Gloucester Preschool teachers and educators highlighting pay rate discrimination.
THOUSANDS of early childhood educators, including at Gloucester, wore pink to highlight the “Start Strong, Pay Fair” campaign on Wednesday 18 March, calling for urgent government action to address what has been described as a deepening workforce crisis in the sector. Rallies and community events were held, with educators, parents and advocates arguing that those […]
BUILDERS say they are under pressure from a ‘triple threat’ caused by spiking fuel prices. Matthew Pollock, Executive Director of Master Builders NSW, said builders are increasingly feeling pressure from fuel price rises from a triple pain point perspective. The cost of keeping diesel-fuelled commercial vehicles and equipment operating and getting to site. Rising transport […]
NSW PARENTS are embracing a new wave of contemporary baby names, with eight fresh entries joining the state’s Top 100 in 2025. Newly released data from the NSW Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages shows a growing preference for names that feel meaningful and distinctive. Boys’ names saw particularly strong movement, with Fletcher making the […]
Image a world without a moon.
IMAGINE a world where the Moon never showed up for its nightly shift. No silver spotlight draped across oceans, no quiet companion hanging above late-night thinkers. Just a blazing Sun clocking out each evening and leaving us with… a blackout. Romantic? Not exactly. Mysterious? Maybe – but mostly inconvenient. Let’s start at the beach. Without […]
Previous races show there are no limits to the imagination when it comes to billy carts. Photo: Rotary Club of Dungog. Previous races show there are no limits to the imagination when it comes to billy carts. Photo: Rotary Club of Dungog. IT’S time to check and re-check the brakes on that old billy cart […]
Volunteers at work regeneration the riverbank at Abbotts Flat. Photos: courtesy of Sam Bean.
Volunteers at work regeneration the riverbank at Abbotts Flat. Photos: courtesy of Sam Bean. Volunteers at work regeneration the riverbank at Abbotts Flat. Photos: courtesy of Sam Bean. COMMUNITY members are banding together to keep the banks of the Williams River in tip-top shape. Sustaining the Williams Valley is a volunteer-driven community group working to […]
WELL-RESPECTED community stalwart Owen Nicholson, the secretary of the Dungog Show for almost 25 years, has died in a tragic traffic accident. The 84-year-old was struck by a vehicle on Flat Road, Largs on 19 March, with emergency services responding to reports of a crash at around 12:20pm. NSW Ambulance paramedics commenced CPR when they […]
Less pain at the power point. Interest in electric cars is rising as petrol prices soar. Photo: Jono Searle/AAP
DEMAND for second-hand electric vehicles is rising with the price of petrol, attracting more than double the number of enquiries since the fuel crisis began. But automotive experts say the record interest also extends to new vehicles and could cause delays as motorists buy electric cars still en route to Australia. Pickles released details of […]
Treasurer Jim Chalmers believes workers deserve a fair wage rise. Photo: Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS.
LABOR has thrown its weight behind an above-inflation wage rise for low-paid workers, but business groups warn the move could worsen price pressures and fuel further interest rate rises. The federal government repeated its 2025 call for a pay bump above the inflation rate in its submission to the Fair Work Commission’s annual wage review. […]
FOR the first time, travellers across the Hunter region can depart their local airport bound for Singapore, with the inaugural Jetstar flight taking off from Newcastle Airport at 9:40am on Tuesday. Newcastle Airport Chair Samantha Martin-Williams said the new route to Singapore via Bali marks a significant step forward for Newcastle Airport and the economic […]
