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Applications now open for 2026 Youth Parliament Program

THE Y NSW is calling for passionate young people from across the state to apply for the 2026 Youth Parliament program, now open to students in Years 10 to 12 across NSW. Operated for over 20 years by the Y NSW (formerly YMCA), Youth Parliament offers young people the opportunity to debate in NSW Parliament, […]

Local News

‘Just get me in the door’: campaign for accessibility info in real estate listings

IN 2019 Sarah Eade was a busy wife and mum working in the aged care and disability support sector, until a workplace accident changed everything. Subsequent surgical treatment resulted in a permanent spinal cord injury, leaving her a full-time wheelchair user. At the time, her family was living in a house in Port Macquarie that […]

Sport

Surf boat series returns to Bonny Hills

A Wauchope Bonny Hills Surf Life Saving Club team in competition at Scotts Head last month for rounds one and two of the North Coast Surf Boat Series. The thrills and spills of surf boat action from a previous series. Photos: Darryl Bullock, WBHSLSC. The thrills and spills of surf boat action from a previous […]

Sport Results

Port Macquarie Sailing Club

9-11-25 WITH a light 5 knot southerly and a forecast predicting more than 20 knots early in the afternoon, there was a distinct lack of enthusiasm at Port Macquarie Sailing Club on Sunday morning. Slated for the day was the Ted Kuhn Cup, held over two races in memory of long term club stalwart Ted […]

Community, National

New initiative urges Australians to uncover and photograph backyard bugs

FROM 17-23 November, Australians are being urged to step outside and discover the secret world beneath their feet. Bugs in My Backyard Week is a new national initiative encouraging families, schools and nature lovers to photograph and record the mini-beasts living all around them. It coincides with the official launch of a national citizen-science project […]

Regional

Fears ‘free’ electricity could come with hidden costs

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, […]

Sport

Kathryn Stephens finds freedom on the water with Sailability

Kathryn Stephens ready to sail while her Guide Dog ‘Nessy’ stays on land. Photos: Pauline Cain. Kathryn Stephens ready to sail while her Guide Dog ‘Nessy’ stays on land. Photos: Pauline Cain. Kathryn Stephens competing with sailing partner Jason Elwes at the Hansa 303 Asia Pacific Championships. Photo: supplied. KATHRYN Stephens has been blind since […]

Opinion

OPINION: Reflections on the 1975 constitutional crisis

THE dismissal of the Whitlam Government in November 1975 highlighted the fragility of our parliamentary and constitutional system and the danger that, if the various constitutional norms that protect that system are ignored, the democratic system itself can be weakened. The real villains in the whole affair were two State Premiers who went against a […]

Jasminda's Advice

‘On the couch’ with Jasminda

DEAR Jasminda, LAST night (when I was sound asleep) my husband woke me about the mosquitoes in the room. He then searched (unsuccessfully) for the flyspray before trying other tactics. By the time he’d killed them, I was wide awake and stayed that way. What do I do to avoid this in the future, Katie […]

Local News

Supermoon lights up Mid North Coast skies

Supermoons are the closest to earth. Photo Greg Higgins. The moon was 30% brighter than normal. Photo: Sis Higgins. SKYWATCHERS across the Mid North Coast looked to the heavens on Tuesday night as the biggest and brightest moon of 2025 rose over the horizon. Dennis Hughes, one of the amateur astronomers at the Port Macquarie […]