NEW fathers in NSW will benefit from new health and mental health checks thanks to a $1 million donation from the NSW Government to men’s health charity Movember. The funding will allow NSW Health to partner with Movember to pilot health and wellbeing checks for new and expecting dads. The initiative will focus on the […]
DEAR Jasminda, I’VE started dating a man named Reece. Everything is great but he ends a lot of sentences with ‘do you know what I mean?’ Now I’m attuned to it. It’s all I can hear. Is there a way I can break this irritating habit? Carly F. DEAR Carly, IT is quite common for […]
AUSTRALIA must smash the illicit tobacco market that is fuelling organised crime, hurting legitimate businesses and making a mockery of our laws, according to Federal Member for Lyne, Alison Penfold. “Illicit tobacco is not a victimless crime,” Ms Penfold said. “It has become big business for organised crime.” Ms Penfold says she has backed a […]
A highlight of the chamber’s year was the Dowling Street Christmas Party. Photo: News of the Area.
WANTED: local businesspeople with the ideas, enthusiasm and time to champion business in Dungog Shire. Dungog Chamber of Commerce president Alan Green says the business group’s greatest challenge is to find new committee members. Without new blood, the chamber could go into ‘hibernation’, he warned in his report to the chamber’s annual general meeting on […]
Dungog’s Tourism Development Officer, Belinda Blanch wants residents to complete the Future of Tourism in Dungog Shire survey.
DID you know that in the past four years, tourism in Dungog Shire has generated 105 tourism-related jobs and $24.6 million in visitor spending? In the process, it’s made the shire’s hospitality, retail and accommodation businesses more resilient and improved the viability of services and facilities that every resident of the shire relies on, according […]
DEAR News Of The Area, THE perceptive among your many readers must have noticed my letter regarding the fire risk posed to Dungog township by the Dungog Common. I have since had local folks saying, “Yes, that needs to be attended to”. However, I have had an e-mail from the Office of the Assistant Deputy […]
RODEO competitors from across Australia will be chasing over $50,000 in prize money at the 51st annual Stroud Rodeo at Stroud Showground next Friday and Saturday, September 18 and 19. The 2026 event is shaping up to be one of the biggest ever, with full camp draft and rodeo programs, family entertainment, 45 food and […]
IF you or members of your family spend time on social media, there’s every chance that you have been exposed to new and emerging forms of combat and collision-based activities. They include bareknuckle boxing, power slap (which is exactly what it sounds like) and something called Run Nation Championship (RNC). Google describes RNC as “a […]
IF ever there was news that illustrated how catastrophic experts viewed a developing situation, the Australian Government’s decision to withdraw expeditioners from Macquarie Island research station must near top of the list. The Australian Government’s Antarctic Division has made the difficult decision to temporarily withdraw staff from Macquarie Island research station due to the psychosocial […]
Divisional Individual Stableford Winners, David Bambach, right, and Benjamin Herden, left. Last Man Standing Play-Off Winner, Ramsey Vane-Wood, left, and runner-up, Paul Langley, right. SATURDAY 22 AUGUST INDIVIDUAL STABLEFORD FIELD 38 members & 5 visitors DIV 1 (<15) | Winner David Bambach (7) 36 Points, Runner Up Paul Langley (14) 35 Points, 3rd Place John […]
