July 1, 2025
Locals demand urgent action at Valla Beach intersection after string of crashes Member for Oxley Michael Kemp MP criticised Transport for NSW for dismissing repeated crashes as driver error, despite what he described as consistent concerns raised by locals and frontline responders.
Regional

Locals demand urgent action at Valla Beach intersection after string of crashes

Member for Oxley Michael Kemp MP criticised Transport for NSW for dismissing repeated crashes as driver error, despite what he described as consistent concerns raised by locals and frontline responders. Michael Kemp MP engages with the more than 70 concerned locals at the intersection of Valla Beach Road and Giinagay Way last week. THE frustration […]

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E-petition launched to secure additional flood support The Local Land Services team is available to support landholders impacted by the recent floods
Government

E-petition launched to secure additional flood support

AN E-PETITION is now available on the NSW Parliament website calling for upgraded support to assist Hunter and Mid North Coast communities devastated by the May flood. It has now been more than a month since parts of the Mid North Coast were impacted by severe weather which saw more than 5,000 properties inundated and […]

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Pleas to fix Valla Beach intersection fall on ‘deaf ears’ NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey delivers the 2025/26 NSW State Budget on Tuesday. Photo: AAP Image/Dean Lewins.
Community, Government

Pleas to fix Valla Beach intersection fall on ‘deaf ears’

“THE community has seen 20 accidents in 20 months. It’s dangerous and it needs fixing.” The argument to upgrade the Valla Beach intersection is simple, and it is one Oxley MP Michael Kemp has taken to the Minister for Roads Jenny Aitchison and Transport for NSW (TfNSW) for the past 14 months. Yet Tuesday’s State […]

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Estimated thousands trapped in Australian farm slavery A parliamentary inquiry has been told imported fruit pickers were subjected to prolonged suffering. Photo: AP PHOTO/ Robert F. Bukaty.
Regional

Estimated thousands trapped in Australian farm slavery

A BACKPACKER hoping for a memorable working holiday on an Australian farm finds himself crammed into a house with 17 people, eating dry bread and deprived of sunshine and fresh air. After arriving on a visa from China, the young man had headed to a small town on the NSW coast in 2024 to pick […]

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Treasurer throws down gauntlet for ‘crucial’ tax reform Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers. Photo: AAP Image/Lukas Coch.
Government, National

Treasurer throws down gauntlet for ‘crucial’ tax reform

THE groundwork has been laid for Australia’s most substantive attempt at tax reform in more than two decades as the treasurer promises to “grasp the nettle” on the thorny issue. Outlining his government’s economic agenda for its second term of parliament, Jim Chalmers threw down the gauntlet to industry, media, civil society and the political […]

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Nambucca Valley yarn lovers join global movement Yarn Lovers Unite! members Kathleen Chalmers, Maureen Stewart, Robyn Mattick, Tracey Costa and Yvonne Roberts.
Community

Nambucca Valley yarn lovers join global movement

THE Nambucca Valley’s Yarn Lovers Unite! group gathered at Café Eighteen in Nambucca Plaza to commemorate Worldwide Knit in Public Day on Saturday, 14 June. Members enjoyed warm beverages and got to work on knitting and crochet projects. “Quite a few people stopped by to ask us what we were doing or to talk about […]

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Don’t chuck your lithium-ion batteries in the bin, says Coffs FRNSW Coles Coffs Harbour provides a battery recycling bin in the carpark pedestrian entrance.
Local News

Don’t chuck your lithium-ion batteries in the bin, says Coffs FRNSW

Coles Coffs Harbour provides a battery recycling bin in the carpark pedestrian entrance. The battery recycling bin in Woolworths Coffs City. Coffs Harbour’s FRNSW Acting Station Officer Tim George. LITHIUM-ION batteries are the fastest growing fire risk in NSW They power phones, laptops, e-bikes, e-scooters, power tools and even vacuum cleaners. “Lithium batteries make life […]

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Farming body welcomes NSW Gov ag funding Premier Chris Minns with students at Tocal College last Friday.
Government

Farming body welcomes NSW Gov ag funding

Premier Chris Minns with students at Tocal College last Friday. Premier Chris Minns with students at Tocal College last Friday. The state government has committed more than $140 million to the agriculture sector. Photo: DPIRD. THE State Government will invest over $140 million of new funding to “safeguard the future of NSW’s agricultural industry”. On […]

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CWA members join ShoreTrack for a morning of connection and community Jenny Boys, June Rossington, Julia Sweeney and Marg Duffus of the CWA Nambucca Valley Evening Branch, during their visit to ShoreTrack. Photo: supplied.
Local News

CWA members join ShoreTrack for a morning of connection and community

FOUR members of the Nambucca Valley Evening Branch of the Country Women’s Association (CWA) paid a special visit to ShoreTrack to experience firsthand the inspiring work being done with local youth. CWA members Jenny Boys, June Rossington, Julia Sweeney and Marg Duffus were warmly welcomed at the ShoreTrack facility, where they took part in a […]

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