She vanished off Dreamtime Beach on Monday night. Almost 12 hours and a fleet of rescue crews later, she was found alive near a floating marker in the Tweed River.
RK Crosby
Posted inCommunity development, Health, Taree
Construction begins on Manning Hospital’s new wing
After years of community advocacy, construction has begun on Manning Hospital’s new clinical building, complete with a coronary care unit and its own mortuary.
Posted inAnimals, Education, Grants and funding, NSW News
NSW funds vet scholarships as Canberra leaves students out
NSW is offering scholarships to 94 vet students to do their prac in regional areas. The AVA says the Federal Government just left the same students off a new list of ten professions getting paid prac.
Posted inBusiness, Energy, Regional Development
Clean energy body admits trust problem, proposes royalty scheme
The Clean Energy Council admits regional Australia doesn’t trust renewables, but it’s solution is not likely to fix the problem.
Posted inAgriculture, Business, Politics
NSW Farmers moves to strip MLA of NLIS database project
NSW Farmers moved to ask the government to strip MLA of the NLIS database uplift project at last week’s conference, after years of what one delegate called “lip service” from the agency running it.
Posted inFederal Politics, Grants and funding, Local News, Local politics
Regional councils claim historic win in national funding shake-up
A new national deal has just delivered a big funding win for councils. Here’s what mayors and MPs say it means for your rates, roads and jobs.
Posted inAI, MidCoast, Roads and Infrastructure
AI is already spotting potholes: but could robots fix them on the spot?
MidCoast’s rubbish trucks are already AI-spotters for potholes. Now researchers want to send in a robot to fix the cracks before they become craters.
Posted inAgribusiness, Agriculture, National News
Syngenta paraquat exit rattles farmers
Syngenta is pulling paraquat from Australian and New Zealand shelves, and farmers say it’s another tool gone from an already shrinking chemical toolbox.
Posted inEmergency management, Federal Politics, National News
CMA join push against federal disaster funding cuts
The Country Mayors Association is warning a federal funding shake-up would leave ratepayers covering more of the bill after the next flood, fire or storm.
Posted inAgriculture, NSW Politics
NSW Premier, Energy Minister face NSW Farmers conference
Fuel, crime, renewables and land maps took centre stage as Premier Chris Minns and Energy Minister Penny Sharpe faced NSW Farmers delegates, pledging action while farmers pressed them on infrastructure and regional concerns across NSW.