AUSTRALIA’S chances of hitting nationally agreed housing targets and bringing down the prices of new homes are being hurt by challenges to the timber industry. Thousands of regional jobs are facing the axe unless a new national forest policy is delivered, including an expansion of plantations, a report provided to AAP has found. Native forest […]

Wing Commander David Johnstone gave the Commemorative Address. Bugler Bob Humphries and President of the Dungog RSL sub-Branch Neil Tickle. President of the Dungog RSL sub-Branch Neil Tickle. Dungog Choir members Allan Houghton, Pauline Cambourne, Liz Stuckings, Bronwyn Hibbert and Joy Muddle. In the fog, before the dawn service. Finding places for the main service. […]

A COALITION of rural organisations has called for immediate action to address the mental health crisis in agriculture. More than 30 rural and healthcare organisations launched a joint statement to address the crisis this week. Ahead of a federal budget and election, the group is calling on the Government to make an immediate investment of […]

  DANGEROUS surf conditions in the wake of gale-force winds and rain closed Bennetts Beach last weekend. ‘Beach Closed’ signs in the middle of the school holidays are never a happy sight, but the visible churning of the waters, and waves averaging two metres in height, were more than enough to bring out the signs […]