Category: Headlines
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CALL FOR FREE FLU VAX EXTENSION
Tamworth healthcare practitioners are calling on the State Government to extend the free flu jab scheme set to end on Sunday. It comes after today’s decision from the State Government to continue to provide free RAT tests for vulnerable people until October.
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FATAL MOTORCYCLE CRASH NEAR CASINO
A 17-year-old male motorcycle rider has died following a serious crash in the state’s north. Emergency services were called to Spring Grove Road around midday following reports a motorcycle and car had collided at Spring Grove, approximately 5km north of Casino. Sadly, the motorcycle rider died at the scene. The driver of the car, also a…
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NSW PREMIER TO PUSH FOR RETURN OF PANDEMIC LEAVE PAYMENT
NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet says he will push for the return of COVID-19 leave payments for workers who lose income during isolation at a snap national cabinet meeting next week. Australians are still required to isolate for seven days if they are diagnosed with COVID-19, but support pay ended at the start of July. This…
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NSW PREMIER EXTENDS FREE RATS PROGRAM UNTIL OCTOBER
New South Wales Premier Dominic Perrottet had today extended free access to COVID-19 rapid antigen tests for the most vulnerable. It comes after the federal support for free RATS was to run out at the end of this month. The Premier said today that the state government would step in and extend the support for…
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COUPLE SWEPT OFF NOBBYS BREAKWALL
The Hunter is being hammered on all fronts, first came the major flooding in the valley… now wild surf is hitting the coastline. It’s been so dangerous, two people have narrowly escaped with their lives, after being swept off Newcastle’s Nobbys breakwall. The pair, who witnesses say had been taking photos, run for their lives.…
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MAN CHARGED OVER HIGH-SPEED PURSUIT, ALLEGED CARJACKINGS
A man is in custody tonight after allegedly trying to carjack a number of drivers with a machete in the northwest. Matthew Riley is also accused of leading police of a high speed pursuit – before he was arrested at a service station – the moment captured on CCTV.
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ELDERLY WOMEN JUMPS FROM BALCONY IN BURNING EDGEWORTH HOUSE
A scene of devastation, a family home gutted by fire. And a lifetime of memories lost. An elderly woman has been taken to hospital, after jumping off her balcony to escape from her burning house at Edgeworth overnight. Steve Watson’s 78-year-old mother “Cynthia” was on her own, when the fire broke out inside her Ridley…
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HEARTACHE FOR FLOOD HIT COMMUNITIES
Gilleston Heights is still cut off and supplies are being dropped off. The SES says flood-affected residents in the Hunter could be isolated until Friday. Despite the ongoing situation, residents are banding together. Those stuck with nowhere to go, doing their best to keep spirits high.
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EAST COAST TO BE HIT BY EIGHT DAY RAIN EVENT
Australia’s east coast is about to be hit with an eight-day rain event, with flooding likely across New South Wales and Queensland. Modelling suggests up to 100ml could fall in 24 hours in some parts of coastal NSW. A 2800 km stretch of the country – from Batemans Bay in southern NSW, to Cooktown in…
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BEEKEEPERS DOUBLE DOWN ON BIOSECURITY AFTER DREADED ‘VARROA’ DETECTION
70 million dollars a year – that’s how much damage a small Varroa Mite, could wreak on our honey industry. The pests have been detected in surveillance hives at the Port of Newcastle… leaving others… within a 50-kilometre radius in somewhat of a ‘lockdown’.