The Coffs Harbour Cavaliers 14s Girls team at last year’s NSW Junior State Championships.
COFFS Harbour is once again set to host the state’s best junior Oztag players. The 2026 NSW Junior State Championships are being held over three big days from Friday 20 February, to Sunday, 22 February, at the C.ex Coffs International Stadium and surrounding fields. Coffs Harbour representative teams will take on the state’s finest across […]
Students attending previous Stand Tall events.
Students attending previous Stand Tall events. Students attending previous Stand Tall events. STAND TALL’S youth suicide prevention conferences are coming to Coffs Harbour for the first time in early March, with two days of sold-out events. Founded in 2012 by three mothers in response to alarming statistics around youth suicide, self-harm and mental ill-health in […]
The Flight activity.
THE much-loved Coffs Coast Science and Engineering Challenge (SEC) returns to Wiigulga Sports Complex on Tuesday 31 March. Run by the University of Newcastle, the SEC provides Year 10 students the chance to experience how science and engineering can help to solve real-world problems in a fun, competitive setting. Teams of students from different NSW […]
Community members gathered in Brelsford Park on 1 February to raise awareness of humanitarian issues. Photo: supplied. Organisers said the event was focused on building solidarity. Photo: supplied. MEMBERS of the Coffs Harbour community gathered at the beginning of this month to raise awareness of the humanitarian situation in Rojava, Northern Syria, and its surrounding […]
Gurmesh Singh at Coffs Harbour City Square.
GURMESH Singh has again been pre-selected as the Nationals candidate to contest the seat of Coffs Harbour at the March 2027 NSW State Election. The result of Monday night’s vote comes as no surprise, given Mr Singh’s role as leader of the NSW Nationals. “I thank our local Nationals members for their enduring support and […]
ON THE first Sunday in March each year, people all over Australia grab a garbage bag and a pair of gardening gloves and get out in their communities to pick up rubbish as part of the Clean Up Australia campaign. Sunday 1 March is when communities will come together this year for what is now […]
OPTIONS to reduce household insurance costs and fix an “unfair funding model” for emergency services will be put to a NSW parliamentary inquiry. While emergency services benefit everyone, most of their funding comes from a levy not everyone pays. The NSW Government says it is committed to removing this Emergency Services Levy (ESL) and replacing […]
Garth Shipperlee (Chamber), Rob Bebb (NAB) and Bishop Druitt College’s Susan Nealon and Holly Heather.
Garth Shipperlee (Chamber), Rob Bebb (NAB) and Bishop Druitt College’s Susan Nealon and Holly Heather. Shane Oxley and Simon Doyle (BDC). Key Community Group. Michael Darragh (Sawtell Catholic Care), Cr George Cecato, Cr Les Oxford, Cr Gurminder Saro and Steve Bayliss (CoCH). Will Ward (O’Brien Plumbing), Luke Campbell (Pacific Bay Resort) and P. T. Clarke […]
Landslip at Gordonville Cutting, Waterfall Way.
THE Bellingen Shire community have an opportunity to have their say on how the closure of Waterfall Way is impacting them via a Community Impact Survey. Bellingen Shire Council Mayor Steve Allan said the information collected from the survey will be used to support advocacy efforts to the state and federal governments for long-term solutions […]
Dr Ben Gooden, CSIRO research scientist, surrounded by fleabane weed. Image GRDC
THE NSW Government has granted $1 million to Australia’s national science agency the CSIRO to carry out biocontrol research to help control invasive weeds. Biocontrol reduces weeds by deploying natural biological agents, such as fungi or insects, and is considered increasingly important as an environment-friendly, self-sustaining and cost-effective weed-management tool. Invasive weeds cost Australian agriculture […]
