Macksville

Queensland police arrest a man in Brisbane on Wednesday.

Crime

Murder charge after man’s body found inside metal cabinet in creek

Police allege the victim was murdered by a 22-year-old man who then arranged for an associate from Queensland to “clean up”.

1 year ago
Catherine Naylor and Georgina Mitchell

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NSW FIRES: Property owner (from left) Brad Edge, Ben Donnelly and Group Captain Anthony Roberts from the RFS discuss the current fire map ahead of worsening weather conditions. They have been establishing fire breaks with tractors and dozers at Brads property in Congarinni near Macksville in northern NSW. 11th November 2019, Photo: Wolter Peeters, The Sydney Morning Herald.

Bushfires

'We always seem to be forgotten': Locals want more resources to fight fires

In and around Macksville residents and volunteers say they feel they haven't had as much support as they need in the lead up to the fires, with many asking "what about the army?"

November 11, 2019
Lucy Cormack

A North Coast woman has been charged with the death of her daughter and another woman, after allegedly running over the pair - from Bellingen and Macksville - in a car park in Nambucca Heads on Saturday night.

Crime

Mother charged with death of daughter and friend on the North Coast

A 52-year-old will face Kempsey Local Court on Monday after allegedly running over her daughter, 24, and another woman, 20. The pair died.

September 29, 2019
Sally Rawsthorne

Review
New South Wales

The Star Hotel

There are few hotels with a view as peaceful as that over the Nambucca River, but on a Saturday night live music brings hordes of noisy youth and the food brings everybody else.