The experiences children have during Country Hope camp are things they’d not normally do in every day life. Above: 2019 camp; below: 2016 camp. Pictures supplied. The emotional burden of living with a terminal illness is terrible no matter who you are, but children and their families facing the terrifying ordeal in the bush have … [Read more…]
Meet our team of dedicated journalists and photographers, who work hard every day to advocate for and inform Far North Queenslanders. Before moving to Cairns, Tyla was news director at the Townsville Bulletin, so she’s no stranger to covering North Queensland news. Cairns Post editor Tyla Harrington. Picture: Brendan Radke She was also the regional … [Read more…]
A father of four and concreter of more than two decades was found with a “boxed laboratory” used for making meth and cannabis plants when police raided his Fraser Coast home, a court has heard. Jamie Arnold Skillen, 45, pleaded guilty to producing dangerous drugs, two counts of unlawfully possessing a relevant substance or thing, … [Read more…]
How well NSW learned from a shocking inquiry into the state of health care in the bush is set to be examined by a parliamentary committee. A new select committee was appointed on Thursday to analyse how recommendations from the inquiry into rural and regional health are being implemented, Health Minister Ryan Park announced on … [Read more…]
The experiences children have during Country Hope camp are things they’d not normally do in every day life. Above: 2019 camp; below: 2016 camp. Pictures supplied. The emotional burden of living with a terminal illness is terrible no matter who you are, but children and their families facing the terrifying ordeal in the bush have … [Read more…]
ROUGHLY a third of the way through the Coates Talent League season, and the top teams are starting to separate themselves from the pack. But which players should you be keeping an eye on in preparation for the AFLW Draft ahead of the 2024 season? Who’s started strongly, which 16-year-olds are having an impact already, … [Read more…]
The experiences children have during Country Hope camp are things they’d not normally do in every day life. Above: 2019 camp; below: 2016 camp. Pictures supplied. The emotional burden of living with a terminal illness is terrible no matter who you are, but children and their families facing the terrifying ordeal in the bush have … [Read more…]
Mildura Rural City Council, in collaboration with the Bendigo Volunteer Resource Centre, Cultivator Inc, Be Collective, and Sunraysia Mallee Ethnic Communities Council (SMECC), will host a free two-day workshop this month aimed at helping local groups and organisations attract and retain volunteers. Councillor for Community Development and Gender Equity Helen Healy said volunteers were the … [Read more…]
Opie spent 21 years officiating across five leagues in the wider Goulburn Valley where he racked up the bulk of his games, but is now stationed in Mildura where he will run across the line for his millennium match in the Sunraysia Football League. The seasoned field umpire will oversee the seniors fixture between Mildura … [Read more…]
A development in the Mildura Marina precinct, which promises to transform the New South Wales entry to Mildura, has moved a step forward following a decision at tonight’s Planning Delegated Committee Meeting. Mildura Rural City Councillors tonight endorsed an alternate motion approving conditional plans for a hotel/convention centre and residential development in the precinct. Councillor … [Read more…]