Action from last year’s women’s representative game between the North Coast Force and AFL North West Blue Heelers.
North Coast Force teams ready for rep games in Gunnedah
AFL North Coast’s best senior players are ready to represent their region this weekend. North Coast Force men’s and women’s teams head to Gunnedah for a big day of representative games. The Force men’s team play their first representative game since 2018, when they take on the North West Blue Heelers. The Force will look […]
Advertising Feature: Healthy ageing expo to run again in 2026
Michelle Freeman and some of the Simplicity Funerals team at the expo. Michelle with some of the services and businesses showcased at the expo. Michelle with some of the services and businesses showcased at the expo. Michelle with some of the services and businesses showcased at the expo. THE Ageing […]
The Emu in the Sky - not formed from stars, but from the dark dust lanes of the Milky Way.
The first astronomers: Australia’s Indigenous stargazers
LONG before observatories dotted the land and satellites blinked overhead, the First Peoples of Australia were reading the stars. For over 65,000 years, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities have looked to the sky – not for abstraction, but for connection, direction, and survival. Theirs is the oldest continuous astronomical tradition on Earth. To these […]
A parliamentary inquiry has been told imported fruit pickers were subjected to prolonged suffering. Photo: AP PHOTO/ Robert F. Bukaty.
Estimated thousands trapped in Australian farm slavery
A BACKPACKER hoping for a memorable working holiday on an Australian farm finds himself crammed into a house with 17 people, eating dry bread and deprived of sunshine and fresh air. After arriving on a visa from China, the young man had headed to a small town on the NSW coast in 2024 to pick […]
Rob Dwyer pointed out the issues at Wrights Rd during a site visit by Opposition Leader Mark Speakman and Shadow Roads Minister Natalie Ward. File photo.
‘Can’t afford to hold our breath’: MPs angry at lack of Wrights Road funding in NSW Budget
THE MPs driving the campaign to fix traffic congestion at Wrights Road and the Oxley Highway in Port Macquarie, say they are “angry” and “disappointed” that Tuesday’s NSW Budget failed to deliver the funds needed to progress an upgrade. Member for Port Macquarie Rob Dwyer said while he welcomed confirmation of funding to commence the […]
Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers. Photo: AAP Image/Lukas Coch.
Treasurer throws down gauntlet for ‘crucial’ tax reform
THE groundwork has been laid for Australia’s most substantive attempt at tax reform in more than two decades as the treasurer promises to “grasp the nettle” on the thorny issue. Outlining his government’s economic agenda for its second term of parliament, Jim Chalmers threw down the gauntlet to industry, media, civil society and the political […]
Decodable readers will be available in all local libraries.
Library launches decodable readers collection to support children with dyslexia
DECODABLE readers, now recognised as an effective tool for supporting early and struggling readers, will form a new permanent collection in the children’s section of local libraries. The resources will be distributed across Port Macquarie, Laurieton, and Wauchope branches, ensuring access for families throughout the Hastings and Camden Haven regions. The readers will be officially […]
Laurieton swimmers at the Short Course Championships. Photo: supplied
Laurieton swimmers take on region’s best at North Coast Short Course Championships
Laurieton swimmers at the Short Course Championships. Photo: supplied Tayler Cass swimming at her first championships. Photo: supplied. Emily Wheadon at the Short Course Championships. Photo: supplied. A TEAM of swimmers from Laurieton Swimming Club took to the starting blocks for the Swimming North Coast (SNC) Short Course (SC) Championships from […]
‘On the couch’ with Jasminda
DEAR Jasminda, WHEN I was in the hairdresser last week, I overheard the woman opposite me tell the hairdresser that she wanted a new style because she was about to leave her husband after 18 years of marriage. On my way out, I took a quick glance at the person in question, and realised, to […]
