July 8, 2025
Hunter projects benefit from Newcastle Permanent grant funding Prelude will connect Hunter-based early childhood educators with allied health workers, early intervention teachers and other experts.
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Hunter projects benefit from Newcastle Permanent grant funding

Prelude will connect Hunter-based early childhood educators with allied health workers, early intervention teachers and other experts. The Men’s Table takes a peer-led, placed-based approach to combatting social isolation and mental health challenges faced by men. FIVE Hunter projects are set to benefit from a share in almost $750,000 as part of Newcastle Permanent Charitable […]

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Veterans given free vehicle access to National Parks A family runs towards the sea at Booti Booti National Park, where park entry fees for motor vehicles apply. Photo: John Spencer/DPIE.
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Veterans given free vehicle access to National Parks

THE Minns Government is extending free vehicle access to National Parks to all Commonwealth Veteran Card holders. Park entry fees for motor vehicles apply at 45 of NSW’s 895 national parks and reserves. A 2025-26 budget measure will enable veterans from around Australia to apply for a pass to enter for free. The pass is […]

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Gardening with the wildlife: Gloucester Garden Club explore Stroud forest garden Gloucester Garden Club president Shirley Hazell with meeting hosts Bente and Mogens Siefert.
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Gardening with the wildlife: Gloucester Garden Club explore Stroud forest garden

GLOUCESTER Garden Club members found “many gems of nature” in the forest garden of Bente and Mogens Siefert during the club’s recent monthly meeting. Situated on Listening Hill to the east of Stroud, the property is one of 15 situated in a community-living arrangement among a natural forest setting. Bente and Mogens showcased their work […]

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Election signs in the firing line as Lyne campaign heats up The Libertarian sign on the Pacific Highway at Herons Creek was vandalised.
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Election signs in the firing line as Lyne campaign heats up

CANDIDATES from across the political spectrum have complained of campaign signs being damaged and defaced during a tense campaign for the seat of Lyne. Earlier this month, Libertarian candidate Mark Hornshaw told NOTA his campaign banner on the Pacific Highway at Herons Creek had been vandalised. The banner featured images of Mr Hornshaw and Libertarian […]

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