Government Archives - Gloucester District News Of The Area

Weather Bureau updates unpopular $96.5m website

THE Bureau of Meteorology has implemented the first round of changes to its heavily-criticised $96.5m website. Since launching, the site has attracted 400,000 “items of feedback”. As a result, the rain radar and weather map have been improved and there is more information about daily temperature highs and lows on state, territory and district pages. […]

Community, Government

Riverbank restoration work in Gloucester District Park

THOSE recently enjoying a stroll or a run through Gloucester District Park are likely to have noticed heavy machinery in operation on one eroded section of the riverbank. MidCoast Council has been successful in obtaining a Habitat Action Grant from the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development. The grants are funded from the Recreational […]

Community, Government

Mayors advocate for shared Hunter priorities

The HJO delegates met with senior NSW Government politicians and officials at Parliament House. Photos: HJO. REPRESENTATIVE members of the Hunter Joint Organisation (HJO) visited NSW Parliament House on Thursday, 16 October to advocate for greater investment in the Hunter’s communities, industries, jobs, and economic future. The HJO is a collaborative body that represents the […]

Community, Government

Monument celebrates Gloucester’s Indigenous heritage

The gathering for the unveiling of the monument. Photo: supplied. Jack Cook. Photo: supplied. A MONUMENT celebrating the traditional custodians of the Barrington River area was unveiled during a ceremony on Monday, 22 September. The idea for the monument came from the Cook Family of the Barrington Aboriginal Corporation. Those taking part in the event […]

Community, Government

Gloucester’s iron shed ‘Pumphouse’ slated for demolition

The soon-to-be-demolished Pumphouse. The undermined foundations of the Pumphouse. ONE of the popular features of the Gloucester Caravan Park is an old corrugated iron shed adjacent to the Gloucester River known as the “Pumphouse”. The shed was originally built to house a water pump, but in recent years has been used by […]

Government

Nationals call for firefighting scheme to be made permanent

NSW NATIONALS MPs are calling on the NSW Government to immediately deliver its promised Farm Fire Fighting Vehicle scheme, months after the second of two trial periods ended. In January 2024 Labor committed to provide conditional registrations that would enable farmers to drive unregistered vehicles on public roads in an emergency, but is yet to […]

Community, Entertainment, Government, Health

Council heeds pleas to keep bike jumps

MIDCOAST Council has listened to pleas not to remove a few improvised dirt bike jumps in Gloucester District Park. After the recent floods, Greg Germon, who regularly rides his bike in the park, thought it would be a great idea if some of the loose soil was made into bike jumps to be used by […]

Business, Community, Government

Still no decision on the Stratford Renewable Energy Hub

THE NSW Government is yet to arrive at a decision to either approve or reject an application by Yancoal to convert its Stratford coal mine into a renewable energy hub. No firm date has been given as to when a final decision will be made. If approved, the project will require the construction of 660,000 […]

Community, Government, National

Australians warned to pay attention to superannuation paperwork

MILLIONS of Australians are putting their superannuation at risk by not following-through with proper, and legally binding, beneficiary paperwork, according to a nation-wide survey. Research conducted by Super Consumers Australia, an advocate for people on low and middle incomes in Australia’s superannuation system, shows that more than one in three Australians with super say they […]

Community, Government

Flood recovery grant applications to be processed quicker

THE State Government last week announced it would immediately double the number of staff members working on the processing of Rural Assistance Authority (RAA) Recovery Grants for primary producers impacted by the May floods. Since June, the RAA has received almost 2,000 applications and has approved more than $23 million in payments, however the Government […]