October 20, 2026
Blokes Notes Acapella choir supports Liberty Domestic and Family Violence Specialist Services Liberty’s Brooke Pilbeam with Blokes Notes’s John Horsley. Photo: Supplied.
Community, Local News, Regional

Blokes Notes Acapella choir supports Liberty Domestic and Family Violence Specialist Services

BLOKES Notes Acapella choir is known for its energetic and quirky performances around Port Macquarie. Less well-known is its long-term support for the women’s refuge run by Liberty Domestic and Family Violence Specialist Services. Representatives Brooke Pilbeam and Marcelle Brown recently attended a special rehearsal to receive a cheque for $2000, raised from performance donations. […]

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Try a choir week 24-30 August encourages people to discover the joy of singing with others Pop-up choir at The Glasshouse in March this year.Photo: Pauline Cain
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Try a choir week 24-30 August encourages people to discover the joy of singing with others

Pop-up choir at The Glasshouse in March this year.Photo: Pauline Cain Kwyre – a community acapella choir that loves to sing soprano and alto. Photo: Supplied. LOVE to sing? Here’s your chance. ‘Try a Choir Week’ is a national campaign that encourages more Australians to discover the joy of singing with others. Running from 24-30 […]

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Operation Art exhibition opens at The Glasshouse Jill Wong, Chief Executive MNC Local Health District, with student artists from the Mid North Coast and New England regions.
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Operation Art exhibition opens at The Glasshouse

Jill Wong, Chief Executive MNC Local Health District, with student artists from the Mid North Coast and New England regions. Penny Bouwer, a kindergarten student from Port Macquarie Public School, with her artwork, “Chip the Seagull”. Operation Art Committee Chair Chris Avent, acting gallery curator Emma Dupaquier, Uncle Bill O’Brien, Chief Executive MNC Local Health […]

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Pat Conaghan crosses the floor on gambling Nationals Member for Cowper Pat Conaghan sits with members of the crossbench as he crosses the floor during a division on the Gambling Reform Bill 2026 in the House of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra. Photo: Lukas Coch, AAP Image.
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Pat Conaghan crosses the floor on gambling

COWPER MP Pat Conaghan crossed the floor in the Federal House of representatives for the first time in his parliamentary career on Tuesday, 18 August, to vote against watered-down legislation governing gambling advertising. Mr Conaghan said he did not believe the legislation adequately considered the findings of the ‘You win some, you lose more’ parliamentary […]

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Whale off Crescent Head freed from rope in multi-agency operation Supplied by the National Parks and Wildlife Service.
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Whale off Crescent Head freed from rope in multi-agency operation

Supplied by the National Parks and Wildlife Service. Supplied by the National Parks and Wildlife Service. Supplied by the National Parks and Wildlife Service. Supplied by the National Parks and Wildlife Service. Supplied by the National Parks and Wildlife Service. AN eight-metre humpback whale was disentangled from rope and floats off Port Plomer last weekend […]

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Homelessness Awareness Week event in Port Macquarie Services set up in Town Green for Homelessness Awareness Week. Photos: Pauline Cain.
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Homelessness Awareness Week event in Port Macquarie

Sarah Moss from YPSpace Helen and Troy Eggleton from ADRA (Adventist Development and Relief Agency) SouperVan in Wauchope, which provides free soups, buns and produce in Bain Park every Wednesday night. Services set up in Town Green for Homelessness Awareness Week. Photos: Pauline Cain. HOMELESSNESS Awareness Week was marked with a range of services and […]

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Aboriginal organisations strengthen partnerships through Healthy Country forum Participants at the Visions for Healthy Country forum. Photo: Supplied.
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Aboriginal organisations strengthen partnerships through Healthy Country forum

ABORIGINAL organisations from across the North Coast gathered at Yarrawarra Aboriginal Cultural Centre to share knowledge, celebrate progress and strengthen partnerships through the Visions for Healthy Country project. The forum brought together Local Aboriginal Land Councils, Traditional Owner groups, industry representatives and project partners to discuss Aboriginal-led land management and environmental stewardship. Funded by the […]

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Opposition to Oxley Beach Ocean Pool gathers momentum Should the pool reach construction stage it would be the first ocean pool constructed in Australia in more than 50 years. Image: Magnific.
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Opposition to Oxley Beach Ocean Pool gathers momentum

SINCE the 1970s a dedicated group of locals have been lobbying for an ocean pool at Port Macquarie, with an official Ocean Pool Committee forming in 2016. Recently a major hurdle was cleared after the pool reached strategic merit approval to advance through the NSW statutory planning. However, there is a growing and vocal group […]

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Push for police drones on the Mid North Coast
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Push for police drones on the Mid North Coast

MEMBER for Oxley Michael Kemp has launched a new community petition calling on the NSW Government to expand its PolAir-Remote Drone program and bring remotely operated police drones to the Mid North Coast. Mr Kemp says the technology could give local police another tool to respond to crime across a large and often difficult-to-access area. […]

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Charles Sturt student receives New Colombo Plan scholarship Sienna Heaton at Gyeongbokgung Palace in Seoul, South Korea. Photo: csu.edu.au
Local News, School

Charles Sturt student receives New Colombo Plan scholarship

A MID North Coast student is gaining international experience while building skills that will support a future career in psychology and human rights through a prestigious Australian Government scholarship. Sienna Heaton, a third-year Charles Sturt University Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) student with a minor in Justice Studies, is spending approximately eight months studying, undertaking language […]

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