WORKERS across the country are about to see an increase in the Super Guarantee Contributions providing the legislated increase is maintained. There are hopes that the super rate increase will power economic growth, job creation and wage rises. Increasing…
HAVING built Sail Port Stephens into one of Australia’s premier yachting regattas, organisers are now looking to replicate the same successful formula for dinghy, skiff, catamaran and sailboard racing. For the first time, a full off-the-beach regatta will be…
SHOAL Bay got an injection of vibrancy in the newly activated parklets which have been installed outside some businesses on the main street. The parklets were originally destined for Nelson Bay, however traders felt that loss of parking spaces was…
WHEN serving on Port Stephens Council Councillor Sally Dover created a legacy for the women of the future for our region. On International Women’s Day each year scholarships are awarded by Council, and in 2021 these were awarded to…
ROSE Ringuet thought that she and her family were going to have a nice ferry trip back from Nelson bay, but when a horrific storm hit the waters, passengers on the ferry were left fearing for their lives. After…
THE Age Care Royal Commission has shown us that elder abuse is a very real threat to vulnerable members of our community. Sadly this abuse happens in more settings than just aged care facilities. Sometimes it even happens in…
TO commemorate the sesquicentenary of the landing of Lieutenant William.Caswell, a reenactment and gala day was held on the foreshore at Tanilba Bay in 1981. A large sailing boat hove to and a landing party was rowed ashore to…
LIKE many sporting clubs in NSW, Nelson Bay Croquet Club took advantage of the NSW State Government’s Local Sport Defibrillator Grant Program which enabled the Club to purchase and instal an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) in 2019. The installation…
“IF the police property section knew the background to the proposed new station in Tilligerry, they would think twice about their decision to site one in Lemon Tree Passage.” These are the words of long time campaigner Doreen Bradley…
IT is not uncommon in Port Stephens to find dead or injured turtles wallowing in the shallows or dead on the sands. Indeed, with increasing use of the waterways by recreational fishermen and boaties, between five and ten of…