WHEN Kim Franks saw a Facebook post during the height of COVID-19 asking for knitted donations for newborns in hospital, she didn’t hesitate. With spare wool on hand and a desire to help, she picked up her needles to cast off and hasn’t stopped using those magic wands to conjure warmth, cosiness and kindness from […]
A COMMUNITY group’s dedicated koala corridor is proving busy, just in time for Save the Koala Month. Ingenia Lifestyle Natura joined forces with stakeholders including Port Stephens Council, Port Stephens Koala Hospital, and Koala Koalition EcoNetwork Port Stephens, to build the koala habitat. Koalas are now regularly spotted dozing in the eucalypts, a sign of […]
The Raising of the Flags ceremony was attended by local politicians and NSW Premier Chris Minns.
The Raising of the Flags ceremony was attended by local politicians and NSW Premier Chris Minns. NSW Premier Chris Minns shaking hands with Hunter SLS Nipper Mason Overton AS the weather heats up and locals prepare to enjoy another blissful summer, Hunter Surf Life Saving welcomed another season with its annual Raising of the Flags […]
The evening opened with a spectacular RAAF flyby.
NEWCASTLE Airport officially opened its new international terminal last Thursday evening, 25 September. Around 300 guests including dignitaries, industry leaders and community representatives gathered to celebrate the expanded terminal. The evening opened with a spectacular RAAF flyby, followed by a Welcome to Country from Worimi Elder Uncle John Ridgeway and a Smoking Ceremony led by […]
COMMUNITY groups are voicing strong opposition to potential development within sections of the Mambo Wetlands, under Port Stephens Council’s Salamander Bay Place Plan. Maps included in the plan show that sections of the wetlands will be used for medical and commercial activity, parking and mixed-use housing. The proposal has sparked concern from the Mambo Wanda […]
THREE leading builders based in the Hunter region have been ranked among the largest residential builders in the nation, according to the HIA-COLORBOND® steel Housing 100 Report for 2024/25. The annual report ranks Australia’s top 100 builders by the number of homes commenced. Leading the way with a total of 2,898 starts in 2024/25, NEX […]
Groundswell Collective volunteers have planted 16 tiny forests in schools and parks across NSW.
LIVING in one of Australia’s fastest growing regional areas, Anna Noon was watching in despair as nature made way for sprawling housing developments. “There was a lot of land clearing happening,” she says of her home at Lake Macquarie in the rapidly-expanding Hunter region. “I knew that was leading to habitat loss, species extinction and […]
BARNARDOS Australia warns that children in regional NSW are bearing the brunt of coercive control, as new crime statistics reveal rural communities are experiencing dramatically higher rates than other areas. The NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research quarterly report shows regional NSW recorded 170 coercive control incidents from July 2024 to June 2025 compared […]
Joining the Premier at Medowie was Acting Education Minister Courtney Houssos, Member for Port Stephens Kate Washington and students from Wirreanda and Medowie public schools. Photos: Amanda Green.
Joining the Premier at Medowie was Acting Education Minister Courtney Houssos, Member for Port Stephens Kate Washington and students from Wirreanda and Medowie public schools. Photos: Amanda Green. Joining the Premier at Medowie was Acting Education Minister Courtney Houssos, Member for Port Stephens Kate Washington and students from Wirreanda and Medowie public schools. Photos: Amanda […]
Local students assisted in deploying the hotels.
Local students assisted in deploying the hotels. A diver with the seahorse hotels. A RECORD 1200 White’s seahorses have been released in Port Stephens as part of an effort to save the endangered species. They are Australia’s only threatened seahorse and the second most endangered worldwide. The Minns Labor Government is committed to saving the […]
