MP Kellie Sloane (centre) is the new leader of the NSW Liberal Party. Photo: Kellie Sloane MP FB.
THE Liberal party’s latest leader has thrown down the gauntlet, vowing to fight with her ailing party as a crucial election looms. First-term MP Kellie Sloane completed her meteoric ascent to the top of the NSW Liberals on Friday after her predecessor Mark Speakman gave way to mounting pressure and resigned. With just 18 months […]
RV Investigator, the 94-metre ocean research vessel seen operating off the Nambucca Valley last week. Photo: supplied.
RV Investigator, the 94-metre ocean research vessel seen operating off the Nambucca Valley last week. Photo: supplied. The transit and research route used by the RV Investigator last week. Photo: supplied. RV Investigator was seen near the mouth of the Nambucca River last week. Photo: supplied. RESIDENTS of the Nambucca Valley were treated to an […]
The meeting attracted representatives from a range of organisations and industries.
The meeting attracted representatives from a range of organisations and industries. The meeting attracted representatives from a range of organisations and industries. LOCK the Nambucca Valley hosted a well-attended meeting at Valla Beach on Sunday, 9 November, bringing together a range of community-based environment groups to discuss issues affecting the health of local river systems. […]
Experts want a national seabird beach monitoring program to help explain why mass deaths happen. Photo: Silke Stuckenbrock/AAP.
BILL Fulton recalls counting 1162 dead birds during a four-and-a-half kilometre morning beach walk. That’s a rough average of one every four metres. But when he tells people about the work and its confronting reality, they’re curiously inclined to dismiss it as kind of normal. “We want people to know that this is different,” Mr […]
The loss of forest canopy has long been claimed to increase the risk of flooding – but actually proving the direct link has proven difficult since the impact of other factors such as changing climate are hard to exclude. Photo: NSW SES.
THE chance of large-scale flooding in a specific catchment area can increase by as much as 700 percent if widespread deforestation has occurred. That is the finding of a new paper by academics who analysed decades of flooding data from regions in Australia which frequently suffer forest fires. The loss of forest canopy has long […]
NAMBUCCA River VIEW Club is calling on the community to embrace the festive season spirit of giving and help raise funds for The Smith Family’s Christmas Appeal, to ensure thousands of students experiencing disadvantage can be supported in their education in 2026. The charity aims to raise $4.9 million nationally through the appeal, which will […]
Chris Bowen says you don't have to have solar panels on your roof to reap the benefits. Photo: Lukas Coch/AAP
ENERGY retailers say they’ve been blindsided by reforms promising free electricity to hundreds of thousands of Australians during peak solar power hours. The Solar Sharer program, announced by the federal government last Tuesday, would give consumers free access to electricity for three hours each day as part of the default offer available. Households in NSW, […]
The cost to farmers of grain for feral pig trapping and baiting can be significant. Photo: supplied.
LANDHOLDERS across NSW are being encouraged to take advantage of $850,000 worth of free grain and bait on offer as part of a statewide crackdown on feral pigs. The funding is part of the Government’s Feral Pig and Pest Program with funding from the State’s more than $1 billion biosecurity budget. It is the third […]
Mountain biking is one of the many activities in the GKNP. Photo: NPWS.
THE National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) has addressed all councils in the footprint of the Great Koala National Park (GKNP). Its key message is how access will be maintained and improved for most current users. City of Coffs Harbour councillor Tony Judge said the most notable aspect of the presentation was “their willingness to […]
Visiting group representatives: Wanthella Group Vice President Sonia O’Keefe (Walcha Branch), State Vice President Leonie Fish (South Grafton Evening Branch), North Coast Group Vice President Trish Stabback (Woolgoolga Branch), Hunter Group Immediate Past President Deborah Schaefer (Nelson Bay Branch), Hunter River Group’s Penelope Fenley (Merriwa Branch), North Coast Group President Leonie Saunders (Yamba Branch), North Coast Group Secretary Jodie Williams (Coffs Harbour Branch), Mid North Coast Group President Lynn Moore (Port Macquarie Branch) and State President Tanya Jolly.
Mid North Coast Group office bearers for 2026: Pauline Cain (Publicity), Chrystine Bouffler (International), Lexie Burton (Land Cookery), Tanya Jolly (State President), Carmel James (Vice President), Lynn Moore (Group President), Doreen Burns (Vice President), Yvette Smith (Social Issues), Donna Kemp (Ag and Environment), Barbara Veness (Vice President), Eunice Roberts (Secretary), Kathy Jeanes (Cultural), Janella Leotta […]
