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Hastings Trust and Beechwood Shamrocks boost comfort care at Wauchope Hospital

COMMUNITY support has delivered a boost to comfort care at Wauchope District Memorial Hospital. The Hastings Cancer Trust has donated almost $7400 to the Palliative Care Unit while the fundraising efforts of the Beechwood Shamrocks Rugby League Football Club have helped purchase essential allied health equipment. The items will enhance the comfort of patients at […]

Business

Birdon awarded contract to design, build, operate and maintain Daintree River Ferry

Birdon’s General Manager Assets and Contracts Sarah Yuen, and Ferry Operations Manager John Gray, with Douglas Shire Mayor Lisa Scomazzon and CEO Scott Osman. Photo: supplied. The Daintree River ferry to be built at Birdon’s Sancrox shipyard. Photo: supplied. PORT Macquarie maritime engineering company Birdon has signed a 20-year contract with Douglas Shire Council to […]

Community

Variety Postie Bike Dash raising $400K for regional kids

Posties set off from the starting line at Nabiac. Photo: supplied. Nabiac Public School gets the first cheque of the ride. Photo: supplied. Huntingdon Public School gets a cheque for $4,400 on Day 2. Photo: supplied. Posties riding on dirt roads for children in need. Photo: supplied. NEARLY 100 riders set off on Sunday 2 […]

Local News

Port Mac Goss: John O’Callaghan

John O’Callaghan has spent more than 50 years on the airwaves. JOHN O’Callaghan from Cruze FM (formerly Super Radio) has notched up over 50 years in radio, beginning work as a 15-year-old at 2UE in Sydney alongside his famous father Gary. He gained his first on-air role at 2KO in Newcastle and then worked in […]

Community

Reminder that plovers are protected as hatching season brings new dangers

Karen Ledger of FAWNA with a plover hatchling. Plovers are a protected species in Australia. KAREN Ledger of FAWNA is hoping to change people’s opinions on plovers during the current hatching season. These native birds are found all over Australia and are a protected species. It is against the law to interfere with them. Plovers […]

Business

Port Macquarie makes top 10 list for NSW first home buyers

FOR the first time, Port Macquarie has been named among NSW’s top 10 suburbs for first home buyers and is the only suburb outside Sydney to appear in the top performing locations for all buyer groups. The latest Quarterly Market Update from prop tech firm InfoTrack ranked Port Macquarie in third place for the highest […]

Local News

CSIRO report reflects improvements in estimating East Coast koala population

MEMBER for Oxley Michael Kemp says the CSIRO’s National Koala Monitoring Program (NKMP) has revealed a staggering leap in koala numbers that “upends years of alarmism”. The 2025 report estimates the listed population across NSW, Qld and the ACT is between 398,000 and 569,000, a dramatic rise from the 2024 estimate of just 95,000 to […]

Community

BlazeAid calls for volunteers to help rebuild fences destroyed in Mid North Coast floods

BLAZEAID is calling for volunteers to lend a hand rebuilding fences in communities still recovering from the devastating floods that hit the Mid North Coast earlier this year. A dedicated team is now based at Nabiac, working hard to restore fencing on local farms between Bulahdelah and Kempsey. BlazeAid Coordinator Lisa Abdoo said anyone can […]

Regional

Country Women’s Association Mid North Coast holds 97th Annual Conference at Stuarts Point

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 […]

Community

Men’s choir hitting the right note for mental health

LEANNE Johnson loves to sing anywhere and anytime. The retired teacher knows the importance of self-expression, which is why, for the last 16 years, she has been running community choirs in Port Macquarie. Her current passion is focused on improving men’s mental health through singing, and she wants to make the activity accessible to everyone. […]