FIVE animal rehoming organisations across the Hunter are sharing in more than $150,000 in funding, delivered as part of the first round of the NSW Government’s $6 million Companion Animal Welfare and Rehoming Grants program. This funding will support projects like the construction of a new cattery, and subsidising desexing, microchipping and vaccination. Successful grant […]
A workshop in Gresford will focus on managing livestock through a tight winter. Photo: LLS website.
LOCAL Land Services (LLS) is hosting workshops in Paterson and Gresford to support producers to adapt to current conditions and issues. The first session, to be held on-farm in Paterson on Wednesday 6 May from 9–11am, explores pasture dieback. Pasture dieback is a condition causing premature death of high yielding tropical and sub-tropical grasses. It […]
Minister for Women Jodie Harrison dropped in on a workshop in the Hunter last week and observed the impact the program has had building local girls’ leadership skills and confidence. Photo: supplied.
THE NSW Government is encouraging young women and girls in the Hunter to seek opportunities in emergency services through the Girls on Fire program. Girls on Fire received over $180,000 in funding under the government’s Investing in Women grants, to provide teenage girls in regional and remote areas with a hands-on, practical program of what […]
Data shows Australian horticulture experiences average food loss rates of about 20 percent per farm.
AUSTRALIAN fruit and vegetable growers are missing out on the sale of up to a million tonnes of produce annually that never makes it to market. That’s a whopping $2.5 billion a year but a figure dwarfed by the costs linked to such a huge loss. Data shows Australian horticulture experiences average food loss rates […]
Premier Chris Minns and Energy Minister Penny Sharpe want to boost NSW's EV charging network. Photo: Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS.
WAR in the Middle East and associated spiralling diesel costs could spell the perfect time for truck fleets to keep edging closer to electrification. Last Tuesday, the NSW government announced an expansion of heavy vehicle electrification incentives as part of its EV roadmap, along with investment in more fast chargers and kerbside charging stations for […]
Artist Jenny McCracken and visiting student Charlie Haberstock. Photo: Julie Overton. Artist Jenny McCracken led the workshop. Photo: Julie Overton. YOUTH Week 2026 has officially kicked off in Paterson with a vibrant, community-driven art workshop celebrating a key part of the town’s unique agricultural heritage. Organised by Paterson Community Builders, the Youth Week launch event […]
CPL Vince Holmes, 36th Battalion. Photo: D Rubenis. PTE Geoff Holmes, 36th Battalion. Photo: D Rubenis. PTE Herbert Clarence Mate, 34th Battalion. Photo: Harrower Collection. The Honour Roll at Wallarobba Memorial Hall. Photo: MN Holmes. THE small locality of Wallarobba, like every other town and village throughout Australia, had men who volunteered to serve in […]
The long-period comet C/2025 R3 has returned after an absence of roughly 170,000 years.
A VISITOR from the deep past is about to grace Australian skies. For those willing to rise before dawn, it offers something close to time travel. The long-period comet C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS) – last seen when humans were shaping stone tools and learning to master fire – has returned after an absence of roughly 170,000 […]
FEDERAL Member for Lyne Alison Penfold MP is encouraging local students to take part in the 2026 Anzac Day Schools’ Awards, a national competition recognising outstanding learning and engagement with Australia’s defence service history. Hosted by the Department of Veterans’ Affairs, the awards celebrate the work of students and teachers across schools and other educational […]
Sailor Ruth Boydell has released a compelling memoir covering her adventures across the globe. Photo: Galen Boydell.
HUNTER-BASED sailor and death doula Ruth Boydell has released a memoir, “Rocking the Boat: A Life in Three Voyages”, outlining global ocean adventures in the days before GPS and chartplotters. Ruth’s story begins at the age of 17, when she joined a thirty-something Englishman who was single-handing a sailboat around the world. The adventures came […]
