BONVILLE-Boambee VIEW Club is calling on the community to embrace the festive season’s spirit of giving and help raise funds for The Smith Family’s Christmas Appeal, to ensure thousands of students experiencing disadvantage can be supported in their education in 2026. The charity aims to raise $4.9 million nationally through the appeal, which will provide […]
CHOWN coordinator Lorraine Penn with 2025 Young Citizen of the Year Nathan Armstrong, Mayor Nikki Williams, UTS Assoc. Prof. Bhuva Narayan and Dr Moira Scerri.
COFFS Harbour Older Women’s Network (CHOWN) has hosted a Smart Tech workshop to help people ageing in their own homes live safely and independently. Delivered by the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) through the Trustworthy Digital Society Project, the sessions gave participants the opportunity to explore smart devices such as voice assistants, lighting controls, and […]
Representatives from Shearwater Lodge, Tour de Rocks and the Rotary Club of Coffs Harbour with project lead Sarah Edwards (front right).
Shearwater Lodge at Coffs Harbour Health Campus. Representatives from Shearwater Lodge, Tour de Rocks and the Rotary Club of Coffs Harbour with project lead Sarah Edwards (front right). SHEARWATER Lodge (SWL) will celebrate its 20th anniversary on Saturday 15 November. Established as a Rotary Club of Coffs Harbour initiative to provide low-cost accommodation to Coffs […]
Schools participate in ReThink Waste 2025.
Schools participate in ReThink Waste 2025. Schools participate in ReThink Waste 2025. Schools participate in ReThink Waste 2025. OzGREEN is calling on schools across the Coffs Harbour area to apply for a place in the Rethink Waste Schools 2026 Program – a free, hands-on initiative designed to inspire young people to […]
Australian Museum Lead Scientist for FrogID Dr Jodi Rowley.
THE Australian Museum’s FrogID Week is on, finishing at midnight on Sunday 16 November. Australia’s biggest citizen science project and the world’s biggest frog count, FrogID Week encourages the public to make a meaningful contribution to scientific understanding of the world. The free FrogID app enables anyone with a smartphone to record different frog species […]
Chris Bowen says you don't have to have solar panels on your roof to reap the benefits. Photo: Lukas Coch/AAP
ENERGY retailers say they’ve been blindsided by reforms promising free electricity to hundreds of thousands of Australians during peak solar power hours. The Solar Sharer program, announced by the federal government last Tuesday, would give consumers free access to electricity for three hours each day as part of the default offer available. Households in NSW, […]
RECONCILIATION, cultural respect and truth telling are strongly supported across the Enterprise & Training Company (ETC) organisation. The local not-for-profit provider of employment, training, and business services has shared the results of its recent Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) Barometer staff survey, highlighting the values held by its employees and their commitment to creating a more […]
2025 Pia Dollmann award winner Nick Lambert with Mayor Nikki Williams.
2025 Pia Dollmann award winner Nick Lambert with Mayor Nikki Williams. Mayor Nikki Williams with Dee Wallace Award winners, Green Bluff Landcare: Jan Allen, Deb Kelly, Craig Bellamy, Cathy Willis and Lindy Davis. Eileen Moody Award winner John Wackett with Mayor Nikki Williams and Cr Jonathan Cassell. COFFS Harbour Regional Landcare’s (CHRL) annual awards took […]
STUDYING the lived experience of children and young people living in kinship care is at the centre of a groundbreaking Australian Research Council-funded project, led by Southern Cross University (SCU). The research seeks to reimagine how to strengthen belonging, identity and wellbeing for those growing up in kinship care. Leading the project is SCU Professor […]
The cost to farmers of grain for feral pig trapping and baiting can be significant. Photo: supplied.
LANDHOLDERS across NSW are being encouraged to take advantage of $850,000 worth of free grain and bait on offer as part of a statewide crackdown on feral pigs. The funding is part of the Government’s Feral Pig and Pest Program with funding from the State’s more than $1 billion biosecurity budget. It is the third […]
