RENTAL vacancy rates across NSW remain critically low, deepening the housing crisis and leaving tenants competing for limited homes. New analysis from the Real Estate Institute of NSW (REINSW) shows that in September, many regions recorded vacancy rates below two percent. The Mid-North Coast sat at 1.6 percent, by comparison Coffs Harbour is at 1.5 […]
THE State Government is currently finalising a business case for staged intersection upgrades along the Oxley Highway between John Oxley Drive and Hastings River Drive. This update was provided in NSW Parliament by Parliamentary Secretary for Regional Transport and Roads Anna Watson on Thursday, 23 October, following a speech by Port Macquarie MP Robert Dwyer […]
Life member Pam McLeod and Show Society President Ron Porter during the official opening of the Camden Haven Show. Photo: Kim Ambrose/SaltyFoxFotography.
Life member Pam McLeod and Show Society President Ron Porter during the official opening of the Camden Haven Show. Photo: Kim Ambrose/SaltyFoxFotography. Avid show enthusiast Lacey Cullen. Some of the many ring events. Photos: Kim Ambrose/SaltyFoxFotography. Some of the many ring events. Photos: Kim Ambrose/SaltyFoxFotography. The 2025 Camden Haven Show featured a notable increase in […]
Linda Clarke, Kim Poole, Nathan Poole and Billy Roelandts with Indy and Max.
NATHAN Poole, Kim Poole, and Billy Roelandts are descendants of families that have been fishing out of the Camden Haven for generations. Passionate members of the Laurieton Fisherman’s Co-op board of management, they are keen to see the iconic fishing institution recover quickly from the fire which destroyed their riverfront premises and Laurieton Seafoods on […]
The MHERV van.
THE Men’s Health Education Rural Health Van (MHERV) will visit Laurieton United Services Club (LUSC) next week. An initiative of Rotary, MHERV is a mobile home-style vehicle which travels throughout rural and regional NSW, providing free health checks for men for issues that are often ignored or overlooked, like high blood pressure, high blood sugar […]
MEMBER for Oxley Michael Kemp and Premier Chris Minns butted heads in NSW Parliament last week over youth crime and bail laws. During Question Time on Tuesday, 21 October, Mr Kemp asked whether it would take a death from crime before the Government acted to tighten youth bail laws. The Oxley MP’s question came days […]
Bureau of Meteorology heat map for Wednesday 22 October, showing new record temps. Photo: BOM.
RISING temperatures over Antarctica have been a major contributing factor to recent volatile weather along the East Coast, according to new information from the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM). A “sudden stratospheric warming” (SSW) is to blame. This is a documented weather scenario in which air temperatures high above the South Pole rise by 30 degrees […]
Changing a long-standing youth conviction principle would only lead to future criminal offending, advocates say, following the release of a review. Photo: NSW Police.
LEGAL advocates have welcomed a report’s recommendations into a presumption that children under 14 are “incapable of evil”, urging a state not to tinker with the long-standing principle, despite a drop in youth convictions. A NSW review of doli incapax was released on Saturday after it was launched by the state Labor government in May […]
A collection of past photos of visitors to Timbertown. Photo: Facebook
Jaida from Forster assisting train driver David Waite. Photo: Facebook A collection of past photos of visitors to Timbertown. Photo: Facebook A collection of past photos of visitors to Timbertown. Photo: Facebook A collection of past photos of visitors to Timbertown. Photo: Facebook A collection of past photos of visitors to Timbertown. Photo: Facebook FOR […]
Kay Eccleston and Barbara Pole.
Kay Eccleston and Barbara Pole. The Scarlett Women of the Camden Haven. THE Red Hat Society – Scarlett Women of the Camden Haven celebrated a special two-decade milestone on Monday, 20 October. The date marked 20 years since female golfers at Laurieton United Services Club decided to form a social women’s group, after Barbara Pole […]
