The MacKillop College Pop Choir with teacher Samantha Adams. Photo: Pauline Cain. The SAPSS vocal ensemble conducted by teacher Josh Salter. Photo: Pauline Cain. MacKillop College’s The Collective. Photo: Pauline Cain ST AGNES’ Parish Secondary Schools (SAPSS) held a free lunchtime concert on the mezzanine at The Glasshouse on Monday 25 May. There was something […]
Port Macquarie Lifeline celebrating Volunteer Week
Port Macquarie Lifeline celebrating Volunteer Week Bob Donato cutting his 20-year celebration cake. STALWART volunteer Bob Donato has been recognised for his 20 years of service to Lifeline in Port Macquarie. Mr Donato was presented with a service award honouring his two decades of dedication during National Volunteer Week, which ran from 18-24 May. Each […]
A koala captured by a monitoring camera.
Andy McCoubrie and his son Will installing a camera in a tree hollow on their property. Side-on view of a hollow created by the McCoubries. A koala captured by a monitoring camera. NETTE and Andy McCoubrie are passionate environmentalists and conservationists who are dedicated to regenerating and preserving the bush on […]
Corey Tutt OAM and artist Ben Williams at the Australian Book Industry Awards in Sydney. Photo: supplied.
Corey Tutt OAM and artist Ben Williams at the Australian Book Industry Awards in Sydney. Photo: supplied. Promoting Come Home, Bigibila in Melbourne. Photo: Corey Tutt. COREY Tutt OAM has been in a whirl of media interviews, school visits and book store appearances since he and Aboriginal artist Ben Williams won Book of the Year […]
Lyne MP Alison Penfold outside Federal Parliament with Nationals Leader Matt Canavan and Giggle for Girls founder Sall Grover. Photo: Supplied by Office of Alison Penfold MP.
MEMBER for Lyne Alison Penfold has introduced a Private Member’s Bill to the Australian Parliament to amend the Sex Discrimination Act. Ms Penfold wants the definitions of a man and woman to be based on biological sex, not self-identification. In a statement before addressing fellow MPs and the media on Monday, Ms Penfold said, “The […]
Eve Arnold is facing ‘every parent’s worst nightmare’ after a head-on collision at North Haven. Photo: GoFundMe.
ALMOST $25,000 has been raised in support of a local family after a “devastating” head-on crash at North Haven on Saturday, 23 May. Emergency services were called to Ocean Drive at around 8pm on Saturday, following reports of a crash. Officers from the Mid North Coast Police District arrived on scene to find a two-vehicle […]
PORT Macquarie Hastings Council has issued a safety update for Town Beach and the Coastal Walk. Large swells over recent days have caused erosion that has destabilised the dunes and embankments. Following inspections, PMHC teams have identified movement and slippage near the Town Beach seawall and surrounding coastal areas. To help keep the community safe, […]
PLANS for an ocean pool at the northern end of Oxley Beach will progress to the NSW Government for a gateway determination. At their monthly meeting on Thursday 21 May, Port Macquarie Hastings Council voted 5-2 in favour of the pool proposal advancing to the next stage of the statutory planning process. A Council statement […]
NSW FARMERS is warning state and federal governments must urgently respond to an acute cost-of-production shock with new data showing spikes in fuel and fertiliser prices caused by global shortages have slashed confidence. The latest NSW Farmers Farm Business Sentiment Survey suggests 80 percent price increases for fuel and fertiliser have flowed through to freight […]
THE business case for the Oxley Highway upgrade between Wrights Road and Lake Road has been completed, according to Member for Port Macquarie Robert Dwyer. “[This is] an important milestone toward delivering a long-term solution to one of our region’s biggest traffic headaches,” Mr Dwyer said after a meeting with Regional Roads Minister Jenny Aitchison. […]
