MEMBER for Oxley Michael Kemp says the CSIRO’s National Koala Monitoring Program (NKMP) has revealed a staggering leap in koala numbers that “upends years of alarmism”. The 2025 report estimates the listed population across NSW, Qld and the ACT is between 398,000 and 569,000, a dramatic rise from the 2024 estimate of just 95,000 to […]
Visiting group representatives: Wanthella Group Vice President Sonia O’Keefe (Walcha Branch), State Vice President Leonie Fish (South Grafton Evening Branch), North Coast Group Vice President Trish Stabback (Woolgoolga Branch), Hunter Group Immediate Past President Deborah Schaefer (Nelson Bay Branch), Hunter River Group’s Penelope Fenley (Merriwa Branch), North Coast Group President Leonie Saunders (Yamba Branch), North Coast Group Secretary Jodie Williams (Coffs Harbour Branch), Mid North Coast Group President Lyn Moore (Port Macquarie Branch) and State President Tanya Jolly.
Mid North Coast Group office bearers for 2026: Pauline Cain (Publicity), Chrystine Bouffler (International), Lexie Burton (Land Cookery), Tanya Jolly (State President), Carmel James (Vice President), Lyn Moore (Group President), Doreen Burns (Vice President), Yvette Smith (Social Issues), Donna Kemp (Ag and Environment), Barbara Veness (Vice President), Eunice Roberts (Secretary), Kathy Jeanes (Cultural), Janella […]
The Big Banana was lit up blue especially for Beatrix.
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 […]
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 are 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 […]
The Country Women’s Association North Coast Group Executive.
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.
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.
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 […]
The headspace team: Emily, Taz, Geordy, Janene, and Sharleen.
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 […]
Koala scats found in Tuckers Nob State Forest. Photo: CQU.
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 […]
