CASH, cryptocurrency and even gold nuggets are among the alleged spoils of a long-running scheme to rig and inflate contracts for roadworks. A former department officer is believed to be in hiding, after a failed attempt to leave Australia on a US passport. The alleged rigging and inflation of contracts by Transport for NSW procurement […]
BOORAL resident Kieran Fraser has expressed concerns that traffic issues on Bucketts Way are likely to become much worse if the proposed Hillview Hardrock Quarry in Maytoms Lane, near Booral, is approved. According to the application, when operational, there will be 272 two-way truck movements, six days per week, over an eleven-hour day due to […]
Demand for Aussie beef looks set to remain strong, with reason for "cautious optimism" across agriculture after months of extreme weather and trade uncertainty.
WITH droughts on one side of the country, floods on the other, and political volatility overseas, Australia’s agriculture industry has been right in the thick of it. But there is reason for “cautious optimism” in the $90.7 billion sector as uncertain conditions create both threats and opportunities for the nation’s producers, according to Bendigo Bank’s […]
Dungog Junior Cricket Club players will benefit from improved irrigation at Bruyn Park. Photo: DJCC.
HUNTER Water has announced the successful recipients of its 2025 Love Water Grants program, with 19 community organisations and groups awarded a share of $125,000 in funding to support water-saving and sustainability-focused initiatives. Now in its seventh year, the Love Water Grants program offers one-off funding of up to $10,000 for projects that promote water […]
Judith Hand from the Dungog Wholefood Co-op with Anne Higgins from Dungog Early Literacy.
Samantha Bean from Evergreen Bean. Judith Hand from the Dungog Wholefood Co-op with Anne Higgins from Dungog Early Literacy. Donna Skinner from The Mutual Bank. Allen Crosson from Pathways Integrative Health. “YOU can never get enough books into the hands of enough children,” says Dolly Parton, and thanks to several generous local businesses, more young […]
Gillian Calvert AO at Parliament House with young people. Gillian with members of a young people’s reference group in 2002. THE Dungog-Clarence Town CWA and the Paterson Allyn Williams Science and Ideas Hub are co-hosting a series of free talks titled “Illuminating Local Women”. The latest speaker, Gillian Calvert AO, has devoted her life to […]
The Magpie Market at Stroud is looking to talk to local producers.
FOLLOWING the success of its debut on 15 June, the Magpie Market at Stroud District Country Club is calling on local growers and producers to take the market to the next level. Organised by new Stroud local Victoria Henderson, the market drew a strong crowd and a vibrant mix of stalls showcasing handmade goods, art, […]
Barrington Tops National Park. Photo: NPWS.
ACCESS to the Barrington Tops National Park from Gloucester is presently unavailable because of severe damage to the Scone Road during May’s flooding rains. Access to the Polblue Campground and Thunderbolts Lookout is currently only possible from the Scone side via Tomalla, on the western side of Barrington Tops. Otherwise, the Park is open as […]
AN Upper House inquiry has been established to examine the Game and Feral Animal Legislation Amendment (Conservation Hunting) Bill 2025, a private members’ bill introduced by Robert Borsak MLC of the Shooters, Fishers and Farmers party. The bill proposes a number of amendments to the Game and Feral Animal Control Act 2002, including to abolish […]
Lyne MP Alison Penfold recently met with NDIS providers from across the region.
FEDERAL Member for Lyne Alison Penfold is calling on the Federal Government to urgently revoke the latest National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) pricing changes, warning of the “significant negative impacts on people with a disability living in regional and remote areas”. The changes, announced following the Government’s NDIS Annual Pricing Review, came into effect on […]
