NEW routes and modernised coaches have been unveiled as part of a major upgrade to NSW TrainLink coach services. A 36 percent funding increase across the NSW TrainLink coach network will lift total funding to $290 million over the next nine years. From 1 July, 14 coach operators will run 49 routes across the NSW […]

RECREATIONAL fishers are invited to have their say on which NSW dams and impoundments they would like to see stocked with their favourite freshwater fish species, as the NSW Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) develops its stocking program for the year ahead. DPIRD Aquaculture Director Ian Lyall said NSW is home to […]

TEN new crimefighters are now serving the Coffs Coast following an attestation ceremony last week at the NSW Police Force Academy in Goulburn. The new probationary constables began their work with the Coffs-Clarence Police District on Monday, 4 May. “This is a great day for the Coffs Coast and an important boost to police numbers […]

BELLINGEN Shire Council has released the findings of its Waterfall Way Business and Community Impact Survey, capturing the far-reaching effects of the nine-week road closure on residents, businesses and community organisations. The key link road connecting Bellingen to Dorrigo and beyond was closed after a landslip at Gordonville Cutting on January 19. The survey, which […]

CITY of Coffs Harbour Council voted to place the draft Opal Cove Voluntary Planning Agreement (VPA) on public exhibition at its meeting on 23 April. The draft VPA is tied to a development application for a subdivision of land which would see the creation of three community title lots, demolition of existing Opal Cove Resort […]

POTENTIAL changes to negative gearing or capital gains tax in the federal budget would not be breaking the trust of voters, the treasurer says. As Jim Chalmers prepares to hand down his fifth budget, the government faces accusations it is coming after “mum and dad” investors as family trusts join capital gains tax discounts and […]