Motorists in our area may soon have to pay for their fuel before filling up at the bowser, following the introduction of a pre-paid trial in Sydney.
Police from Bankstown and Liverpool will launch a pre-paid fuel scheme to be trialled at selected service stations in their Commands over the next six months.
NSW Police says the […]
Providing cash incentives to landholders to manage native forests on their own land is part of a new proposal by a group of scientists, conservationists and industry representatives.
The Southern Cross Group has put forward the proposal as an alternative to the NSW Government’s Draft Code of Practice for Private Native Forestry, which has drawn strong […]
The National Parks and Wildlife Service believes a southern right whale and its calf set the record for the most northerly sighting of this species in NSW when they spent Tuesday morning thrilling Byron Bay locals and visitors.
National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) Byron Area Manager Sue Walker said the mother and calf were first sighted early in […]
The NSW Labor Government had confirmed its Sydney-centric focus by describing Parramatta, Penrith and Liverpool as ‘regional cities’, Shadow Minister for Regional Development Don Page said today.
Mr Page said the July 2006 issue of the Department of Planning’s e-newsletter, http://www.planning.nsw.gov.au/enews/index.asp, outlined how visions and plans for regional cities of Parramatta, Liverpool, Penrith, Gosford, Wollongong and […]
A Southern Cross University visual arts lecturer is one of four Australian ceramic artists invited to China to celebrate the establishment of an Australasian Ceramic Art Museum.
Fiona Fell, an internationally and nationally-recognised ceramic artist, will spend four weeks in Fuping, central China, creating ceramic pieces which will be exhibited in the newly built museum.
“There is […]
Group One Junior Rugby League’s finals series starts this weekend, with minor and major semi-finals to be played at Woodlawn commencing at 9am on Saturday with the Under 10s, through to the under 16s playing at 2.40pm.
Group One Juniors publicity officer Brian Rix provided this rundown on the games:
In the Under 10s it looks like a battle between […]
T K NALEEM stands on a concrete slab, all that is left of his former home. It’s only metres from the ocean, and is surrounded by make-do shacks. It’s the site where his family last saw their daughter and sister.
It’s the site where, on December 26, 2004, a tsunami struck in Galle in southern Sri […]
Giving farmers the tools to plan for drought is the aim of a new suite of software programs developed in collaboration with Michael Whelan, pictured, a Southern Cross University lecturer.
StockPlan, launched today (August 25) in Orange by the NSW Minister for Primary Industries Mr Ian Macdonald, consists of three integrated software tools designed to assist […]
The Roads and Traffic Authority (RTA) is currently undertaking a review of the fatal intersection of the Pacific Highway and Ross Lane, Member for Ballina Don Page announced today.
Mr Page said he had received advice from the Parliamentary Secretary for Roads, Matt Brown MP, that the review will include the issue of speed zoning.
“The main […]
Up to 200 Year 12 Legal Studies students from Coffs Harbour to Tweed Heads are expected to attend Southern Cross University’s Legal Studies Day on September 8.
The day is designed to prepare students and their teachers for the Higher School Certificate Legal Studies exam, with experienced HSC markers in attendance to give advice on the […]
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