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 […]
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 […]
Dungog’s new look brand, a stylised D, features key elements of the shire.
DUNGOG Shire Council has adopted a new corporate brand to replace its existing crest-style logo. Mayor Digby Rayward said the new brand was about ensuring it presented itself as ‘a more modern, progressive and future-focused organisation, while retaining the rural character and natural identity that makes the shire unique’. The new logo features a stylised […]
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 […]
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 […]
First leg of the event. Photo: Supplied by Sam de Witte.
Corinne Stephen, overall Ladies winner 2024. Photo: Supplied by Sam de Witte. First leg of the event. Photo: Supplied by Sam de Witte. On your bikes. Photo: Supplied by Sam de Witte. GLOUCESTER Mountain Man Tri Challenge will be held on 13 September, marking the 32nd anniversary of the gruelling athletic event, which began in […]
THE question of whether elderly Australians with serious, life-limiting illness are getting timely access to palliative care has been raised by Palliative Care Australia (PCA). The ABC’s Four Corners investigation The Waiting Game put the Integrated Assessment Tool (IAT), an automated decision-making system used to assess older Australians seeking government-funded aged care, under a spotlight. […]
Additional funding will allow the RFDS to do more for regional, rural and remote communities. Photo: RFDS.
THE NSW government is investing $15 million to support the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) to continue providing its lifesaving services across NSW. Part of the 2026-27 State Budget, the funding will enable the RFDS to deliver primary health care, dental and mental health services, retrievals, and patient and clinician transport in regional, rural and […]
NEWCASTLE Airport is calling for residents throughout the broader region to showcase the region through the eyes of the people who know it best. To celebrate World Photography Day, the airport is running an online competition. Photographers can enter across five categories including Junior, Youth, Community, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, and Aviation. Each category […]
