May 9, 2025

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Pests, weeds to cost $30 billion a year without action Almost 1000 native animals and plants are at risk of extinction due to invasive species. Photo: Stuart Walmsley/AAP PHOTOS.
Health

Pests, weeds to cost $30 billion a year without action

MORE than 350 invasive plant and animal species are causing about $2 billion worth of damage every year in one of Australia’s most populated states. But that annual figure could balloon to a whopping $30 billion by 2030 without investment in a long-term biosecurity management system, a government body has warned. A report released on […]

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Marine Rescue complete late-night assist in challenging offshore conditions The 11-metre sailing catamaran had suffered engine failure.
Local News

Marine Rescue complete late-night assist in challenging offshore conditions

A VOLUNTEER crew from Marine Rescue Newcastle navigated darkness and a fast-flowing run-out tide overnight to rescue a stranded sailor four nautical miles (7.4 km) south of Nobbys Head. Unit Commander Lyn Van Homrigh said the skipper of a 11-metre sailing catamaran called radio operators at the Marine Rescue Sydney State Communications Centre at 10 […]

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Little terns continue remarkable comeback Little terns have had a strong breeding season. Photos: Andrew Robinson.
Local News

Little terns continue remarkable comeback

LITTLE terns in NSW have experienced another strong breeding season, with more than 900 nests counted across the state, the second-highest number in 24 years. Each spring, these tiny seabirds migrate thousands of kilometres across the ocean to nest on Australian shores, including on the beaches and islands of Port Stephens. NSW National Parks and […]

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Karuah commemorates Anzac Day Locals and visitors young and old gathered in Kaurah to commemorate Anzac Day. Photos: Robert Whiteman.
Regional

Karuah commemorates Anzac Day

Locals and visitors young and old gathered in Kaurah to commemorate Anzac Day. Photos: Robert Whiteman. Locals and visitors young and old gathered in Kaurah to commemorate Anzac Day. Photos: Robert Whiteman. Locals and visitors young and old gathered in Kaurah to commemorate Anzac Day. Photos: Robert Whiteman. Locals and visitors young and old gathered […]

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Labor’s Meryl Swanson re-elected as Paterson MP for fourth term Meryl Swanson (fourth from left) with her campaign team on election night. Photo: Meryl Swanson MP FB.
Government

Labor’s Meryl Swanson re-elected as Paterson MP for fourth term

MERYL Swanson has thanked the voters of Paterson after being re-elected as the electorate’s federal representative for a fourth term. “I am so honoured to be re-elected to serve our community and build a future made in Australia, starting right here in Paterson,” Ms Swanson posted to social media. “No one held back, no one […]

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Marking the 10th anniversary of region’s devastating storms The chook pavilion was obliterated in 2015. Photo: Stroud SES.
Regional

Marking the 10th anniversary of region’s devastating storms

TEN years ago, on the evening of 20 April, a highly destructive East Coast Low (ECL) slammed into the coast just north of Hawks Nest causing damage in all directions. Local observations saw wind gusts in excess of 145km/h, and rainfall exceeding 300mm within a 24-hour period. Waves reached heights of 10m, and coastal erosion […]

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Emergency services reminder after wet weather rescues SES flood-boat operators and trained rescuers along a flooded street near Emu. Photo: Forster FRNSW.
Local News

Emergency services reminder after wet weather rescues

SES flood-boat operators and trained rescuers along a flooded street near Emu. Photo: Forster FRNSW. Humans and pets rescued from flooded residences. Photo: Forster FRNSW. Tea Gardens Fire & Rescue’s Alex Sinclair with one of the lucky people rescued from the recent floods.Photo: Forster FRNSW. Multi-agency responders, including SES and Fire & Rescue NSW, descended […]

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Stinker’s History: Fred on the farm
Regional

Stinker’s History: Fred on the farm

FARMER and lobster fisherman Frederick Henry ‘Fred’ Blanch (b 1883), son of John Blanch and Eliza Lorman (Eagleton), married Ella West in 1913. Fred worked on his father’s farm on Marsh Road from the age of 14 and went net fishing near Mosquito Island. In 1979 Fred died at the age of 95 years, being […]

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CBD gardeners seek support to keep Nelson Bay beautiful Nelson Bay Civic Pride Group volunteers working to revamp the area outside Louisa Court: Linda Hall, Miranda Reynolds, Cathy Yeo, Johanna Moore, Margaret Wilkinson, Mayor Leah Anderson, Marea Diemar, Diana Dalleywater.
Community

CBD gardeners seek support to keep Nelson Bay beautiful

RECENT rain has been welcomed by Nelson Bay Civic Pride group volunteer gardeners, who have nurtured gardens in the Nelson Bay CBD for the past seven years. They say the recent hot dry summer and autumn has been particularly challenging. The group kicked off after a large community working bee in May 2018 organised by […]

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