‘NUDE Swimming’, a single character theatre piece by Coffs Coast writer Willa Hogarth, has been selected to be performed in the nationally-recognised Madwomen Monologues festival in Melbourne. The annual program, run by Baggage Productions, highlights the work of female writers, celebrates the monologue as an artform and showcases Australian performers

LAST Thursday, 19 September ‘citizen scientists’ from the Forest Ecology Alliance (FEA) and concerned community members gathered at Little Newry State Forest for a sit-in. Forestry Corporation of NSW (FCNSW) logging operations are scheduled to begin in Little Newry within the next six months, with the FEA and other conservation groups

LAST Wednesday in parliament Coffs Harbour MP Gurmesh Singh moved a motion calling on the NSW Labor Government to overturn a decision which removed Norco milk products from Mid North Coast and Northern NSW health district facilities. As previously reported in NOTA, a longstanding contract between Norco and the local

THE independent NSW Anti-slavery Commissioner is urging action to address the risks for temporary migrant workers in rural and regional NSW. Dr James Cockayne tabled the first ever report of its kind, called ‘Be Our Guests: Addressing urgent modern slavery risks for temporary migrant workers in rural and regional NSW’, in