Providence Bay to some might seem a feasible idea. Given that 70 to 80% of our Seafood is imported, one would…