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Divide within MNC Indigenous communities over trading carbon to protect local forests

Sep 17, 2026

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Divide within MNC Indigenous communities over trading carbon to protect local forests

“I think the Elders are quite correct in saying that they've not really been involved in that decision making.”

Mid North Coast

Douglas Connor

Wingham pool will be rebuilt “stronger” with $15 million investment

Sep 18, 2026

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1 min read

Wingham pool will be rebuilt “stronger” with $15 million investment

“Getting the money is good, but now we've got to get the work done.”

MidCoast

Douglas Connor

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Sep 18, 2026

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Wingham pool will be rebuilt “stronger” with $15 million investment

“Getting the money is good, but now we've got to get the work done.”

Sep 16, 2026

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Six days cut off: the flood modelling for the Upper Macleay's rural roads

With "concerning" new modelling, Kempsey Shire considers shifting from patch-up to resilience.

Sep 16, 2026

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3 min read

Youth crime on the MNC: Coalition wants adult sentences, experts want proof it works

“[In NSW] 85 percent of the kids that go to prison over the course of a year will be back within 12 months.”

Sep 14, 2026

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1 min read

Beechwood painter earns finalist spot in Brisbane Portrait Prize with portrait of Full Flower Moon Band singer

Brad Collins’ submission features one of his favourite musicians, and their on-stage persona.

Sep 14, 2026

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1 min read

The married couple from Melbourne bringing professional theatre to Bellingen

“We can now bring this work to audiences that would normally have to travel to Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane to see the same calibre of work.”

Beechwood painter earns finalist spot in Brisbane Portrait Prize with portrait of Full Flower Moon Band singer

Brad Collins’ submission features one of his favourite musicians, and their on-stage persona.

Port Macquarie-Hastings

The married couple from Melbourne bringing professional theatre to Bellingen

“We can now bring this work to audiences that would normally have to travel to Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane to see the same calibre of work.”

Bellingen

Koala park to rely on carbon credit sales after early federal vote

Two Senators described tying the marsupial’s welfare to selling carbon credits as a “Labor shakedown”.

agriculture

How a fight over carbon threatened the Great Koala National Park

“In an ideal world, we would have properly protected forests. But it's not an ideal world.”

agriculture

On the fringes: Why the people of Woolgoolga aren’t allowed to get free legal advice

“It’s pretty much the only gap left in all of NSW.”

woolgoolga

Another summer in Wingham without a cool pool

The facility closed 16 months ago after a one-in-500 year flood. Council estimates repairs would cost $15 million.

Disaster

More than half of the koalas at Bootawa Dam have an STD

The population is at risk of becoming “functionally extinct”.

MidCoast

Bird flu detected in seabird at Corindi

The state’s environment minister has warned “no government policy can stop this virus from spreading through our wild bird populations”.

Coffs Harbour

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