Port Macquarie, Australia News

It has adopted a raft of financial planning documents as part of its application to the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal .

Country Labor is working to stop the O'Farrell government raising public housing rents on the back of the carbon tax compensation.

The Department of Primary Industries say cattle that died from cattle tick fever on a property near Tamworth a few weeks ago came from Queensland and north the north coast.

Thousands of mid north coast homes, worth billions of dollars will be threatened by future sea level rises and storm surges.

AN Australian "toy boy" has been accused of murdering his former New Zealand girlfriend, who was recovering from breast cancer, in a small northern New South Wales town.

AN Australian "toy boy" has been accused of murdering his former New Zealand girlfriend, who was recovering from breast cancer, in a small northern New South Wales town.

A MAN who allegedly fired a gun, trashed a house and rolled his car during a domestic incident near Armidale is expected to be charged by police.

GREATER Taree City mayor Paul Hogan has had a 'verbal commitment' from the head of Hunter New England Area Health, supporting a faster timetable for development of a Manning Hospital clinical services plan.

The state government is taking seriously medical advice which suggests a Pacific highway worker may have been exposed to radioactive material.

A 24-YEAR-old Bowraville man arrested in Taree and charged with murder has been remanded without bail to a second court appearance at Port Macquarie on June 21.

Union lawyers are considering launching a class action for workers affected by a potentially toxic Pacific Highway site south of Port Macquarie.

A doctor treating workers who became ill last month says they might have been exposed to the banned insecticide dioxin.

The Federal Opposition leader has been in Port Macquarie today, Friday May 4, 2012, for a whistle-stop tour ahead of next week's Budget.

One high profile athlete, the Opposition leader Tony Abbott won't be racing as he is occupied in the lead-up to Tuesday's Budget.

TAMWORTH is hosting a three-day regional training workshop for the iconic doorknocker cosmetics company Avon - which is looking to update the old ding-dong with a new tweet emphasis.

The road workers union wants a full review of all accident sites on the Pacific Highway upgrade that involved trucks carrying hazardous materials.

The evening was enhanced by the presence of a visiting 11 person delegation from its sister club in Okayama, Japan.