Mid North Coast residents are finding alternative paths to home ownership, with new research showing regional NSW residents are more likely than their city counterparts to have already bought a home.
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Posted inEducation, Grants and funding, Health, Indigenous, Local News
Mid North Coast cadet inspires health push
A Mid North Coast placement student says a hospital stay with her baby brother set her on the path to occupational therapy, as applications open for the next Aboriginal Allied Health Cadetship intake.
Posted inAgribusiness, Cost of Living
Agribusiness group warns pesticide fee hike will push up grocery prices
Independent analysis says a looming pesticide fee hike could shrink farmers’ access to new products and push grocery prices even higher. Here’s the industry’s warning.
Posted inBallina, Economy
Have your say on Ballina’s economic future
Ballina Shire residents and businesses are being asked to help shape a five-year strategy for local economic and tourism growth.
Posted inGrants and funding, North Coast Surrounds
Active ageing grants open across Northern NSW
Community groups and organisations across Northern NSW can apply for grants of up to $30,000 to help older people stay active, socially connected and independent.
Posted inGrants and funding, Local News
Nine North Coast towns share in rural grants boost
Nine North Coast towns, from Alstonville to Wilsons Creek, have landed a share of $290,986 in rural community grants.
Posted inGrants and funding, Housing, Toormina
Northern NSW hemp home builder secures $2 million in state funding
A Northern NSW startup building homes from hemp has landed $2 million to scale up its Toormina manufacturing facility, for what it says will be Australia’s first large-scale hemp SIP plant.
Posted inDomestic Violence, Grants and funding, NSW News
$40m boost for family violence program
A $40 million funding boost means all 52 Staying Home Leaving Violence services in NSW will get a 50 per cent budget lift, helping more women and children stay safely in their own homes.
Posted inAlstonville, Grants and funding, Health, Indigenous
Alstonville healing service wins $20,000 cultural grant
A new healing service for Northern Rivers women and children just got a $20,000 boost, part of a statewide push to fund Aboriginal-led cultural projects.
Posted inEconomy, Immigration, NSW News
NSW growth to ride almost entirely on migration
NSW’s entire population growth for the next 40 years will come from overseas migration, and then some. A new report shows just how much the state’s future rides on it.