This year’s tagline for GambleAware Week is: “Now we see it, let’s talk about it.” Photo: magnific.
IT is GambleAware Week and this year the NSW Government wants to open up the conversation on gambling harm to encourage more people to seek advice or support when needed. GambleAware provides free and confidential support to people experiencing gambling harm, whether from their own or someone else’s gambling, and GambleAware Week is a chance […]
The proposed legislation would deliver significant payroll tax reforms. Photo: Magnific.
THE NSW Liberal and National parties have proposed reforms to existing payroll tax legislation that they say could provide relief for small and family businesses struggling with rising costs. Coffs Harbour MP, Shadow Minister for Small Business and NSW Nationals Leader, Gurmesh Singh, says the legislation will put the Liberals and Nationals’ signature payroll tax […]
Photos of the NSW Police Force’s Armed Response Command in training. Photos: NSW Police Multimedia.
Photos of the NSW Police Force’s Armed Response Command in training. Photos: NSW Police Multimedia. Photos of the NSW Police Force’s Armed Response Command in training. Photos: NSW Police Multimedia. IN coming weeks, heavily armed officers, rifles and specialist vehicles may be spotted on the streets as the NSW Police Force’s Armed Response Command (ARC) […]
When rain droplets crash into airborne pollen, the pollen grains are broken into tiny particles and can then get further into the lungs. Photo: Magnific.
TEN years ago, 10 Australians lost their lives during the world’s largest and most catastrophic thunderstorm asthma event. Several thousand others, including people who had no past history of asthma, experienced breathing difficulties. With the grass pollen season now under way, the National Asthma Council of Australia is reminding Australians to protect themselves and their […]
Movement such as walking can significantly reduce symptoms of depression, as can regular social connection. Photo: Magnific.
OCTOBER marks the start of Mental Health Month, and with spring in full swing, Black Dog Institute is calling on Australians to put One Foot Forward. As the weather warms and the days grow longer, many people find it easier to get outside and get moving, making October an ideal time to build habits that […]
E-BIKE riders have been issued the following warning: if an illegal e-bike is located and confiscated by NSW Police, it won’t be going back onto the street. Last week the first batch of 23 illegal e-bikes seized under new NSW Government laws was crushed, in a graphic demonstration of the state’s crackdown. The bikes were […]
SLSNC members with Newcastle Permanent's Nathan Selway Chard, SLSNC President Les Pepper and Coffs Harbour MP Gurmesh Singh.
THE temperature is rising and the flags are up as the Coffs Coast region prepares for another summer by the water. Surf Life Saving North Coast (SLSNC) welcomed the new season with its annual Raising of the Flags ceremony, which took place on Saturday, 26 September at Woolgoolga SLS Club. SLSNC President Les Pepper highlighted […]
FIRE and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) Coffs Harbour is experiencing calls for its service due to situations that might not have arisen if residents had given their place a recent clean-up. Across the state, FRNSW is encouraging the community to spring-clean responsibly and help reduce the risk of fire on their properties. “We recently responded to […]
COFFS Harbour Councillor Paul Amos has expressed disappointment after his motion calling for a stronger strategic focus on additional residential land and industrial land in the Coffs Harbour Local Government Area was defeated at Council. The revised motion asked Council to adopt a strategic position that Coffs Harbour should identify and plan for additional suitable […]
John Ridgeway and Neville Lilley were raised in the Karuah Mission and spent many hours working in oyster sheds throughout Port Stephens. Photo: Supplied by John Clarke.
King Billy Ridgeway, sons and grandsons culling oysters at Pindimar 1915. Large numbers of Worimi people formed a trusted and extremely competent work force in the local oyster industry for many years. Photo: Supplied by John Clarke. John Ridgeway and Neville Lilley were raised in the Karuah Mission and spent many hours working in oyster […]
