COAL mine expansions are on the cards for at least another 25 years under NSW’s new mining road map at odds with its environment commission. The NSW government announced its coal industry outlook for 2026-2050 on Thursday, saying it will no longer consider new coal mines but applications to extend existing mines will be assessed. […]

CONSTRUCTION of a new Moonee Beach footbridge is set to begin in June 2027, following a long-awaited funding commitment from the NSW Government. For years the footbridge provided access over Sugar Mill Creek, a Crown waterway, connecting Coffs Coast Regional Park and Green Bluff to Crown land managed by Reflections Holidays. It served as a […]

IT WAS a tense City of Coffs Harbour’s Council meeting on 19 March as two motions about the Jetty Foreshores revitalisation proposal were raised and defeated. Councillor Jonathan Cassell proposed a motion asking Council to note community responses to the June 2025 public exhibition; a Government Information Public Access (GIPA) application; and parliamentary intervention to […]

The crowd gathered at Bellingen Park. Photo: supplied, Bob Brown Foundation. Marchers went up and down Bellingen’s main street. Photo: supplied, Bob Brown Foundation. After the march, some went to Pine Creek State Forest to highlight their call for a forest bridge. Photo: supplied, Bob Brown Foundation. APPROXIMATELY 500 people braved the rain to take […]

AFTER being closed for two months, Waterfall Way was opened to traffic on Sunday – restoring a vital link for the North Coast. The major access route between Bellingen and Dorrigo has been closed since 19 January due a landslip, causing significant impacts to residents, businesses and organisations in the Bellingen Shire. Temporary repairs to […]