Tag: mid north coast
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ELDERLY WOMAN INJURED DURING HOME ROBBERY AT KEMPSEY
An 88-year-old woman is recovering this morning, after being injured during a home robbery at Kempsey overnight. Around 7pm, the woman was inside her home on Hill Street, West Kempsey with her 89-year-old husband, when she heard a noise coming from the back door of the house. When she went to investigate, two men pushed…
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GREAT KOALA NATIONAL PARK GAINS MOMENTUM
The push to create the Great Koala National Park is gaining momentum, with a site now identified for an information centre and koala hospital. The Greens argue the move away from logging would bring major economic benefits to the region.
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NORTH COAST AFL GEARS UP FOR 2018 WOMEN’S LEAGUE
With the first premiership season done and dusted, Women’s AFL has taken off around the country. Now, North Coast AFL is gearing up to develop a women’s league for 2018.
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COFFS COAST INVENTION GARNERS INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION
A Coffs Coast Doctor has been invited to exhibit his modern day walking stick in New York. The IQ Stick will be displayed alongside international products, designed to enhance the lives of people with disabilties.
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FATAL MOTORCYCLE CRASH CORAMBA
A motorcycle rider who had been reported missing for 12 hours has been found dead west of Coffs Harbour. The death comes after a worrying spate of fatal accidents in the last month.
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DESPERATE NEED FOR INDIGENOUS FOSTER CARERS
An Indigenous foster care organisation on the Mid North Coast has seen almost double the amount of cases since last year. Abcare Coffs Harbour hopes National Child Protection Week will highlight the desperate need for indigenous carers in the region.
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REPORT HIGHLIGHTS CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS ON THE COFFS COAST
On the last day of winter, it seems the Mid North Coast is in desperate need of some spring rain. A report by the Nature Conservation Council warns the region’s dry conditions are just a taste of what’s to come.
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SCHOOLS BATTLE FOR REGIONAL ATHLETIC GLORY
Mid North Coast primary schools battled for individual and school glory at the regional athletics carnival in Coffs Harbour. Close to 300 students from Stuart’s Point through to the Clarence Valley filled the International Stadium, for a day of competition in the winter sun. Students competed across arrange of track and field events Todays’ winners…
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MID NORTH MAN WANTED ON OUTSTANDING WARRANT
Manning-Great Lakes police are on the lookout for a Mid North Coast man wanted on an outstanding warrant. 76-year-old Iain McQueeney is described as being of Caucasian appearance, approximately 160cm-165cm tall, of medium build, with grey hair. He is known to frequent the North Coast and the Central West, and is wanted by virtue of…
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POLICE CLOSE IN ON COFFS COAST ROBBERS
Police have arrested two men in connection to a spate of armed robberies between Wauchope and Coffs Harbour over the past 18 months. Following the release of CCTV last week, a 24-year-old man from Toormina was arrested at the Coffs Harbour Police Station on Tuesday. A 28-year-old man from Boambee East was also arrested later…