NSW Health is advising people to look out for measles symptoms. Photo: Engin Akyurt/Pexels.
MID North Coast residents are being urged to monitor for the symptoms of measles after NSW Health confirmed four new cases across the state, including one in Coffs Harbour. That person was infectious while visiting the following locations. Sunday, 8 February: Hyde Café at Bellingen from 10.45am to 11.40am. Monday, 9 February: Coffs Harbour Emergency […]
FEDERAL Member for Cowper Pat Conaghan says it’s time for the Coalition to “get on with the job” after a leadership spill saw Angus Taylor oust Sussan Ley from the role of Opposition Leader. Mr Taylor defeated Ms Ley by 34 votes to 17 in a ballot held last Friday morning, making him the third […]
A sign at the northern end of Shelly Beach showing where the local SMART drumlines are deployed each day. Photo: Matt Taylor.
A FLURRY of shark activity has been recorded off Port Macquarie beaches this month, with nine separate reports logged in seven days, including the evacuation of swimmers at Town Beach last Monday. The alerts were published through Dorsal Shark Reports – Australia, a national reporting service that compiles information from official government channels, the public, […]
CHARGES have been laid as detectives investigate fraud and stealing offences allegedly committed in car parks in dozens of locations across NSW, including the Mid North Coast. Officers attached to North West Metropolitan Region established Strike Force Pitstop to investigate incidents reported across the state, from Newcastle to Wagga Wagga and including several suburbs across […]
THE Kendall community has rallied to support an injured peacock, known as Pete, who has become a beloved mascot for the local area. When the news came out this week that Pete had been spotted injured, locals flooded community Facebook pages wanting to help. Like all great icons his origins are shrouded in mystery, with […]
MP Robert Dwyer with locals at the launch of Parliamentary Friends of Parkinson’s.
PORT MACQUARIE has been well-represented at the first meeting of the Parliamentary Friends of Parkinson’s. The event in Parliament House Sydney was co-chaired by Member for Port Macquarie Robert Dwyer. Attendees from the local region included Kim and David Dahler, Carol Brazel and Rudolf Szibrowski, Robert Wilson, Matthew Easton, Lillian Atkinson, Anthony Simmon, and Parkinson’s […]
Wauchope Palliative Care Nursing Unit Manager Mary Trotter with a hydraulic assist layback commode shower chair purchased with a grant from Hastings Cancer Trust.
THE Port Macquarie-Hastings community is being urged to support the work of the Hastings Cancer Trust (HCT) in 2026. Cancer Council Australia estimates that in 2024 169,500 people were diagnosed with cancer, 52,700 died of cancer and that one in two people will be diagnosed with cancer by the age of 85, making it a […]
Firefighters have been deployed to both Victoria and South Australia. Photos: supplied.
Firefighters have been deployed to both Victoria and South Australia. Photos: supplied. Smoke fills the air on the Victorian firefront. FORESTRY Corporation of NSW last week deployed 10 firefighters to South Australia to support firefighting operations following several weeks of assistance in Victoria. Forestry Corporation, one of NSW’s four firefighting agencies, has more than 500 […]
Flamin’ dragons and passengers. Exercise physiologist Natalie West with physiotherapists Glen Clarke and Mark MacGibbon. BEC Dalzell is not your average physiotherapist. She has big goals that include seeing her patients make the most of where they live. In 2022, Bec approached businesses and organisations to seek expressions of interest in partnering to provide accessible […]
All Shine and Show in the carpark of the Royal Hotel Kew.
All Shine and Show in the carpark of the Royal Hotel Kew. Spotto! One of the 76 hot rods on show. Photo: Steven Adnum/FB. There had to be at least one flamin’ hot, hot rod. Winner of the best Hard Luck Story was Mike Barnes, pictured with his 1940 Ford Deluxe after the show moved […]
