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Firefighters to integrate cultural burning techniques in bushfire management

Cultural burning practices are integrated with accredited firefighting qualifications Laqueesha Laurie and her father, Dane, participated in the program. Photos: FCNSW. CULTURAL burning techniques are being integrated into government bushfire management frameworks across NSW. Funded by the Federal Government program “Fire, Country and People”, the aim is to strengthen community resilience to major bushfire events […]

Police

Kemp and Minns clash over bail laws

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 […]

Regional

Sudden stratospheric warming causes weather chaos

RISING temperatures over Antarctica have been a major contributing factor to recent volatile weather along the East Coast, according to new information from the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM). A “sudden stratospheric warming” (SSW) is to blame. This is a documented weather scenario in which air temperatures high above the South Pole rise by 30 degrees […]

Sport

Coffs Harbour Masters strike gold 22 times at NSW Championships

COFFS Harbour Masters Swimming Club put on a strong showing at the NSW Short-Course Championships in Woy Woy on 11-12 October. Winning 22 gold medals, the team held their own against some of Australia’s best clubs. Leanne Da Costa and Anthea Barnfield dominated the women’s 65-69 years category. Leanne, fresh off the world championships, won […]

Entertainment, Event, Whats VIBIN

Guitarists Ziggy and Miles to perform in Coffs Harbour

NEW York-based Australian brothers and guitarists extraordinaire Ziggy and Miles, will perform in Coffs Harbour on Thursday 6 November. Presented by Coffs Harbour Music Society, the concert features an eclectic program of suites and sonatas including their own arrangements of Bach’s Italian Concerto, Astor Piazzollo’s Tango No1, Debussy’s Claire de Lune and Radames Gnattali’s Suite […]

Sport

Cummins to bowl ‘shortly’, Smith to captain first Test

PAT Cummins is yet to resume bowling, narrowing his timeline to be ready for the second Ashes Test. The Australian captain’s return to cricket remains unclear after he was ruled out of next month’s first Test. The pace star’s availability had been in doubt for weeks because of a back injury, and Cricket Australia confirmed […]

Government

City developing sport and rec strategy

THE City of Coffs Harbour is developing a 15-year Sport and Active Recreation Strategy, with residents invited to have their say. “This is the first step to help us discover how our sport and rec facilities might be best managed,” City Planning and Communities Acting Director Ian Fitzgibbon said. “Tell us what’s working well now, […]

Sport

Swans to face Bombers in Coffs this weekend

SYDNEY Swans are set to play the biggest game of their season in Coffs Harbour this weekend, with a potential finals spot up for grabs when they take on the Essendon Bombers in their AFLW match. The Swans and Bombers face off in the final round of the season, with the first bounce from 5.05pm […]

Letter to the Editor

Letter to the Editor: Am I a denialist or a realist?

DEAR News Of The Area, I AM whom Bill Robinson refers to (NOTA 24/10/25) as a denialist, though I prefer climate realist. He suggests that as a denialist I am too lazy or uncaring to dissect points made in Peter Flinn’s letter (NOTA 17/10/25). Peter’s letter was about the cause of bushfires in which he […]

Government, Police

Leaders urged not to mess with criminal responsibility

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 […]