A Grade Net Winner Mitch Andrews. Photo: Supplied. A Grade Scratch Winner: Ben Turner. Photo: Supplied. The B Grade Nett Winner: Mark Flannery. Photo: Supplied. The B Grade Scratch Winner: Matt Bowden. Photo: Supplied. The C Grade Nett Winner: Cameron Wall. Photo: Supplied. The C Grade Scratch Winner: Wal Keppie. Photo: Supplied. ALMOST 70 players […]
The growing income gap raises serious concerns about the equity of Australia's mental healthcare system. Photo: Magnific.
AUSTRALIAN children from poorer communities are increasingly missing out on psychological care, with the gap in treatment between wealthy and disadvantaged families widening substantially over the past decade, according to Monash University research. By 2023, fewer than one in three children from the lowest-income neighbourhoods received Medicare-subsidised psychological treatment within three months of obtaining a […]
Officially opened on 8 December 1902, Alexander Eagleton Memorial Gates in Clarence Town Memorial Park are the only Boer War monument in the Dungog Shire. Inset, Eagleton’s name is also recorded on the Clarence Town War Memorial, unveiled in 1921.
MOST Australian towns have memorials honouring citizens lost in wars. But relatively few go back to the Second Boer War in South Africa at the beginning of the 20th century. Clarence Town is one of them. The second of the two Boer wars broke out in October 1899, triggered by the discovery of gold in […]
Motorcycles at the Show and Shine event at Glen Oak School of Arts Hall, Glen Oak. Photo: Supplied by Gina Sherritt.
Drone view of cars on the Hall Reserve Oval at Glen Oak. Photo: Supplied by Gina Sherritt. Motorcycles at the Show and Shine event at Glen Oak School of Arts Hall, Glen Oak. Photo: Supplied by Gina Sherritt. GLEN Oak School of Arts Hall held its fourth annual Show and Shine event on Sunday 8 […]
I HAVE been reading with great interest the views and experiences of noted British economist Charles Goodhart, who turns 90 this year. Emeritus professor at the London School of Economics, Goodhart was once a senior official at the Bank of England. His view is that the next 30 to 40 years are going to be […]
IMAGINE standing on the Moon in July 1969. There is no wind, no sound, no atmosphere and no familiar landscape – just an endless, eerie wilderness of grey dust and ancient rocks. Neil Armstrong looks across the Sea of Tranquillity, takes those famous first steps and leaves footprints that, incredibly, are still there today. More […]
DEAR Jasminda, MY dad is becoming increasingly hard of hearing, but he won’t get hearing aids because he reckons they will make him look old. Mum and I are sick of him mishearing what we are saying. What should we do? Tessa N. DEAR Tessa, WHILE people with poor eyesight can embrace their myopia or […]
FEDERAL Member for Lyne Alison Penfold has called on the Federal Government to ensure small businesses are not unfairly penalised over historical superannuation discrepancies that may be caused by errors in government or superannuation fund data. The call follows reports that the Australian Taxation Office is issuing notices to businesses identifying potential unpaid or late […]
AHEAD of the higher-risk weather season, nbn has worked with Dungog Shire Council to run checks on designated sites installed with nbn’s Disaster Satellite Services. Since 2020, nbn has made satellite services available during a disaster or emergency. This includes over 1000 fixed locations around Australia funded by the Commonwealth Government’s STAND (Strengthening Telecommunications Against […]
