Beatrix has faced her many challenges with a smile. The Big Banana was lit up blue especially for Beatrix. WHEN tiny Beatrix “Bea” Lambert arrived in December 2023, she weighed just 887 grams. Born at only 26 weeks and diagnosed with severe cerebral palsy, chronic lung disease, microcephaly, cortical visual impairment, and severe dysphagia, Bea […]
Doctors hail Medicare changes as win for rural patients
SOME elderly rural cancer patients live on farms with limited connectivity, hundreds of kilometres from the closest computer and even further from their doctor. These are the kinds of marginalised patients who will be helped by hard-fought new telehealth Medicare rebates, allowing for longer telephone consultations with specialists, medical oncologist Christopher Steer says. The new […]
Foster carers in high demand on the Mid North Coast
MID NORTH COAST residents are being urged to consider becoming foster carers due to a significant demand for children needing the love and support of a safe and stable home. Life Without Barriers’ NSW regional director for NSW Family Base Care North services, Benn Anderson, said many children are unable to live with their families […]
Country Women’s Association North Coast Group holds AGM
The Country Women’s Association North Coast Group Executive. Nursing grant recipient Sarah Brown with CWA North Coast Group Group President Leonie Saunders. Nursing grant recipient Mahaila Matheson with CWA North Coast Group Group President Leonie Saunders. THE Country Women’s Association (CWA) North Coast Group held their annual meeting on Wednesday 15 October at the Salvation […]
Pink Silk Trust’s Amanda Martin and Craig Leece with Australian Cancer Research Foundation’s Victoria Bonsey.
Pink Silks Trust donates to Australian Cancer Research Foundation
LOCAL charity the Pink Silks Trusts (PST), has donated $10,000 to the Australian Cancer Research Foundation (ACRF), whose mission is to create a world without cancer by backing bold, lifesaving cancer research. The donation, raised through events organised by a team of eight hard-working volunteers, will help to improve cancer diagnosis and treatment for kidney […]
Member for Coffs Harbour Gurmesh Singh visited Lower Bucca Community Preschool to support the Start Strong Pay Fair campaign.
A fair go for our community preschools
MEMBER for Coffs Harbour Gurmesh Singh is supporting the Start Strong Pay Fair campaign to boost wages for early childhood teachers in community preschools. Early childhood teachers hold the same level of university qualifications and degrees as primary school teachers, and the same HECS debt. Despite this, they are paid up to 30 percent less […]
Coffs Harbour celebrates headspace Day
The headspace team: Emily, Taz, Geordy, Janene, and Sharleen. headspace Day event in City Square Coffs Harbour. Geordy, Sharleen, Dr Alayne, Cecelia, Emily, Cindy and Suzanne on headspace Day. HEADSPACE Coffs Harbour celebrated “headspace Day” on 9 October with a fun, interactive community event in Coffs Central City Square. The event, in partnership with Lady […]
Concerns koalas are at risk from logging in Tuckers Nob
Locals say koalas are still at risk from logging. Photo: Friends of Tuckers Nob. Koala scats found in Tuckers Nob State Forest. Photo: CQU. WHILE most local conservationists have been filled with optimism after the announcement of the Great Kola National Park (GKNP), others are dismayed that Tuckers Nob State Forest near Coffs Harbour was […]
Students from Coffs Harbour Senior College and Bellingen High School with Graham Cumming and Sean Baxter of UPG geospatial solutions.
Coffs Harbour 2025 Surveying Unleashed event
Students from Coffs Harbour Senior College and Bellingen High School with Graham Cumming and Sean Baxter of UPG geospatial solutions. Surveyor Darryl Smidt with Coffs Harbour High School students. SIXTY-FIVE Years 10 and 11 students from Bellingen High, Coffs Harbour High, Coffs Harbour Senior College and Maclean High, have spent a day with 20 local, […]
Economic opportunity for rural landholders under City of Coffs Harbour proposal
CITY of Coffs Harbour is looking to strengthen economic opportunity on rural properties by allowing landholders to run small-scale events like destination weddings, and to set up artisan food and drink operations on their land. At its meeting on 23 October, Council voted to send its planning proposal to the NSW Department of Planning, Housing […]
