Nambucca Valley News Of The Area

06/11/2025

Letter to the Editor: The Nationals have rejected ‘Net Zero’, the policy they signed up to when Barnaby Joyce was their leader.

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DEAR News Of The Area, THE Nationals have rejected ‘Net Zero’, the policy they signed up to when Barnaby Joyce was their leader. Net Zero has become a totemic symbol, a two-word slogan the Nationals hate. But Net Zero is much more than a slogan – it’s an ambitious investment, energy, jobs, i...

06/11/2025

RENTAL vacancy rates across NSW remain critically low, deepening the housing crisis and leaving tenants competing for limited homes.

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RENTAL vacancy rates across NSW remain critically low, deepening the housing crisis and leaving tenants competing for limited homes. New analysis from the Real Estate Institute of NSW (REINSW) shows that in September, many regions recorded vacancy rates below two percent. The Mid-North Coast sat at....

06/11/2025

THE National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) has addressed all councils in the footprint of the Great Koala National Park (GKNP).

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THE National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) has addressed all councils in the footprint of the Great Koala National Park (GKNP). Its key message is how access will be maintained and improved for most current users. City of Coffs Harbour councillor Tony Judge said the most notable aspect of the pr...

05/11/2025

THE Mid North Coast Group of the Country Women’s Association (CWA) held its 97th Annual Conference at Stuarts Point Community Hall on Tuesday, 28 October.

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Mid North Coast Group office bearers for 2026: Pauline Cain (Publicity), Chrystine Bouffler (International), Lexie Burton (Land Cookery), Tanya Jolly (State President), Carmel James (Vice President), Lyn Moore (Group President), Doreen Burns (Vice President), Yvette Smith (Social Issues), Donna Kemp...

04/11/2025

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Next Friday 7 November is our Spring Fair!!!!!!

Get excited because we have jam-packed the evening with everything from Jumping Castles & Reptile Shows, to delicious food and market stalls.....there's something for everyone young and old.

Please come along to support our school - it's just a gold coin donation upon entry!

Bring your cash for all food vendors, eftpos is available ONLY for ride coupons and game tokens, and cash is welcomed for these sales also.

Tokens and tickets will be available to pre-purchase from the school office on Monday 3 November.

We also have our amazing MEGA RAFFLE available at just $2.00 per ticket. These tickets can also be purchased from the office at any time, and all prizes will be drawn at the Spring Fair and prize winners will be notified by phone.

We can't wait to see you all next Friday 5.00pm -7.30pm!!!!!

Scotts Head Public School

02/11/2025

On the couch with Jasminda: I’VE started going to a gym and there’s a man there that leaves various personal items on the equipment I want to use.

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DEAR Jasminda, I’VE started going to a gym and there’s a man there that leaves various personal items on the equipment I want to use. His drink bottle is on one, his towel is on another and then he leaves his backpack on a third machine. What is the gym etiquette around this? I only […]

02/11/2025

Drawing clouds and coconuts: You would think that after decades, cartoonists would have wrung out every last drop of humour from two of the most symbolic settings in the cartoon world – the Pearly Gates and the Desert Island.

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The Pearly Gates and the Desert Island are two of the most symbolic settings in the cartoon world. The Pearly Gates and the Desert Island are two of the most symbolic settings in the cartoon world. YOU would think that after decades, cartoonists would have wrung out every last drop of humour from tw...

02/11/2025

Legal Hypothetical: JACK passed away in November 2023.

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JACK passed away in November 2023. He appointed his two sons as executors of his estate. Jack was also survived by a daughter and his estate is to be equally divided between his three children. Despite the expiry of 18 months after Jack’s death, his daughter is concerned that no steps have been ta...

02/11/2025

SOME elderly rural cancer patients live on farms with limited connectivity, hundreds of kilometres from the closest computer and even further from their doctor.

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SOME elderly rural cancer patients live on farms with limited connectivity, hundreds of kilometres from the closest computer and even further from their doctor. These are the kinds of marginalised patients who will be helped by hard-fought new telehealth Medicare rebates, allowing for longer telepho...

02/11/2025

Have you ever considered the meaning of the eye-catching red benches at Anglican churches in the Nambucca Valley?

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The distinctive Red Benches located throughout the Anglican Parish of Nambucca Valley. The distinctive Red Benches located throughout the Anglican Parish of Nambucca Valley. Office and Food Hub workers Dave, Mick, Jenny at St John’s Nambucca Heads. Peter Campbell, Eileen Ahearn, Daphne Ahearnhj, R...

02/11/2025

REGIONAL Arts Australia is launching a “transformative” new funding initiative with $2.4 million dollars in support from Minderoo Foundation.

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REGIONAL Arts Australia is launching a “transformative” new funding initiative with $2.4 million dollars in support from Minderoo Foundation. The program offers multi-year grants of $160,000 to support independent artists living and working in regional communities across Australia. “Practice i...

01/11/2025

THE WAR of attrition that is the Club Championships at a very thirsty Nambucca Heads Island Golf Course has been run and won for 2025.

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2025 Nambucca men’s champions (from left) Scott Burley (B Grade), Andrew MacKinnon (C Grade), Ashton Herbert (Junior) and Graham Watson (A Grade). Nambucca women’s champions (from left) Heather Gray (Div 2), Kerrie Eichorn (Div 1) and Kay McGoldrick (Div 3). THE WAR of attrition that is the Club...