A NEW report tracks the national environmental regulator’s first-year progress against the Australian Government’s compliance and enforcement priorities. The report, which was released and disseminated by the National Environmental Protection Authority, talks of strong results and a clear platform to build on. The report assesses progress made during the past year using data from environmental […]
Myffy Doyle, Bronnie Taylor, and MP Dave Layzell. Photo: Megan Willis. Motherland event committee members, Penny Evans, Taylor Stephens and Vanessa Barwick, from Paterson and Gresford. Photo: Megan Willis. Motherland event at Tocal College on Saturday 24 October. Photo: Megan Willis. MOTHERLAND is a national charity that supports rural mothers through connection, understanding, and reducing […]
THE NSW Government is launching the state’s biggest firearms buyback in a generation, with eligible firearms licence holders now able to book to surrender eligible firearms and ammunition. The National Gun Buyback Scheme in NSW will begin on 2 November, giving eligible firearms licence holders a clear and safe pathway to surrender surplus and reclassified […]
I KNOW that the idea behind having elected members of the community is to allow them to determine our future. But it concerns me that we find they regularly get it so wrong when we try to fathom why they took certain actions. History shows that when political leaders of all sides fail to provide […]
THERE are nights when the Moon seems to put on a show just for us. It can glow through a veil of clouds, wear a mysterious ring, appear impossibly huge above the horizon, or shrink to a delicate silver crescent. Yet none of these tricks are quite what they seem. Our nearest neighbour in space […]
The historic bridge marking the entrance to the village of Vacy, which will celebrate 100 years since the sale of the estate next year. INSET: The sale poster. Note the ‘wonderfully easy’ terms.
DUNGOG Shire is one of the few places in Australia to have had a private village. The Lower Hunter Valley town of Vacy is one of them. Next year marks the centenary of the sale of the Vacy Estate. The unusual story of the estate began with the arrival of John Cory in 1824. The […]
Paterson River Oranges, harvested by the bucketful. Photo: Elizabeth Cristo, Slow Food Hunter Valley.
Paterson River Oranges, harvested by the bucketful. Photo: Elizabeth Cristo, Slow Food Hunter Valley. Madryn and Melissa, two Paterson locals who attended an orange garland-making workshop at the Hub & Harvest. Photo: Eleesha Pereira. A PATERSON service club has received almost $10,000 to capture shared local history and bring it to life, thanks to the […]
WANTED: Dungog Shire residents to sit and watch The Castle at Dungog’s James Theatre to support the Childhood Dementia Initiative on Sunday, 8 November. The man behind the fund-raising rail journey from Newcastle to Dungog hopes shire residents will join 100 Newcastle train lovers booked to travel up the valley on an historic 620 class […]
