HUNDREDS of baby sea turtles were released into the ocean after a rapid response team rescued a record number of eggs from North Coast beaches in the lead up to Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred. Trained staff and volunteers from NSW National…
GRANTS are on offer to support communities in remote, rural and regional Australia to build back better after declared disasters or extreme weather events between 2019 and 2024. Community groups and not-for-profit organisations (NFPs) in affected regions are invited to…
ONE rural birthing unit “teeters on the brink” and goes from “one disaster to the next” due to severe staff shortages. Another maternity service in a farming town of 15,000 closed four years after opening its doors, forcing specialists and…
THE NSW opposition introduced a bill in Parliament last week aiming to crack down on the “escalating youth crime crisis gripping regional communities”. Member for Oxley Michael Kemp, said the bill offers stronger, more effective measures than the bail reforms…
ABORIGINALand Torres Strait Islander children are being set up for a life of suffering, legal services say, as ‘tough on crime’ policy sweeps the country. More state and territory governments are locking up children at increasing rates, and not listening…
A POTENTIALLY lethal sexually-transmitted infection has been detected in the last disease-free koala population in one major city, heightening extinction fears for the endangered native marsupial. Two koalas, part of a population in southwest Sydney already under threat from development,…
ESTIMATED to affect less than one percent of dogs, Camden Haven animal lover Emily Verey says epilepsy can be a “real rollercoaster for pet owners”. Her pup, ‘Blue’, a 12-year-old Kelpie/Collie, began having seizures three years ago, the first when…
NURSING ranks across the Mid North Coast Local Health District (MNCLHD) have received a much-needed boost. Around 100 graduates have started working in public health facilities and hospitals between Port Macquarie and Coffs Harbour. Advertise with News of The Area…
INDEPENDENT candidate for Lyne Jeremy Miller has brought the region’s housing crisis to the centre of the Federal election debate, releasing the results of a recent survey undertaken by his campaign. Mr Miller said the results demonstrate the “urgent need…
IT’S the end of an era at Laurieton United Services Club where staff have spent the past fortnight preparing to bid farewell to their long-time colleague and boss Rob Dwyer. The team is “proud” of Rob’s success in the Port…