INTERNATIONAL tourism advocacy has taken centre stage in the Hunter region, with a united push for targeted funding to unlock new economic opportunities. Through a joint advocacy effort with Newcastle Airport and Destination Sydney Surrounds North, the Hunter Joint Organisation is calling for $3.85 million in funding over three years to help stimulate international tourism. […]
NSW Rural Fire Service crews worked day and night last week to contain a fire burning between Oyster Cove and Medowie. Residents between James Road and Coachwood Drive, and Moffats Swamp, were encouraged to evacuate on 29 January before “conditions became too dangerous”. The Fire Service undertook extensive backburning operations overnight to control the fire. […]
Medical student Aimee Long is one of the 7,900 students who have benefitted from the program since 2024. Photo: NSW Health.
UP TO $12,000 in financial support is on offer for students enrolled in medical, nursing, midwifery, dentistry, Aboriginal health and allied health degrees across NSW. The new round of applications for the Tertiary Health Study Subsidies Program opened on 28 January. This year, support will be available for up to 4,000 students across the state. […]
Field Managers needed for Census 2026. Photo: Manuel Guillén Vega/Pexels.com
THE Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is recruiting more than 2,700 Field Managers to help deliver the 2026 Census, providing job opportunities on the Mid North Coast. The roles form a critical part of the Census workforce, supporting communities across Australia to take part in one of the nation’s most important data collections. Field Managers […]
A representative photo of an offshore wind farm. Source: Austrade.
DEBATE over the merits of an offshore wind farm off the Port Stephens and Myall Coast has reintensified in the week since Climate and Energy Minister Chris Bowen opened applications for a Research and Demonstration licence. Supporters of the project, including the Hunter Jobs Alliance (JA), say those who want the declared wind zone withdrawn […]
Mr Townsend, front left, with fellow Lions Club members at one of their many charity events. Photo: NOTA file.
Bruce Townsend OAM was recognised for his services to the Raymond Terrace community. Mr Townsend, front left, with fellow Lions Club members at one of their many charity events. Photo: NOTA file. BRUCE Townsend has been recognised on the Australia Day Honours List for his service to the Raymond Terrace community. Mr Townsend was […]
CONSTRUCTION of Medowie High School is progressing, with the school set to open in 2027. “Works are well underway,” Member for Port Stephens Kate Washington said. Piling works have been completed, with additional stages of construction now moving forward. The school will include 29 classrooms, specialist labs, a library and sports facilities. The project was […]
Fair Trading Minister Anoulack Chanthivong launched the ‘Name and Shame’ list on 25 January. Photo: minister’s website.
THE State Government has launched a “Name and Shame” list of real estate agents, property managers and strata managing agents who have faced enforcement action. Available through the NSW Fair Trading website, it allows homeowners, buyers and renters to check if an agent has been fined, suspended or had their licence cancelled. It also includes […]
Point Stephens, part of the Port Stephens-Great Lakes Marine Park. Photo: supplied.
OVER the past 50 or so years, the pure waters of Port Stephens have been threatened by viruses and parasites in the oyster industry, acid sulphate from the disturbed soil leaching into the water column, and inappropriate development and aquatic industries – as with the coal wharf at Fingal and the proposed 90-hectare pearl farm. […]
Nelson Bay Neptunes will field powerful junior representative touch football squads at this weekend's Peter Wilson Memorial Cup event at Tomaree Sports Complex.
NELSON Bay Neptunes junior representative touch football squads are on a major sporting mission this weekend. All roads lead to the Tomaree Sports Complex fields for the annual Peter Wilson Memorial Cup Championships to be staged from Saturday 31 January to Sunday 1 February where the multiple line ups are chasing silverware honours. Nelson Bay […]
