Category: Mid North News

From potential carbon offsets to key nutrients – Southern Cross University is set to receive $54 million in federal funding to dig deep into what’s in farmers’ soil. Researchers will work with producers on a new two year program.

A near $1 million cash injection will help bring two Coffs Coast events to life. ‘Storyland’, and the Coffs Coast Food and Wine Festival will showcase our region’s art and food scene.

Mid North Coast businesses are backing calls to scrap the COVID close contact isolation rule. Employers are struggling to fill gaps in rosters with the current mandate leaving them short-staffed.

Shelter New South Wales have lodged a lengthy submission on the proposed rezoning of the Argyll Estate in Coffs Harbour. They’re concerned the plan favours developers and not those needing affordable housing.

Port Macquarie-Hastings Council has come under fire over axing a number of it committees. Members of the Town Centre Masterplan sub-committee say they were blindsided by the sudden termination.

There’s hope for renters on the Coffs Coast with new data showing a rise in the residential vacancy rate. But local agents say the market remains at crisis point, with housing stock not enough to satisfy demand.

Blood donors are urgently needed with the impact of flooding on the north coast causing in a shortfall of thousands of donations. With the Lismore centre closed indefinitely, Coffs Coast residents are being asked to roll up their sleeves to help.

It’s a sobering statistic…every six hours an Australian dies from melanoma. A Crescent Head cancer survivor is now on a mission to raise awareness of the disease and the importance of getting regular skin checks.

An ongoing debate on what to do with disused land at the Coffs Harbour Jetty has reignited after a council meeting last week. Council have voted to get the land valued, with the view to buy it from the rail track corporation.