WAR in the Middle East is having direct impacts on the prices of basic commodities in Australia, including petrol and other fuels that keep the local economy going. Almost overnight, the geopolitical shape of the world instigated panic that filtered through global supply chains. Unleaded petrol is now averaging over $2/litre in many areas of […]
Works have successfully progressed at the landslip site on Taylors Arm Road, located about 4.7kms west of Macksville, where remediation is expected to be completed this week, weather depending. (Photo: supplied.
Works have successfully progressed at the landslip site on Taylors Arm Road, located about 4.7kms west of Macksville, where remediation is expected to be completed this week, weather depending. (Photo: supplied. Nambucca Valley Mayor Gary Lee (pictured second from right) visited construction sites for landslip remediations on Thursday 5 March. Photo: supplied. LANDSLIP remediation works […]
The Tesla continues its lonely orbit around the Sun.
ELON’S always in the news isn’t he. Well, he goes way back! In February 2018, the world paused to watch a rocket launch. That’s not unusual. What was unusual was the payload: a cherry-red Tesla Roadster with a mannequin in a spacesuit behind the wheel. The idea came from tech entrepreneur Elon Musk, whose company […]
FOUR-YEAR funding is being made available to local organisations to combat the impact of priority weeds, updating a previously annual grant program. The new $40.7 million NSW Weeds Action Program (WAP) is a key component of the NSW Government’s Biosecurity Action Plan, with funding being provided to 97 Local Control Authorities (LCA). Minister for Agriculture […]
Federal Member for Cowper Pat Conaghan receives a visit from Chrysalis Steiner School students who have been studying at Coffs Library.
THE Federal Government has announced an investment of $3.8 million for improvements to Summervilles Road. The importance of the road as a second route between Bellingen and Dorrigo has been brought into sharp focus in recent weeks, after a January landslip closed Waterfall Way in both directions. The federal funding will be delivered via the […]
Emily O’Connor says that dog owners have a responsibility to protect others. Photo: Emily O’Connor.
LAWYERS are warning dog owners to be aware of their legal responsibilities in the wake of a Nambucca Valley dog attack. As previously reported in NOTA, 91-year-old Shirley Laverty suffered a dog attack in her Macksville garden in late January that resulted in hospitalisation with significant injury and trauma. While there is no public information […]
FOR ten years, the Wyz Wimmin & Friends Theatre Company has been bringing wholly original productions to audiences on the Mid North Coast. Right now, they are rehearsing the retrospective ‘Play it Again’, which opens at Bowraville Theatre on Sunday 1 March at 2.00pm, before going on tour. “Giving new life to characters that audiences […]
Buyers are once again looking to escape to the regions in search of a better value and quality of life. Photo: PMHC.
WITH the prospect of paying at least $1 million for a home in many of Australia’s capital cities, buyers are once again looking to escape to the country. The regional property market surged in the three months to January, outpacing the capitals, according to figures from data firm Cotality released on Wednesday. Dwelling values rose […]
Warren Mason performing at Tin Camp Studio at Lightning Ridge. Photo Outback Outloud Rainy King.
ARTS Mid North Coast (AMNC) has welcomed the NSW Government’s launch of “Heartland: A Plan for Regional NSW Arts, Culture and Creative Industries 2026–2035”, backed by a $5.2 million investment aimed at strengthening arts, culture and creative industries across regional NSW. AMNC is the Regional Arts Development Organisation (RADO) and peak body for arts and […]
FED up farmers and families facing poor regional, rural and remote mobile services are being encouraged to “keep complaining”. The latest report from the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman (TIO) revealed an increase in complaints in NSW, with almost a quarter coming from regional areas. A total of 4,285 complaints were made by people in NSW, up […]
