THE National Rugby League will honour retired South Sydney player Jai Arrow as part of the grand final pre-match entertainment, featuring the song “You’ll Never Walk Alone” as he completes a lap of the field. A week after stating the NRL showpiece at Accor Stadium on Sunday night didn’t need a headline act following a […]
MOTORCYCLISTS on NSW roads are at far greater risk of being killed in a crash than other motor vehicle users, according to the NSW Government’s Towards Zero campaign. Motorcycle fatalities accounted for 20.7 per cent of all road fatalities and nearly 4,500 injuries in 2024 despite motorcycles making up only 3.7 per cent of registered […]
Members of Hastings Valley Fine Art Association. Photo: HVFAA.
FOR the last 43 years, Hastings Valley Fine Art Association (HVFAA) has cemented its reputation as a leading local artist-led cooperative. The group’s annual October exhibition is now entering its third year, with 35 artists contributing 150 paintings for display at Laurieton United Services Club from 2-5 October. It will showcase work in oil, acrylic, […]
Around three-quarters of reported trips made under the NSW Community Transport Program were delivered outside Sydney. Photo: Linked Community Services.
THE NSW Government has launched the first major review of the NSW Community Transport Program in more than a decade, as the 40-year-old program continues to connect people across NSW with essential services and their communities. Each year, the NSW Government invests $13 million in the vital program, which helps eligible people who may not […]
Rehoming organisations and animal welfare charities play a critical role across NSW. Photo: Supplied.
ANIMAL rescue and rehoming organisations across NSW can now apply for a share of $1.5 million in NSW Government funding to help care for vulnerable cats and dogs and find them safe new homes. Round 2 of the NSW Government’s Companion Animal Welfare and Rehoming Grant Program is now open. “I encourage every eligible rehoming […]
LICENSED venues across the Mid North Coast Police District have joined forces to bar troublesome patrons from every licenced venue across the region under an expanded multi-venue barring policy. The unified initiative sees the Nambucca, Hastings, and Macleay Liquor Accords working in direct partnership to ensure troublemakers barred in one town can no longer simply […]
Small moments, Big impact will be a celebration of everyday moments in aged care. Photo: magnific
IT’S time for aged care workers around the country to strike a pose, because Ageing Australia is looking to showcase photographs of the best in the sector. So many people contribute in positive and amazing ways to the care of older Australians, and Ageing Australia is holding a Humans of Aged Care photo competition to […]
SCREEN time in all NSW public schools will be capped from the beginning of Term 1, 2027, as the NSW Government takes action to help curb excessive screen use, improve students’ attention, and lift educational outcomes. Public schools will limit Kindergarten to Year 2 students to 15 minutes a day on laptops, tablets or desktop […]
THE Mid North Coast has recorded another positive test result for the deadly H5 bird flu virus in one of five new detections announced today across NSW. Locally, positive test results were all returned from samples of terns and included birds at Bonny Hills, in the Camden Haven; Boomerang Beach, on the Mid North Coast; […]
AS a child growing up in New Zealand I was an avid reader and dreamed of being a writer, but I lacked confidence. At university I earned a degree in languages and history before becoming a mum of three. With no clear career path I ended up working in construction administration, which I still do […]
