A NATIONAL childcare worker register should show the employment history of staff after revelations an accused child abuser was sacked from one facility but continued working unimpeded. Joshua Dale Brown, 26, has been charged with more than 70 sex offences against eight alleged victims aged under two at a childcare centre in Melbourne. Authorities have […]
Terry Tweedie will run the new Justice of The Peace desk at Coffs Court House.
THE Coffs Coast Justice of the Peace (JP) Association has opened a new community desk at the Coffs Harbour Courthouse – its thirteenth between Yamba and Nambucca Heads. The desk will be run by Terry Tweedie, who has over 45 years’ experience as a JP. Closed five years ago during COVID, the reopened desk will […]
MOTORISTS are advised of changed traffic conditions on Waterfall Way near Bullock Creek, Ebor for pavement rehabilitation and widening work. Work will be carried out from Thursday 24 July for three months and is expected to be completed by 30 October 2025, weather permitting. Work hours are weekdays from 9am to 5pm. A single lane […]
NSW GREENS MP Cate Faehrmann and Coffs Harbour councillor Jonathan Cassell joined a well-attended public gathering in Coramba last week, with local residents condemning ongoing forestry operations in nearby state forests. Attendees raised their concerns about logging at Mount Coramba, an area within the footprint of the proposed and long-awaited Great Koala National Park (GKNP). […]
The recent HAB in South Australia has impacted important habitat and resulted in the death of thousands of fish, sharks, rays and other marine life.
The recent HAB in South Australia has impacted important habitat and resulted in the death of thousands of fish, sharks, rays and other marine life. The recent HAB in South Australia has impacted important habitat and resulted in the death of thousands of fish, sharks, rays and other marine life. MARINE algal blooms are the […]
Simmo with his kids and the Red Cross Emergency Services team at the Big Banana last year.
Simmo with his kids and the Red Cross Emergency Services team at the Big Banana last year. Simmo called in to the Coffs Harbour Lifeblood Donor Centre in 2024. Red Cross Emergency Services Team Leader Judy Jackson, with Simon at the Coffs Harbour Lifeblood Donor Centre. Simmo with the Corindi SES in the Coffs Harbour […]
Sean Hayes, Program Services Manager Open Minds for Lismore and Coffs.
Sean Hayes, Program Services Manager Open Minds for Lismore and Coffs. Stan Ward spoke about his personal experience accessing mental health support at the Centre. THE Coffs Harbour Medicare Mental Health Centre has celebrated supporting nearly 500 locals in its first year of operation. The walk-in service, funded through Healthy North Coast, is located at […]
Margaret McCue (far left) was an environmental activist and storyteller. Photo: Bellingen Environment Centre.
THE Coffs Coast environment movement is saddened by the passing of passionate environmentalist and campaigner Maggie (Margaret) McCue. She was the driving force behind the Coffs Harbour Environment Centre, and was involved in the Emerald Beach Ocean Outfall campaign, the creation of Bongil Bongil National Park, and in numerous forest protests. Maggie was an esteemed […]
‘I'm feeling very energised about parliament coming back,’ Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says. Photo: Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS.
PRIME Minister Anthony Albanese has backed a greater role for the government in childcare as he prepares to push through legislation tightening up the sector following horrifying allegations of child abuse at Melbourne early learning centres. Universal affordable childcare was identified by the prime minister during the recent federal election as the one reform he’d […]
The opening of the bush tucker garden was a family affair. Photo: Sandbag.
The opening of the bush tucker garden was a family affair. Photo: Sandbag. The garden is the first in Coffs Harbour on public land. IT WAS a day of “cultural immersion” for the official opening of the Sandy Beach Bushtucker garden on Saturday 12 July. The event was organised as a family […]
