October 4, 2025
FADs deployed to help recreational fishers land a catch this season DPIRD Senior Fisheries Management Officer Travis Morgan with Minister for Agriculture Tara Moriarty ahead of a FAD deployment. Photo: supplied, DPIRD.
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FADs deployed to help recreational fishers land a catch this season

DPIRD Senior Fisheries Management Officer Travis Morgan with Minister for Agriculture Tara Moriarty ahead of a FAD deployment. Photo: supplied, DPIRD. Three FADs have been deployed off Crowdy Head, Laurieton and Port Macquarie. Image, Google Maps. FISH Aggregating Devices (FADs) have now been deployed along the state’s coastline, giving recreational fishers a better chance of […]

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Tiny forests breathe life and hope into urban Australia Groundswell Collective volunteers have planted 16 tiny forests in schools and parks across NSW.
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Tiny forests breathe life and hope into urban Australia

LIVING in one of Australia’s fastest growing regional areas, Anna Noon was watching in despair as nature made way for sprawling housing developments. “There was a lot of land clearing happening,” she says of her home at Lake Macquarie in the rapidly-expanding Hunter region. “I knew that was leading to habitat loss, species extinction and […]

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Mid North Coast flood recovery continues four months later
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Mid North Coast flood recovery continues four months later

FOUR months after the devastating May floods on the Mid North Coast there is still a lot of work to do. Susie George, Executive Director Regional Delivery with the NSW Reconstruction Authority, has been on the ground in Nambucca Heads, Kempsey and Taree this week. ”The focus now is on getting out to people through […]

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Mid North Coast flood recovery continues four months later
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Mid North Coast flood recovery continues four months later

FOUR months after the devastating May floods on the Mid North Coast there is still a lot of work to do. Susie George, Executive Director Regional Delivery with the NSW Reconstruction Authority, has been on the ground in Nambucca Heads, Kempsey and Taree this week. ”The focus now is on getting out to people through […]

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Stories and memories as Port Macquarie Hastings U3A celebrates 20 years The original IT team of Nick Ogbourne and Michael Matthews. Photo: Pauline Cain.
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Stories and memories as Port Macquarie Hastings U3A celebrates 20 years

Original members and committee celebrate 20 years of U3A. Photo: Pauline Cain. The original IT team of Nick Ogbourne and Michael Matthews. Photo: Pauline Cain. PORT Macquarie Hastings University of the Third Age (U3A) celebrated its 20-year anniversary on Sunday, 7 September, with members past and present gathering at the Tenison Woods Centre to mark […]

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Justice of the Peace volunteers providing much-needed community service Barry Hacker JP at the Port Macquarie Courthouse. Photo: supplied.
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Justice of the Peace volunteers providing much-needed community service

FROM time to time we need the services of a Justice of the Peace to witness a statutory declaration or affidavit or to certify a copy of an original document. They are trusted to be honest and impartial when performing these functions. Barry Hacker is the JP Desk Coordinator for the Port Macquarie Support Group […]

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‘Looking Back Moving Forward’ exhibition at The Glasshouse FAN Artists at their exhibition opening. Photo: Pauline Cain
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‘Looking Back Moving Forward’ exhibition at The Glasshouse

FAN Artists at their exhibition opening. Photo: Pauline Cain Gloria Muddle ‘Tidal Edge’, textile. Photo: Pauline Cain. Catherine Erskine’s ‘Swamp Creature’ and ‘Falling Leaf’ make use of dead vine wood. Photo: Pauline Cain A chest made in China in 1879 and belonging to T.K. Steanes, inspired Joanne Steanes’ work. Photo: Pauline Cain “LOOKING Back Moving […]

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$50m housing support package announced for residents impacted by recent flooding Recovery Coordinator Dave Owens and Ashlee Abbott, Acting Head of Preparedness and Recovery at the NSW Reconstruction Authority. Photo: supplied.
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$50m housing support package announced for residents impacted by recent flooding

THE State and Federal Governments have announced a $50 million Housing Support Package to assist eligible homeowners, renters and primary producers impacted by recent severe flooding. Ashlee Abbott, Acting Head of Preparedness and Recovery at the NSW Reconstruction Authority said, “We understand the community has been anxiously awaiting this package and we have been working […]

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St Joesph’s littlest learners celebrate 100 days of learning Staff and students of St Joesph’s celebrating 100 years of learning. Photo: supplied.
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St Joesph’s littlest learners celebrate 100 days of learning

Staff and students of St Joesph’s celebrating 100 years of learning. Photo: supplied. Olive celebrating 100 days of big school. Lincoln celebrating 100 days of learning. SCHOOLS across the state have experienced a peculiar phenomenon in recent weeks, reporting an unusual influx of walking canes, knitted cardigans, and grey wigs. The occurrence appears to coincide […]

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