Kempsey Shire’s young people will take over the town’s laneways again this year, with the Macleay Laneway Festival returning on Saturday, 24 October.
Social issues and services
Posted inCrime, Woolgoolga
Woolgoolga rallies around local teen as three charged with violent assault
A baseball bat, a fractured elbow and a video the whole town is talking about. Three charged over an alleged Woolgoolga assault, as locals rally to stop the footage spreading further.
Posted inCrime, Kempsey
Push for police drones to patrol Mid North Coast skies
Kempsey Shire has the second worst motor vehicle theft rate in NSW, and Michael Kemp wants police drones overhead. Turns out the state may already have Kempsey in its sights.
Posted inCrime, Port Macquarie
Stabbed, cars stolen, then a dramatic pursuit after Port Macquarie home invasion
Stabbed at his own front door, then a chase to Kempsey. Detectives say three to five people forced their way into a Port Macquarie home and stole two cars.
Posted inAgriculture, National News, Phone and Internet, Social issues and services
Regional Tech Hub shuts its doors after six years
It helped 80,000 households navigate patchy internet, the 3G shutdown and Triple Zero outages. Now the Regional Tech Hub has closed, after funding for the free service ran out.
Posted inCoffs Harbour, Disability
Pathfinders Support Your Path wins national disability services award for second consecutive year
Pathfinders Support Your Path has won national recognition for the second consecutive year for its NDIS services supporting regional communities.
Posted inFederal Politics, Local News, Social issues and services, What's on
Lyne MP wants businesses to ‘get it off their liver’ after gambling survey scores a result
Her gambling survey already rattled Canberra. Now Lyne MP Alison Penfold wants Hastings to Hunter small business owners to get it off their liver too, before the clock runs out.
Posted inAwareness Events, Iluka, Social issues and services
Iluka’s RSL chapter returns to lead Vietnam Veterans Day service
A revitalised Iluka Chapter of the RSL will lead a commemoration service at the Iluka War Memorial on Tuesday, 18 August, marking Vietnam Veterans Day and the 60th anniversary of the Battle of Long Tan.
Posted inDomestic Violence, NSW News, Women
NSW reviews assault survivor privacy laws
NSW is reviewing whether sexual assault survivors’ therapy notes should be able to be used against them in court, after victim-survivors and counsellors spoke out.
Posted inCrime, Port Macquarie
Two charged after alleged police pursuit in stolen SUV on Mid North Coast
Two people have been charged after an alleged police pursuit involving a stolen SUV on the NSW Mid North Coast.