FEDERAL MPs Pat Conaghan and Alison Penfold are renewing calls for a solution to the Oxley Highway’s congestion chaos to be “urgently scoped and funded”. “The Wrights Rd and Lake Rd roundabouts leading into Port Macquarie’s health and education precincts have long been flagged as the area’s worst and most dangerous bottleneck,” said Mr Conaghan. […]
Liberty Domestic and Family Violence Specialist Services CEO Kelly Lamb and event host Peta Alexopoulos. Photo: Lucy Humphries.
Liberty Domestic and Family Violence Specialist Services CEO Kelly Lamb and event host Peta Alexopoulos. Photo: Lucy Humphries. DFV Prevention Manager Brooke Maggs. Photo: Lucy Humphries. SOME 80 local women gathered on Friday 6 March for the ninth “PA YourWay” International Women’s Day Lunch to support Liberty Domestic and Family Violence Specialist Services. The sold-out […]
Brittani Michelle speaking at the International Women's Day breakfast at LUSC.
Brittani Michelle speaking at the International Women’s Day breakfast at LUSC. Guest speaker Brittani Michelle and organiser Jenny Peters. INTERNATIONAL Women’s Day 2026 was marked in the Camden Haven at an early morning breakfast at Laurieton United Services Club. Organised by Jenny Peters from the Rotary Club of Laurieton with entertainment from a local ukulele […]
Rotary Club of Laurieton President Graham Blackett and Member for Port Macquarie Rob Dwyer.
MEMBER for Port Macquarie Rob Dwyer reflected on his first 12 months in parliament during a speech to the Rotary Club of Laurieton on Monday night, 9 March. The Rotarian and former Secretary Manager of Laurieton United Services Club, recalled starting work at the club at age 23, never anticipating that he would spend 34 […]
Jesse Webber, Oxley’s Local Woman of the Year, with MP Michael Kemp. Photo: supplied.
WAUCHOPE business leader and community advocate Jesse Webber has been recognised on the state stage as Oxley’s Local Woman of the Year for 2026. The award is for her volunteer fundraising efforts and outstanding leadership across multiple business ventures in the Hastings Valley. From her earliest days completing a business course through the Wauchope Chamber […]
LOCAL Government NSW ((LGNSW) is calling for more female representation on elected councils in NSW. Council representatives from across the state gathered in Sydney on Friday for the peak body’s International Women’s Day event. Mayor Darcy Byrne, President of LGNSW, said the event was an excellent opportunity to acknowledge and celebrate the role of women […]
This is the first time Wauchope Hospital has been included in the BHI’s quarterly report. Photo: MNCLHD.
MID North Coast hospitals have experienced record demand for their emergency departments, according to the latest Bureau of Health Information (BHI) quarterly report. Despite this, hospital performance between October and December remained high. Across the health district, which covers Port Macquarie to Coffs Harbour, there were a record 40,126 attendances, an increase of three percent […]
TWO men have faced court after an alleged aggravated break and enter last week. About 12.25am on Tuesday 3 March 2026, emergency services were called to Campus Street, Thrumster, following reports of an aggravated break and enter. Officers from Mid North Coast Police District attended and were told an unknown man allegedly entered the home […]
Exiting Nationals leader David Littleproud with newly elected leader Matt Canavan.
Exiting Nationals leader David Littleproud with newly elected leader Matt Canavan. Cowper MP Pat Conaghan with exiting Nationals leader David Littleproud. MATT Canavan has been elected Nationals leader after David Littleproud’s shock resignation. The firebrand senator edged out former deputy leader Kevin Hogan and Senate leader Bridget McKenzie in a partyroom ballot on Wednesday morning. […]
Pete Roberts is gearing up for Laps for Life at the Kendall Community Pool on 22 March.
KENDALL teacher Pete Roberts has seen the very real effects of the mental health challenges faced by the youth of today, with a young Australian lost to suicide every day. For the last four years, Mr Roberts has been part of “Laps for Life”, a fundraising initiative of ReachOut, an online mental health service established […]
