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SCU students awarded for ground-breaking coastal management work

Emeritus Professor Bruce Thom AM with PhD candidates Chris Klaas and Muhammad Islami. Photo: East Coast Conferences. Student award winners Chris Klaas and Muhammad Islami with their supervisor Professor Kirsten Benkendorff. Chris Klaas with a leaf oyster. Photo: Chris Klaas. Muhammad Islami on his River Research project. Photo: Southern Cross University. TWO PhD candidates from […]

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Coffs Harbour’s Evangelene Rushforth awarded Apprentice of the Year

GTNT Group CEO Kathryn Stenson, Apprentice of the Year Evangelene Rushforth and GTNT Group Employment Services Manager Emma Koerner. Evangelene in the GTNT workshop on Groote Eylandt. Evangelene Rushforth was named the Apprentice of the Year at the 2025 Australian Training Awards. COFFS born and schooled Evangelene Rushforth, the Apprentice of the Year in the […]

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Toormina Public School opens ‘Food For Thought’ garden

Toormina Public School’s Food For Thought Garden. The garden is the result of a year’s work. TOORMINA Public School has officially opened its Food For Thought Garden, following a year-long collaborative effort involving students, local businesses, families, friends, and sponsors. Driven by the school’s P&C Project Co-creator Christey Ferreira, the garden came about after parents […]

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Bonville Sawtell Lions celebrate year-end with student presentations

BONVILLE Sawtell Lions Club members marked a successful first half-year at their Christmas meeting, which included giving cash to local schools for end-of-year student awards. “We thank the City of Coffs Harbour Council for a Community Grant of $1650 which helped finance the presentations,” club spokesperson Ida Scolari told News Of The Area. “The eight […]

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Coffs student works backstage at Schools SpecFest

Coffs Harbour Senior School student Grace Sutherland operates the gear. Coffs Harbour Senior School student Grace Sutherland operates the gear. COFFS Harbour Senior College Year 12 student Grace Sutherland, was among 6000 students participating in the world’s largest amateur variety show, the Schools Spectacular at Sydney’s Qudos Bank Arena on 29-30 November. Grace is studying […]

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Bellingen student named Aboriginal Employment Strategy’s School-Based Trainee of the Year

AES School-Based Trainee of the Year, Della Byrnes (left). Della Byrnes (front) on the land. Della Byrnes takes part in a trainee discussion panel. DELLA Byrnes,17, has been named Aboriginal Employment Strategy’s (AES) School-Based Trainee of the Year, receiving her award at a special awards ceremony in Sydney. Della has just completed Year 12 at […]

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Kororo Public School raises $9,800 in prizes

A RAFFLE has been launched to support a wellbeing officer role at Kororo Public School, with almost $10,000 worth of prizes up for grabs. The Kororo Public School P&C’s “Support Kororo, Win Big!” raffle will be drawn on Wednesday, 17 December. Entries close at 4pm that day. It’s the local school P&C’s biggest community raffle […]

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Hands-on: Bishop Druitt College students sorting and packing for Christmas Appeal

THE dedicated group of young students in Bishop Druitt College’s Primary Service Club are playing a key role in this year’s BDC Christmas Appeal. They have been sorting donations, packing hampers, and encouraging their peers to give generously. Each year, the BDC community comes together to support families and individuals doing it tough across the […]

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Kororo Public School raises $9,800 in prizes

A RAFFLE has been launched to support a wellbeing officer role at Kororo Public School, with almost $10,000 worth of prizes up for grabs. The Kororo Public School P&C’s “Support Kororo, Win Big!” raffle will be drawn on Wednesday, 17 December. Entries close at 4pm that day. It’s the local school P&C’s biggest community raffle […]

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Call for Coffs Harbour Schools to join free Rethink Waste program

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 […]