SOLAR INSTALLATIONS TO SAVE RATEPAYERS OVER $150,000
Lake Macquarie City Council now has solar systems capable of generating 550kW of power, following the installation of 241 new solar panels at its Works Depot. It’s estimated the solar conversions will...
View ArticlePSYCHOLOGIST ACCUSED OF INDECENTLY ASSAULTING CHILD PATIENT
A mid-north coast psychologist has been charged with indecently assaulting a young boy. The 51-year-old man was arrested at a clinic in Coffs Harbour just before 10am yesterday. Police say the child...
View ArticleSURF SHOTS – TUESDAY 30 MAY
#SurfShot Longboards and SUP’s the way to go at Town Beach in Port Macquarie today. #SurfShot Some early morning glass at Bar Beach & Dixon Park.
View ArticleRESCUE EXERCISE TARGETS ROCK FISHING ACCIDENTS
A multi-agency rescue exercise is being conducted at a Newcastle beach today . More than 90 personnel are expected to participate in the exercise at Bar Beach, including representatives from Westpac...
View ArticleWOMAN TO FACE COURT AFTER DRUGS ALLEGEDLY DISCOVERED IN VEHICLE SEARCH
A woman has been charged after a police search of a vehicle in a Lake Macquarie suburb. Around 2am today, police were patrolling Howard Street in Warners Bay, when they observed a male and female...
View ArticleCCTV RELEASED AS PART OF ARMED HOLD-UP INVESTIGATIONS
Police have released CCTV footage as part of their investigation into an armed hold-up near Coffs Harbour earlier this year. Just before 10:30pm on the 2nd of April, three men forced entry into a...
View ArticleTWO CHARGED OVER ALLEGED GOLD COAST GRAFFITI
Two men have been charged over a sting of graffiti attacks on local businesses, government buildings and other property on the Gold Coast. Police say the offences occurred in the Coolangatta CBD in the...
View ArticleCAR TO BE RECOVERED TODAY FROM SWANSEA CHANNEL
Divers are working to recover a vehicle that plunged into the Swansea channel. The Ford Falcon crashed through a safety barrier on the Swansea Bridge and the channel on Wednesday evening. The...
View ArticleNUN-CHUCKS, KNIVES & SWORDS DISCOVERED IN URUNGA HOUSE SEARCH
Police have located weapons and illegal drugs during the search of a home on the state’s mid north coast. Around 9am yesterday, police executed the search warrant at a home on Giinagay Way in Urunga....
View ArticleNEWCASTLE FAMILY MOURN THE LOSS OF A TRUE GENTLEMAN
The family of a Newcastle man who died during a hunting trip with his son in New Zealand has issued a statement saying he’ll be ‘deeply missed.’ Tony Campbell became separated from his son yesterday in...
View ArticleDORRIGO BRIDGE SET TO BE REPLACED
Over $600,000 was been allocated toward fixing Deep Creek Bridge in Dorrigo on the mid north coast. Member for Oxley Melinda Pavey announced $645,000 in funding earlier today. The project will increase...
View ArticleMAN HOSPITALISED AFTER FIGHT AT A GOLD COAST TAXI RANK
A man has been hospitalised, and another charged with grievous bodily harm, after an alleged assault on the Gold Coast. At around 6pm yesterday, an altercation broke out between three men at a taxi...
View ArticleCANNABIS AND METHAMPHETAMINE UNCOVERED IN MURWILLUMBAH
Illegal drugs and cash have allegedly been discovered during the search of a property on the New South Wales far north coast. Shortly after 11am yesterday, police executed a search warrant at a...
View ArticleCONCERNS HELD FOR MISSING PORT STEPHENS GIRL
Assistance from the public is being sought to help locate a girl missing near Port Stephens. 12-year-old Youlinda Cavanagh-Smith was last seen in Raymond Terrace on Thursday. Youlinda sometimes uses...
View ArticlePASSENGER EJECTED FROM VEHICLE AND KILLED IN NANA GLEN
A man has been killed on the mid north coast, after the car he was a passenger in left the road and crashed into a tree. Just before 9pm yesterday, the Holden Commodore was travelling on Orara Way in...
View ArticleCOUNTERFEIT OPERATION DISCOVERED
A man has appeared in court on the Gold Coast in relation to the alleged production of counterfeit money. Police executed a search warrant at a Broadbeach apartment on Tuesday last week, where they...
View ArticleWOMAN FIGHTS OFF ATTACKER IN ABDUCTION ATTEMPT AT NARARA
Police believe an attempted abduction of a young woman on the weekend may be related to the sexual assault of a child on the Central Coast last month. Police say an 18-year-old woman got off a train at...
View ArticleCLARENCE TOWN WAR MEMORIAL VANDALISED
Assistance is being sought from the public after a war monument near Port Stephens was vandalised last week. Police say the World War I cenotaph at the intersection of Queen Street and Grey Street in...
View ArticleNBN SURFSHOTS – MONDAY, JUNE 5
On the Coffs Coast – Looks stunning. At Bar Beach in Newcastle – Some fun waves around.
View ArticleUP TO 30 PEOPLE INVOLVED IN COFFS HARBOUR PROTEST
Two women have been arrested during a protest involving 30 people on the mid north coast. Around 10am this morning, police responded to reports of protestors entering a property at a premises on Little...
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