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Australian social media ban both a success and failure

WHEN Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez revealed plans to ban children younger than 16 from social media, he did so based on a precedent set in Australia. His announcement at the World Governments Summit came two months after an Australian law directing tech giants including Google, Facebook and TikTok to take “reasonable steps” to prevent […]

Community

Rotary Club of Laurieton celebrates 60 years of service

Rotary Club of Laurieton members at their 60th Anniversary Dinner Camden Haven Chamber of Commerce President Luke Hadfield, Port Macquarie-Hastings councillor Danielle Maltman and Federal Member for Lyne Alison Penfold. SIXTY years ago a group of businesspeople gathered at the Laurieton Hotel and agreed to form the Rotary Club of Laurieton. To celebrate the six […]

Community

Polished perfection: hot rods Show and Shine a hit

A 1936 fire engine on display in Port Macquarie. Some of the hot roads on show at Town Square. Winner of the best Hard Luck Story was Mike Barnes, pictured with his 1940 Ford Deluxe. Police were on hand to show visitors this GTF patrol car. THE 2026 Show and Shine Hot Rod exhibition at […]

Local News

Hastings locals help launch parliament’s Friends of Parkinson’s

PORT MACQUARIE has been well-represented at the first meeting of the Parliamentary Friends of Parkinson’s. The event in Parliament House Sydney was co-chaired by Member for Port Macquarie Robert Dwyer. Attendees from the local region included Kim and David Dahler, Carol Brazel and Rudolf Szibrowski, Robert Wilson, Matthew Easton, Lillian Atkinson, Anthony Simmon, and Parkinson’s […]

Regional

Community yarn bombing part of ArtWalk Port Macquarie

Leah Doeland at the Port Central concierge desk where yarn packs can be collected. Photo: supplied. The Murray Street Yarn Bomb was for ArtWalk 2023. Photo: Pauline Cain. PORT Macquarie’s yarnies are being called upon to join a community Yarn Bomb project. In partnership with Port Central Shopping Centre and ArtWalk Port Macquarie, the aim […]

Local News

Forestry firefighters deployed to South Australia

Firefighters have been deployed to both Victoria and South Australia. Photos: supplied. Smoke fills the air on the Victorian firefront. FORESTRY Corporation of NSW last week deployed 10 firefighters to South Australia to support firefighting operations following several weeks of assistance in Victoria. Forestry Corporation, one of NSW’s four firefighting agencies, has more than 500 […]

Community

Dragon boaters take up call to provide accessible water sport

Flamin’ dragons and passengers. Exercise physiologist Natalie West with physiotherapists Glen Clarke and Mark MacGibbon. BEC Dalzell is not your average physiotherapist. She has big goals that include seeing her patients make the most of where they live. In 2022, Bec approached businesses and organisations to seek expressions of interest in partnering to provide accessible […]

Local News

Indigenous students invited to share stories in ‘Yarning’ program

THE Department of the House of Representatives has announced that entries are now open for the 2026 Yarning Competition. ‘Yarning’ is an Australia-wide storytelling competition that invites Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander high school students from across Australia to share their perspectives and stories with the Australian Parliament. “The Yarning Competition is a wonderful new […]

Business

Wine and taxes: only one certainty for small producers

UNDER the shade of a weeping willow on the banks of a sparkling dam, wine lovers can look out across a sprawling national park while sipping chilled Chardonnay. Members of the Wombat Crossing Vineyard, in the heart of the NSW Hunter Valley wine region, can also stay in a cosy lodge with a fireplace, aptly […]

Community, Health

Cancer Trust seeking support for gala event

THE Port Macquarie-Hastings community is being urged to support the work of the Hastings Cancer Trust (HCT) in 2026. Cancer Council Australia estimates that in 2024 169,500 people were diagnosed with cancer, 52,700 died of cancer and that one in two people will be diagnosed with cancer by the age of 85, making it a […]