Pip Barry, author of ‘The Little Wave’. Photo: BRWF.
Writers Kate and Jol Temple. Photo: Supplied by Bellingen Readers & Writers Festival. Pip Barry, author of ‘The Little Wave’. Photo: BRWF. Participating author Corey Tutt. Photo: BRWF. Performance poet and author Joel McKerrow. Photo: BRWF. A $13,900 grant from Creative Australia will see the Bellingen Readers & Writers Festival (BRWF) Schools Program expand into […]
NAMBUCCA Valley councillors unanimously voted to tackle modern slavery, including support for an alliance against modern slavery across the Mid North Coast. Councillor Ljubov Simson said her motion acknowledged the NSW Anti-Slavery Commissioner’s report and his work done so far. She said it tasked council to be alert to the indicators of exploitation in all […]
Beautiful Scotts Head is a jewel in the crown of Reflections holiday parks statewide. Photo: Reflections.
Nambucca Valley councillors have unanimously voted to challenge the NSW Government and state-run operator Reflections Holidays over the management of local Crown reserves. The motion, which was passed on Wednesday, August 26, highlighted how millions of dollars in locally generated tourism revenue leaves the valley and calls for immediate action on overdue management plans. Moved […]
AN era spanning more than half a century ends next week with the closing of much-loved Macksville business, Trimble’s Furniture One. The Trimble family was given a warm send-off recently at Macksville Ex-Services Club at a function organised by Macksville Rotary Club. “When you look back over nearly six decades, you realise that a business […]
A crane lifts the first 106,000-litre emergency storage tank off the truck and into position.
A crane lifts the first 106,000-litre emergency storage tank off the truck and into position. The two 15-metre-long emergency storage tanks awaiting pipe connection and back-filling. Photos: NVC. TWO massive emergency storage tanks were installed at a new sewage pump station last week, marking a major construction milestone in the development of the Valla Urban […]
THE question of whether elderly Australians with serious, life-limiting illness are getting timely access to palliative care has been raised by Palliative Care Australia (PCA). The ABC’s Four Corners investigation The Waiting Game put the Integrated Assessment Tool (IAT), an automated decision-making system used to assess older Australians seeking government-funded aged care, under a spotlight. […]
Women should not have to choose between public office and personal safety. Photo: Magnific.
GENDERED abuse and intimidation is discouraging strong female candidates from standing for office or applying for executive roles, a NSW survey has revealed. The Women for Election survey found 89 per cent of respondents, or almost nine out of 10, had experienced online abuse. Three-quarters said it had worsened over the past two years, and […]
Celebrating the opening of the new facility at Westmead are, from left: Donna Davis, Member for Parramatta; Sydney Children’s Hospitals Foundation, CEO Christina Keneally; Claire Barber, CEO Ronald McDonald House Greater Western Sydney; and the NSW Minister for Health, Ryan Park. Photo: NSW Health.
FAMILIES from regional, rural and remote NSW with seriously ill children will benefit from new facilities at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead that can provide overnight accommodation for up to 10 families at a time. The accommodation is located on Level 9 of the new 14-storey Paediatric Services Building, close to the cardiac and critical […]
Pastor Eroni Cakakaka leads the service at Nambucca Baptist Church.
Pastor Eroni Cakakaka leads the service at Nambucca Baptist Church. Lavenia Cakakaka with the Fijian singers. Worship singers Birgit Coote, Karra Thompson and Ray Budge. The children sing out. Garry Sambrook training Scott Cakakaka in the sound and media system. Church members Levi Madrid, Rodney Collins, Robbie Hay and Church Elder Grant Chislett. The Nambucca […]
FOR many families, Saturday sport is all about muddy boots, friendly rivalry and cheering from the sidelines. Behind the games and training sessions is a simple question every community sporting club should be asking: what would happen if someone here suffered a cardiac arrest? Having an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) close at hand can make […]
