Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers. Photo: AAP Image/Lukas Coch.
THE groundwork has been laid for Australia’s most substantive attempt at tax reform in more than two decades as the treasurer promises to “grasp the nettle” on the thorny issue. Outlining his government’s economic agenda for its second term of parliament, Jim Chalmers threw down the gauntlet to industry, media, civil society and the political […]
Community members were detained by police after halting logging operations. Photo: Bellingen Activist Network.
Community members were detained by police after halting logging operations. Photo: Bellingen Activist Network. A drone image of a logged area of Orara East State Forest. Photo: Photo: Bellingen Activist Network. FORTY people gathered at a locked gate outside Orara East State Forest on 18 June, with 25 singing and dancing their way into the […]
The Local Land Services team is available to support landholders impacted by the recent floods
AN E-PETITION is now available on the NSW Parliament website calling for upgraded support to assist Hunter and Mid North Coast communities devastated by the May flood. It has now been more than a month since parts of the Mid North Coast were impacted by severe weather which saw more than 5,000 properties inundated and […]
Connor Roberts won a silver medal in 3D Digital Game Art. Photo: TAFE NSW.
TAFE NSW Coffs Harbour students performed very well at the WorldSkills Australia 2025 National Championships, held in Brisbane from 12-14 June. Connor Roberts claimed a silver medal in 3D Digital Game Art and received the award at the medal ceremony on Sunday in front of hundreds of vocational students from across the country. Fynn Robins […]
Downtown Coffs Harbour in 2009.
A COMPREHENSIVE study of the Coffs Creek floodplain – including a prioritised list of potential measures to further mitigate flood risk – has been endorsed by City of Coffs Harbour Council. At its meeting on 19 June, Council resolved to back the Coffs Creek Floodplain Risk Management Study and Plan which was placed on public […]
Blueberry prices are expected to remain high with recent flooding destroying Australian crops. Photo: Frank Redward/AAP PHOTOS.
EYE-WATERING prices for blueberries are set to continue but shoppers will be mostly protected elsewhere from recent widespread farm flooding. Extensive rainfall and floods across northern NSW in May left thousands of farmers with crop and cattle losses. About one in four blueberries will not make the shelves this season due to the floods as […]
Marilyn Brien of the Coffs Harbour Daybreak Rotary Club with Taylor Bratton. Taylor diving with a manta ray in the waters off Komodo Island in Indonesia. UNITED States PhD student Taylor Bratton, now studying at the National Marine Science Centre (NMSC) through a collaboration with Coffs Harbour Rotary Club, will make the city her home […]
COFFS City Rotary, in partnership with local hotels and domestic violence agencies Warrina Women’s Refuge and Bluesky, launched the Domestic Violence (DV) Safe Phone initiative on Thursday 12 June at the Toormina Hotel. Since 2020, the charity DV Safe Phone has collected, repaired and distributed free mobile phones to domestic violence victims through their nationwide […]
Bishop Druitt College students set off on one of the toughest school events, the Kokoda Challenge.
Bishop Druitt College students set off on one of the toughest school events, the Kokoda Challenge. Bishop Druitt College students set off on one of the toughest school events, the Kokoda Challenge. IT’S A case of “mission accomplished” for the 60 students and 14 teachers from Bishop Druitt College (BDC) who took on one of […]
Judith Jackson with State Director Ismail Ibrahim and Emergency Services Manager Mark Ludbrooke.
Team leader for Woolgoolga Red Cross Emergency Service Judith Jackson receives the National Emergency Medal from Chairman of the Divisional Advisory Board Nick Young. Judith Jackson with State Director Ismail Ibrahim and Emergency Services Manager Mark Ludbrooke. RED Cross volunteer Judith Jackson, the team leader for Woolgoolga Red Cross Emergency Services, has been presented with […]
