FOUR-YEAR funding is being made available to local organisations to combat the impact of priority weeds, updating a previously annual grant program. The new $40.7 million NSW Weeds Action Program (WAP) is a key component of the NSW Government’s Biosecurity Action Plan, with funding being provided to 97 Local Control Authorities (LCA). Minister for Agriculture […]
Bridge Construction and Maintenance apprentice Maddi Ormsby. Photo: NSW Gov.
SEVENTY-ONE new apprentices and trainees are kicking off their careers at Transport for NSW worksites this month. From filling potholes to rebuilding flood‑damaged roads, planning major works and maintaining heavy vehicles, the new Roads Maintenance and Resilience recruits will join and support frontline teams strengthening the state’s transport network. Following group inductions in Wollongong, Newcastle […]
Clean Up volunteers from Toormina community and Sawtell Dunecare. Photo: Dave Wood.
TOORMINA Bushland’s contribution to Clean Up Australia Day resulted in a trailer load of general rubbish, collected within two hours. The event was organised by local resident Brian Steele and included community members and volunteers from Sawtell Dunecare. They worked around the Toormina Community Centre. “While areas adjacent to pathways were generally pretty clean, it […]
Foreshores For All Inc. members cleaned up around the foreshore. Photo: Foreshores For All Inc.
A NUMBER of local groups registered for Clean Up Australia Day, last Sunday 1 March. The nationwide effort to remove litter and protect local environments also included public schools like Ulong and Glenreagh. Community groups included Foreshores For All Inc., Coffs City Rotary, Korora Landcare and Jetty Dunecare. They were joined by individuals who gathered […]
City of Coffs Harbour will look to join the Southern Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils power-buying group through a scheme known as the Program for Energy & Environmental Risk Solutions.
CITY of Coffs Harbour will move to join other councils and lock-in a power supply deal set to deliver “significant financial benefit”. At its meeting on 26 February, Council resolved to give the General Manager delegated authority to enter into a Power Purchasing Agreement. The City currently buys ‘black’ power from Shell Energy for small […]
Cr Tony Judge spoke at the Country Labor Conference. Photo: Tony Judge.
COFFS Harbour Labor Branch members recently joined hundreds of delegates at the Country Labor Conference in Orange. The conference provides important guidance to the State Government on issues affecting regional NSW. Coffs Harbour Branch President Councillor Tony Judge was joined by recent Cowper candidate Greg Vigors, Page candidate Wendy Backhous and well-known multicultural leader Htun […]
The Tesla continues its lonely orbit around the Sun.
ELON’S always in the news isn’t he. Well, he goes way back! In February 2018, the world paused to watch a rocket launch. That’s not unusual. What was unusual was the payload: a cherry-red Tesla Roadster with a mannequin in a spacesuit behind the wheel. The idea came from tech entrepreneur Elon Musk, whose company […]
Federal Member for Cowper Pat Conaghan receives a visit from Chrysalis Steiner School students who have been studying at Coffs Library.
THE Federal Government has announced an investment of $3.8 million for improvements to Summervilles Road. The importance of the road as a second route between Bellingen and Dorrigo has been brought into sharp focus in recent weeks, after a January landslip closed Waterfall Way in both directions. The federal funding will be delivered via the […]
MAYADA Oso’s days are spent supporting the students of Orara High School, a role that contributed to her being named Coffs Harbour’s Young Citizen of the Year. The Student Learning Support Officer received the honour on Australia Day, just days before school resumed for the year. The Orara High community has since congratulated Mayada, describing […]
Emily O’Connor says that dog owners have a responsibility to protect others. Photo: Emily O’Connor.
LAWYERS are warning dog owners to be aware of their legal responsibilities in the wake of a Nambucca Valley dog attack. As previously reported in NOTA, 91-year-old Shirley Laverty suffered a dog attack in her Macksville garden in late January that resulted in hospitalisation with significant injury and trauma. While there is no public information […]
