BlueFloat Energy exhibit plans for offshore wind project Myall Coast Port Stephens by Doug Connor - May 17, 2023December 6, 2024 A SERIES of information sessions were held last week in Port Stephens and Newcastle for interested parties to learn more about plans for an offshore wind project off the Hunter coast. BlueFloat Energy, a Spanish offshore wind developer, has announced plans for a renewable energy project to be located off
Why is the Hunter being considered for offshore wind projects? FEATURED Myall Coast News Of The Area Port Stephens by Doug Connor - May 16, 2023December 6, 2024 OFFSHORE wind researcher Dr Sven Teske says the Hunter region is uniquely positioned to be a leading site for offshore wind power generation due to its availability of consistent wind resources, existing infrastructure and harbour access. Dr Teske is an Associate Professor and Research Director at the Institute for Sustainable
Cr Giacomo Arnott takes advantage of hot seat to spend Mayoral Fund Port Stephens Port Stephens - popup ad by Doug Connor - April 18, 2023December 6, 2024 WASTING no time during his short stint as Acting Mayor, Cr Giacomo Arnott moved a Mayoral Minute at Council’s April 11 meeting to provide financial assistance to nine community organisations from the Mayoral Fund. Cr Arnott, who was performing the duties of Acting Mayor for two weeks in the absence of
Lee Clayton’s story of survival comes to life on Seymour Centre stage Highlight Section Myall Coast Port Stephens by Doug Connor - April 4, 2023December 6, 2024 A STORY of survival and a quest for acceptance, the life of Tea Gardens’ Lee Clayton has been brought to the stage in a new play depicting the lives of members of Australia’s burgeoning LGBTQI rights movement. Lee joined the Campaign Against Moral Persecution (CAMP) in the early 1970s, a group
Community uproar as construction certificate to be granted for decades old ‘Zombie’ DA Coffs Coast Highlight Section Nambucca Valley by Doug Connor - March 29, 2023December 6, 2024 DOZENS of outraged community members lined the footpath of Phillip Drive, South West Rocks on Monday, protesting a NSW Land and Environment Court decision to grant a construction certificate to a 30 year old development application. The Phillip Drive site has sat untouched for decades, amongst sensitive coastal wetlands, and
Community consults on Hunter offshore electricity area Myall Coast Port Stephens by Doug Connor - March 15, 2023December 6, 2024 COMMUNITIES from Wamberal to Hawks Nest came together last week to discuss the potential opportunities and impacts arising from a Federal Government proposal to create an offshore electricity area off the Hunter coast. Minister for Climate Change and Energy Chris Bowen has proposed an area in the Commonwealth waters off
Council to make determination on use of Fisherman’s Village at Swan Bay as rehabilitation facility Port POPUP - DAupdate Port Stephens Port Stephens by Doug Connor - February 21, 2023December 6, 2024 PORT STEPHENS Council is expected to make a determination next month over the contentious use of a Swan Bay holiday village as a rehabilitation facility. The site, at the Fisherman’s Village on Moffats Road in Swan Bay, is currently being used, in-part, by Connect Global Ltd, a ‘drug and alcohol treatment
David vs Goliath: The small town community group vying to save their coastal paradise Nambucca Valley Nambucca Valley News by Doug Connor - September 8, 2022December 6, 2024 IT is the David and Goliath battle that pitches a $1.7 billion-dollar company against a sleepy surf village of 1000. It was December 2021 when word of Ingenia’s plan for an over 55’s lifestyle community in Scotts Head reached the ears of locals. Ten months on and the Scotts Head community continues
Life After Vietnam: Jenny’s story Myall Coast Myall Coast News by Doug Connor - April 27, 2022December 6, 2024 WHILE the rest of the country celebrated Australia Day on January 27, 1969, Jennefer Ross-Henry was farewelling her husband, Brian Geoffrey Walker, as he left to fight in Vietnam with 5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR). Tragically, Brian was killed less than three months later, aged only 21. Advertise with News of
Greg Norman’s golf course company involved in Hawks Nest beachside development negotiations Myall Coast Port Stephens by Doug Connor - November 29, 2021November 30, 2021 THE drama and mystery surrounding the development of beachside land on Sanderling Avenue, Hawks Nest has continued this week, with the revelation that former world number one golfer Greg Norman may be playing a key role in the development. A spokesperson for Core Leric (a partnership between Core Property Development Pty
