Open to residents, schools and community groups across the North Sydney local government area, the annual competition celebrates the creativity, care and environmental stewardship behind the area’s green spaces — no matter their size. With dedicated categories for balcony and courtyard gardens, apartment dwellers working with limited space and plenty of hard surfaces are just…
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Shack Evans Head Launched As Sister Act To Port Macquarie cafe
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The hospitality outfit behind popular Port Macquarie cafe Little Shack has launched a sister operation at Evans Head in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, leasing the kiosk from Reflections Holidays. With views across the river, The Shack Evans Head is now serving coffee, snacks and meals, sourcing locally where possible. “We’ve hired…
Bettongs Return to the Desert
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Researchers are celebrating the release of the once locally extinct burrowing bettong back into the NSW desert – with the aim of training them to survive alongside feral cats and foxes. The burrowing bettong once thrived across Australia’s arid interior, but within a century of European settlement it had vanished from much of the mainland.…
16 billion bottles cans and cartons returned by the community
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NSW’s container deposit scheme, Return and Earn, has reached two major milestones with 16 billion bottles, cans and cartons returned by the community though local return points, resulting in $1.6 billion in refunds back to recyclers. Over $100 million has also been raised for charities and community groups through donations and return point hosting fees.…
The Power of Choice exhibition 2–25 June
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A powerful photographic exhibition documenting Australians who have chosen voluntary assisted dying will be shown at NSW Parliament House from 2–25 June 2026. The Power of Choice, by acclaimed portrait photographer Julian Kingma, is presented by Go Gentle Australia and offers an intimate look at the people behind Australia’s voluntary assisted dying laws. Kingma is…
Perth man Mark Gresser’s 10-month 6000-kilometre walk across Australia finishes in Byron Bay tomorrow
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When Perth man Mark Gresser reaches Byron Bay tomorrow (May 30) after his 10-month, 6000-kilometre walk across Australia to raise awareness of youth mental health, there will be one person in the welcoming party who is more excited than most to congratulate him. Brooke Hyland was Mr Gresser’s art teacher in high school at La…
Chris Hemsworth, Taron Egerton and Zazie Beetz to Star in Kockroach
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Upcoming genre-bending crime drama Kockroach, starring Chris Hemsworth, Taron Egerton and Zazie Beetz, is set to film in NSW with support from Screen NSW’s Made in NSW Fund. The production is expected to create more than 600 jobs and contribute an estimated $37 million in expenditure to the state’s economy. Provocative and wildly entertaining, the…
Return of the Stedi – Steady Eddy to tour New South Wales and Queensland
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One of Australia’s most fearless, funny and beloved comedians is back on the road. In Return of the Stedi, comedy icon Steady Eddy returns to stages across NSW and Queensland this year with a brand-new show that’s raw, irreverent, sharply observed and laugh-out-loud funny. Spanning intimate brewery gigs, legendary live music venues and classic comedy…
Airbnb contributed estimated $20.3 billion to Australian Economy
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New research by Oxford Economics and commissioned by Airbnb shows that spending associated with Airbnb contributed an estimated $20.3 billion to Australia’s economy in 2024,
Holiday Reading For Kids
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There’s nothing better than relaxing with a good book over summer, but for young children it can also be a sneaky way of maintaining the literacy gains they made at school over the past 12 months. NSW Department of Education literacy expert Jade Arnold said reading during the summer break was a great way to…