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Aug 21, 2026

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1 min read

Coffs council wants “action group” to stop exploitation of blueberry workers

Unions NSW says the state is being targeted by “unscrupulous operators”.

Nambucca Valley

Aug 19, 2026

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1 min read

$1 block of land set to host six affordable homes in Urunga

Councillors voted unanimously in support of the proposal.

Urunga

Aug 18, 2026

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2 min read

Kempsey MP: Gun laws need to target extremism, not Mid North Coast farmers

The state’s new firearms buyback scheme was announced on Sunday.

Crime

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

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.

Port Macquarie-Hastings

Douglas Connor

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

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.”

Crime

Douglas Connor

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Flood Warnings

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

Sep 16, 2026

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2 min read

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 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.”

Sep 10, 2026

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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”.

Sep 10, 2026

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3 min read

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.”

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

Data centre bans proposed as Nambucca Valley prepares for AI explosion

One councillor wants a 500-metre buffer zone between the facilities and homes.

Nambucca Heads

“Devastated”: Curtain falls on Coffs Harbour’s only cinema

The last screening will be on Sunday September 13.

Coffs Harbour

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MUST READ

Coffs council wants “action group” to stop exploitation of blueberry workers

$1 block of land set to host six affordable homes in Urunga

Kempsey MP: Gun laws need to target extremism, not Mid North Coast farmers

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

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

THE LATEST

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

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

The married couple from Melbourne bringing professional theatre to Bellingen

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

How a fight over carbon threatened the Great Koala National Park

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

How a fight over carbon threatened the Great Koala National Park

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

Another summer in Wingham without a cool pool

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

Bird flu detected in seabird at Corindi

Data centre bans proposed as Nambucca Valley prepares for AI explosion

“Devastated”: Curtain falls on Coffs Harbour’s only cinema

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