Marine Rescue volunteers will continue to be in high demand throughout summer. Photo: NSW Police Rescue.
NAMBUCCA and Lord Howe Island were among the 14 out of 46 Marine Rescue units in NSW to experience record demand in 2025. They joined seven other Mid North Coast units – Woolgoolga, Coffs Harbour, Trial Bay, Port Macquarie, Camden Haven, Crowdy Harrington and Forster Tuncurry – in performing 345 search and rescue missions, including […]
OPERATION Christmas and New Year 2025, the annual statewide road traffic safety campaign, has concluded, with eight people losing their lives on NSW roads during the 17-day period. The high-visibility operation, which ran in conjunction with the double-demerits period, began on Friday 19 December and concluded on Sunday, 4 January. The operation involved Traffic and […]
The crime scene in Gore Street, Port Macquarie. Photo: Port Macquarie On Scene/FB.
The crime scene in Gore Street, Port Macquarie. Photo: Port Macquarie On Scene/FB. Megan Tangye’s family has released this photo of the 31-year-old. Photo: NSW Police. DETECTIVES are appealing to the public to help them piece together what happened to 31-year-old Megan Tangye. Megan died from multiple injuries after being found in a Port Macquarie […]
The silver Toyota RAV4 seen leaving the area.
DETECTIVES have re-released security video as investigations continue into a shooting in Port Macquarie in October. About 2.10am Friday 17 October, police were called to Park Street following reports of a home invasion. They were told multiple people had entered a home and confronted a 26-year-old man. Shots were fired by the intruders, who fled […]
The silver Toyota RAV4 seen leaving the area.
DETECTIVES have re-released security video as investigations continue into a shooting in Port Macquarie in October. About 2.10am Friday 17 October, police were called to Park Street following reports of a home invasion. They were told multiple people had entered a home and confronted a 26-year-old man. Shots were fired by the intruders, who fled […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Contact Crime Stoppers to report criminal activity. Photo: crimestoppersact.com.au.
CRIME Stoppers and NSW Police are urging the community to continue to speak up and report crime. This encouragement follows News Of The Area’s report last week about an apparent increase in youth crime in Wauchope. Residents say there has been a lack of police action in response to their multiple calls. Crime Stoppers and […]
An arrest made during a previous Operation Soteria Surge on the Mid North Coast. Photo: NSW Police.
WAUCHOPE residents are urging police to respond to ongoing youth crime in the area following multiple calls to Triple Zero (000) allegedly falling on deaf ears. “Crime is being ignored in Wauchope, and residents are tired,” Wauchope local Amy Murphy told News Of The Area. “Residents in Bain Street, Walters Street, Waugh Street, and James […]
