Who’s who: Kempsey Council hopefuls battling for your vote
This Mid-North Coast NSW electorate stretches from several popular holiday towns on the coast out west to Slim Dusty’s childhood home – and the candidates are just as diverse as the region.
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Meet the candidates: Who’s who in MidCoast Council election
With the 2024 Local Government elections just around the corner, we’ve reached out to candidates in the diverse MidCoast Council patch to see what they’re all about. Find out more.
Minute’s silence for Speedway veteran, teen after tragic losses
Just days after a hearse carrying a coffin draped in a checkered flag honoured a 53-year-old speedway legend, he and a teen racer, who also tragically died of cancer, are being remembered at a regional race meet. VIDEO, TRIBUTES.
‘Heaps of creativity’: Students’ talent shines with floral display
Toowoomba East State School hanging basket competition will be open to the public through the weekend with more than 450 pieces on display, most made by the school students.
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Contractor punched and kicked by cattle graziers in scrap over fence
A family of miners and cattle graziers have wound up in court after having beef with a contractor who repeatedly damaged their barb-wire fence. See how it all unfolded.
‘Highest on record’: Shock number of hospital visits revealed
Hospital emergency rooms across the North and Mid North Coast showed a sharp increase of people attending emergency rooms. See how your local hospital performed.
Driver in deadly hit unlicensed, showed ‘callous disregard’ police allege
A driver charged with manslaughter showed no “respect” to a Hervey Bay mother after mowing her down, police have alleged as a senior detective makes a fresh plea for witnesses to come forward.
Office manager caught speeding, drunk with cocaine in system
While dealing with a woman caught speeding, drunk with cocaine in her system, a NSW magistrate has questioned the ability of police to find cocaine when “every Aboriginal person” living in a local mission area “seems to get done for cannabis”.
‘My dishes shook’: Earthquake rattles tiny Qld town
Residents of the small town of Tully in the state’s Far North have reported sounds ‘like a big fire igniting’ and dishes rattling on their sinks after an earthquake struck on Tuesday night.
Nurse with eye for beauty captures majesty of southern lights
A Queensland mental health nurse who says photography is her ‘sanity’ away from a stressful job has captured the majesty of the southern lights while driving down dirt roads. SEE HER AMAZING PHOTOS
Childcare centre owners to face court two years after toddler abandoned on bus
The owners of the childcare centre where a three-year-old was abandoned on a hot daycare bus for six hours and given only a five per cent chance of survival have been charged.
Cars, guns, drugs: Father, son arrested in major trafficking operation
Sunshine Coast police have charged 40 people with more than 190 offences following an 18-month-long drug bust, allegedly seizing cars, narcotics and firearms.
Maccas push to dish up golden fries divides Qld town
A town of more than 11,000 people will still have to drive 30 minutes for their next Maccas run after a regional council was not Mcloving the restaurant’s new planned location.
Jail guard’s sex scandal with ex-prisoner torturer takes terrifying turn
A forbidden romance between a glamorous Queensland jail guard and a convicted kidnapper led to her sacking. Now, the latest chapter in their relationship has landed him back in court.
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