THE Federal Government will provide grant funding for new mobile base stations at Karuah, Taree and Wauchope in the latest round of the Mobile Black Spot Program (MBSP), delivering 4G and 5G mobile coverage to these areas. Each site will include back-up power, with some also incorporating additional hardening measures to reinforce mobile telecommunications infrastructure. […]
THE latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) figures indicate that total home approvals for the Hunter grew two percent in 2025 compared to the 2024 calendar year. On the Central Coast, total home approvals grew by 16 percent in the same period. Craig Jennion, HIA Hunter Executive Director, said the overall growth in approvals is […]
Minister Moriarty with landholder Andrew McIntyre.
A TECHNICAL review will be undertaken into feral pig and deer management in NSW. The move follows the announcement of a $40 million investment in feral animal management from the NSW Government, and almost a quarter of a million pigs culled across the state in the past three years. The control program has been built […]
Real-time data through tools such as Farming Forecaster supports decision-making in dry seasonal conditions.
WITH parts of the region experiencing dry conditions, patchy rainfall and the likelihood of more hot weather still to come, Hunter Local Land Services says planning ahead for pastures and livestock has never been more important. Across the region, producers are reporting tightening feed availability, uneven pasture growth and declining soil moisture reserves following a […]
Hawks Nest and District Probus Club’s newly elected committee (L-R): Geoff Scully, Ian Elsholz, Jan Green, Hugh Ross, Rose Elliot, Barbara Ross, John Lamb (President), Annie Scully, Barbara Smith, Rod Smith, Rozz Albon, Sherrie O’Keefe, Denise Lamb and Trish de Clifford (absent: Dawn Nealon).
ORGANISATIONS of all kinds across the Myall Coast are suffering from a lack of volunteers willing to take on critical office-holder positions. Even groups that have no problem attracting members are having a hard time motivating people to assume leadership roles. Every legitimate community group has at least four roles that must be filled in […]
Road repairs on Thunderbolts Way.
MIDCOAST Council has endorsed a streamlined approach to contracting out flood repair works. Attempting to speed up the process of repairing roads and bridges, councillors at Council’s 25 February meeting voted unanimously to endorse a new procurement approach for the delivery of Essential Public Asset Reconstruction Works (EPA-RW), including the use of existing Council contractor […]
All new permits and renewals will be available via the Worimi Conservation Lands and National Parks and Wildlife Service websites. Photo: NPWS.
VISITORS planning to drive on the Worimi Conservation Lands at Stockton Bight, between Anna Bay and Stockton, should be aware of a new Beach Vehicle Permit (BVP) system. From 3 March 2026, permits will be purchased online. Existing paper and sticker permits will remain valid until they expire. The cost of permits will not change. […]
The Bucketts Way/Pacific Highway intersection.
A FORMER traffic engineer has expressed urgent safety concerns over two infamous highway intersections, describing the level of risk as “unacceptable”. As reported in NOTA on 21 January 2026, the NSW Government currently has no firm plans to fix the busy and dangerous Bucketts Way/Pacific Highway intersection in the foreseeable future. “Further investigations are underway […]
FOUR-YEAR funding is being made available to local organisations to combat the impact of priority weeds, updating a previously annual grant program. The new $40.7 million NSW Weeds Action Program (WAP) is a key component of the NSW Government’s Biosecurity Action Plan, with funding being provided to 97 Local Control Authorities (LCA). Minister for Agriculture […]
A MID NORTH COAST logging company has been ordered to pay over $34,000, and its director placed on a two-year good behaviour bond, in the Taree Local Court for a range of private native forestry offences at a property in Belbora in 2023. The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) launched a prosecution against O’Connor Logging […]
