Censures, coffees and a clinched deal: MPs off for Xmas
Nov 28, 2024 · Liberal MP Keith Wolahan - also known as the Keith-seeking missile - clinched victory in the final weekly pollies' soccer match for 2024 with a peach shot from well outside the box in the dying ...
Fur flies over billion-dollar koala park cost claims
Nov 27, 2024 · State cabinet is due to make a final decision within weeks on the boundaries of the park, which aims to link dozens of koala hubs near Coffs Harbour to protect 100 native species, including up to ...
Port Macquarie elects Adam Roberts as mayor in 2024 | Port …
Oct 4, 2024 · Adam Roberts elected mayor of Port Macquarie-Hastings Council, bringing 14 years of experience to the role.
Thousands mark Remembrance Day with minute's silence
Nov 11, 2024 · Vietnam veteran Richard Norden was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross, Australia's highest military honour, for putting his life on the line to save a wounded commander when his platoon came ...
Fatima Payman decries racism, eligibility bid shot down
Nov 27, 2024 · Independent senator Fatima Payman has accused Pauline Hanson of racism, slamming her for bringing "disgrace to the human race" as a bid to challenge her eligibility to sit in parliament was shut down.
Court scraps 'marine exclusion zone' ahead of protest
Nov 21, 2024 · A court has scrapped, at the very last minute, a government-imposed exclusion zone intended to prevent planned disruptions to the Port of Newcastle by climate protesters.
Climate protest flotilla descends on biggest coal port
Nov 22, 2024 · Bulk carriers have run the gauntlet of hundreds of climate activists who took to the water near the world's biggest coal port, protesting the approval of fossil fuel projects.
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Meet your new Port Macquarie-Hastings councillors | Port …
Oct 10, 2024 · The team elected to serve as Port Macquarie-Hastings councillors for the next term of council is a mix of experience and some fresh faces.
Thousands rally as nurses reject one-or-the-other deal
Nov 13, 2024 · Mr Park acknowledged his nurses were among the lowest-paid in the nation but said they received their highest increase in a decade in 2023 and the government was delivering on the union's "big ask ...