PREPARATIONS are ramping up across NSW as the bushfire season approaches, with a strong focus on protecting local homes, properties and communities. Senior leaders from emergency services, land managers and community groups are meeting this week at the NSW Hazard Reduction Roundtable to fine-tune plans before the official danger period begins for most of the […]
Students from Catherine McAuley Catholic College, Medowie present Newcastle Knights players with their hand-painted boots honouring Indigenous Round. Photos: CMCC Facebook. Students from Catherine McAuley Catholic College, Medowie present Newcastle Knights players with their hand-painted boots honouring Indigenous Round. Photos: CMCC Facebook. Students from Catherine McAuley Catholic College, Medowie present Newcastle Knights players with their […]
Newcastle Airport named best airport in the nation. Photo Althea Guinsberg.
Newcastle Airport named best airport in the nation. Photo Althea Guinsberg. The newly designed terminal .Photo Althea Guinsberg. NEWCASTLE Airport has taken out a major national award, being named Australia’s Airport of the Year for 2026. The award was announced at the Australian Aviation Awards in Sydney on 6 August. Newcastle Airport secured the top […]
Dr Peter Hodges and his medal, certificates, and images of Orélie-Antoine de Tounens and Gustave-Achille Laviarde. Photo: Thomas O’Keefe. A museum-produced map of the Kingdom of Araucania and Patagonia. Photo: Thomas O’Keefe. Peter’s Médaille de la Légion de la Constellation du Sud (Medal of the Legion of the Southern Constellation) awarded by Prince Phillipe III. […]
Celebrating the opening of the new facility at Westmead are, from left: Donna Davis, Member for Parramatta; Sydney Children’s Hospitals Foundation, CEO Christina Keneally; Claire Barber, CEO Ronald McDonald House Greater Western Sydney; and the NSW Minister for Health, Ryan Park. Photo: NSW Health.
FAMILIES from regional, rural and remote NSW with seriously ill children will benefit from new facilities at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead that can provide overnight accommodation for up to 10 families at a time. The accommodation is located on Level 9 of the new 14-storey Paediatric Services Building, close to the cardiac and critical […]
Information stalls, family activities and free food were available at the end of the walk. Photo: Nico Lombardo.
The 3.5 km walk along the new section of the highway left many quite winded. Photo: Nico Lombardo. The view from the new viaduct over the Hunter River. Photo: Nico Lombardo. Information stalls, family activities and free food were available at the end of the walk. Photo: Nico Lombardo. AFTER more than three years of […]
If you know someone who is helping people from diverse cultural backgrounds feel connected,put in an Honour Roll nomination. Photo: Magnific.
DO you know someone in the community who is making, or has made, an outstanding contribution to our multicultural society by fostering belonging, inclusion and understanding? The NSW Government is calling for nominations for the 2027 Multicultural Community Medals and Honour Roll. These prestigious awards celebrate people and organisations from across the state. The Multicultural […]
MEMBERS and guests of the Hawks Nest & District Probus Club were treated to a rare peek behind the iron curtain, with a speech from local and member Colin Gratwick on Friday 7 August. Colin’s trip to Mongolia, back in 1991, was at a turbulent time in the region, sandwiched between the collapsing USSR and […]
A Blue Plaque commemorating the historic 1965 Freedom Ride advocating for Aboriginal rights. Photo: Heritage NSW.
AN opportunity exists to help preserve and honour history by nominating inspiring people and defining moments that have helped shape the state of New South Wales. The NSW Government is inviting everyone, from individuals to community organisations, to share a story that deserves to be immortalised with a Blue Plaque. There are more than 70 […]
REGIONAL Australians are being urged to have their connectivity concerns taken seriously, with calls for the Federal Government to act now on domestic mobile phone roaming. The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) has welcomed an Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) inquiry into domestic mobile roaming but says regional communities should not have to wait for […]
