A NEW trial is rolling out in regional NSW to test expanding community transport eligibility to help transport disadvantaged people access education, training and employment. Currently, community transport is a service available to transport disadvantaged people such as eligible seniors, pensioners, those with accessibility needs or those who have limited access to public transport. Under […]
DEAR News Of The Area, I would like to respond to this letter: “Today’s young people want everything now” (NOTA, 22 May.) Yes, Dawn Lewis from Bellingen, both wages AND house prices were lower in our parents’ day, but that gap has been widening significantly. In 1984, the average home cost about 3.3 times the […]
Corey Tutt OAM and artist Ben Williams at the Australian Book Industry Awards in Sydney. Photo: supplied.
Corey Tutt OAM and artist Ben Williams at the Australian Book Industry Awards in Sydney. Photo: supplied. Promoting Come Home, Bigibila in Melbourne. Photo: Corey Tutt. COREY Tutt OAM has been in a whirl of media interviews, school visits and book store appearances since he and Aboriginal artist Ben Williams won Book […]
DEAR News Of The Area, IT IS apparent that the most effective way for a politician to attract votes is to run a fear campaign. This is, in large part, due to the way our brains work. Change creates uncertainty and uncertainty creates resistance. Amplify this through traditional and online media and people can be […]
Nambucca Valley Council’s roads crew and Indigenous team members Zac Stadhams (L) and Dwayne Donovan (R), with Works Engineer Tim Morrison. Photo: NVC.
Nambucca Valley Council’s roads crew and Indigenous team members Zac Stadhams (L) and Dwayne Donovan (R), with Works Engineer Tim Morrison. Photo: NVC. Gathering for National Sorry Day were Gumbaynggirr Elders, councillors, Council staff and community members. Photo: NVC. Aunty Sandra Buchanan and Gary Williams of Muurrbay Aboriginal Language and Culture Cooperative. Photo: NVC. Nambucca […]
North Coast Local Land Services Officer Allira Jackman and Nambucca Valley Council Environmental Project Officer Keegan Noble looking for water bugs found in the Nambucca River at Goldie’s Park, Bowraville. Photo: NVC.
North Coast Local Land Services Officer Allira Jackman and Nambucca Valley Council Environmental Project Officer Keegan Noble looking for water bugs found in the Nambucca River at Goldie’s Park, Bowraville. Photo: NVC. Children help scientists and volunteers sort through the macroinvertebrates found during Macro Muster 10 at Bellingen Showground. Photo: NVC. FOR the third year […]
Dan Wren a picture of concentration on the new pool table at Nambucca Golf Club.
Dan Wren a picture of concentration on the new pool table at Nambucca Golf Club. Rainbow in the distance but a false horizon for Dave Mattacott as he was lumbered with a one-armed partner at Nambucca on Saturday. GEOFF McCann is not that we know of a very naughty boy but his ball did take […]
MATTHEW passes away in hospital at the age of 80 years after a short battle with an aggressive form of cancer. He is survived by his wife, Wendy, and their daughter, Penny. The medical practitioner responsible for Matthew’s medical care completes the form required to notify the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages of the […]
Magpies are Australia’s most-seen bird according to the latest national count. Photo: Kim Duggan.
THE results of the 12th national bird count are in, with the Australian Magpie taking out top spot. The Aussie Bird Count was held last October and saw a record breaking five million birds counted over one week. Organiser, Birdlife Australia, said 64,000 citizen scientists took part in the event. Half of all surveys included […]
