Nominate now for Dungog Shire’s Australia Day Awards
NOMINATIONS for the 2026 Australia Day Awards are now open. Dungog Shire Council is inviting the community to nominate individuals, organisations and teams in the following award categories: ● Citizen of the Year ● Young Citizen ● Environmental Citizen ● Volunteer (Individual) ● Senior Sportsperson ● Junior Sportsperson ● Arts & Culture Deputy Mayor Liam […]
Printed Edition 29 OCTOBER 2025
Pat Cummins has been ruled out of the first Test of the Ashes series. Photo: Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS.
Cummins to bowl ‘shortly’, Smith to captain first Test
PAT Cummins is yet to resume bowling, narrowing his timeline to be ready for the second Ashes Test. The Australian captain’s return to cricket remains unclear after he was ruled out of next month’s first Test. The pace star’s availability had been in doubt for weeks because of a back injury, and Cricket Australia confirmed […]
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organising committee at Murrook Culture Centre planning the event. Photo: supplied.
Inaugural Worimi and Birrpai Youth Gathering heading to Saltwater
The organising committee at Murrook Culture Centre planning the event. Photo: supplied. THE inaugural Worimi and Birrpai Youth Gathering is being hosted by the Goori-Bugg family later this week at Saltwater, near Old Bar. Activities will include weaving, grass skirt making, emu egg carving, canoe and gunya building, and a Goori song and dance. The […]
The site on the unformed road reserve of Gloucester Street, south of Memorial Avenue and next to Allen Park.
Construction on Stroud SES begins this week
CONSTRUCTION of the new Stroud SES building will begin this week. The contract was awarded to Precise Build and is expected to take 12 months to complete. The existing facility in Booral was seen as insufficient to meet the needs of the volunteers and to store their equipment. The new facility, conveniently located in Stroud, […]
The ‘Shakespearience’ crowd at the stage in the forest.
‘To be, or not to be’ (at Wangat Lodge)
The ‘Shakespearience’ crowd at the stage in the forest. The drama unfolds at ‘Shakespearience’. THE hills of Wangat will once again echo with Shakespearean verse as Dungog “Shakespearience” returns for its fourth year. This time it will tackle one of the Bard’s most enduring tragedies, Hamlet. Following the sold-out success of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, […]
Kate Murphy bids farewell to Dungog Community Centre
AFTER almost five years of dedicated service, Kate Murphy has bid farewell to the Dungog Shire Community Centre (DSCC). A celebration of her contribution to the wider community was attended by family and friends as well as Dungog Shire Council’s General Manager Gareth Curtis, DSCC staff, and members of the DSCC Management Committee. Kate first […]
Changing a long-standing youth conviction principle would only lead to future criminal offending, advocates say, following the release of a review. Photo: NSW Police.
Leaders urged not to mess with criminal responsibility
LEGAL advocates have welcomed a report’s recommendations into a presumption that children under 14 are “incapable of evil”, urging a state not to tinker with the long-standing principle, despite a drop in youth convictions. A NSW review of doli incapax was released on Saturday after it was launched by the state Labor government in May […]
Haydn Oakes from Ford presents Tim Olsen of Davey & Olsen with a 100-year plaque
Century of service for Davey & Olsen
A CENTURY of service is no small milestone, and this month Dungog’s own Davey and Olsen Pty Ltd marked an extraordinary 100 years as a Ford dealer, along with 90 years as an NRMA Road Service provider. On Thursday 16 October, Haydn Oakes, Ford’s Regional Manager, visited Dungog to present a commemorative 100-year plaque recognising […]
