Health & Wellbeing

Eurobodalla locals have been asked to be patient as health planners and project managers work on getting the region's new hospital "right". Pointing to $180 million worth of infrastructure works already underway at Goulburn, Cooma, and Yass hospitals, executives from Southern NSW Local Health District (SNSWLHD)  worked to reassure a crowd of around 80 people at the Batemans Bay Soldiers...

Two old friends have joined a new national movement to spread a little Christmas cheer to rural women doing it tough around New South Wales. Helen Farley, of Braidwood and Theresa Matthews, of Mogo, are both collecting parcels for distribution by drought-relief organization Ladies of the Land, which delivers parcels of treats to women living and working on farms during...

Sacred blood samples from the Galiwin'ku people of Elcho Island in Arnhem Land have started their long journey home after being housed at the ANU for more than 50 years. The 200 blood samples were collected in the 1960s after a typhoid outbreak on Elcho Island, and form part of the collection at the National Centre for Indigenous Genomics at ANU....

The bushfire emergency across Northern New South Wales and Queensland is all too close for the communities of the Bega Valley. On one hellish afternoon in March 2018, 65 homes were destroyed in the Reedy Swamp, Vimy Ridge, and Tathra Bushfire. Like the current crisis, conditions at the time were described as "unprecedented". A handful of months later the communities...

Lake Burley Griffin's first inflatable water park is set to make a splash this weekend when it officially opens on Saturday off Black Mountain Peninsula at 10am. The park has been taking shape this week with the operators inflating sections and fixing them in place on the water. Park manager David Watts says the climate over summer makes the inflatable...

Last week's meeting of Bega Valley Shire Council unanimously approved the location of a 2.6 km ocean outfall in Merimbula Bay. There was a sense of councillors not really having too much choice as plans for the Merimbula Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) upgrade advance. A number of times during the discussion and in previous communication around the project, Council has...

With the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability commencing public hearings this week, the general public will be forced to confront how we have often failed to create a safe, inclusive and supportive community for people with disabilities. It is vitally important to shine a light on where the system is failing people with disabilities and...

It's just over 12 months since the NSW Premier and Member for Bega were presented with a petition of over 3,000 signatures calling for 'One New Eurobodalla Hospital'. There and then on a windy afternoon on the banks of the Moruya River, Gladys Berejiklian and Andrew Constance committed a Coalition Government to doing just that. “We are looking forward to getting...

Canberra women are among those with the longest life expectancy in Australia according to the latest figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). As of last year, females in the ACT are now living to 85.3 years, a rise of 1.3 years from 2008 data. Males in the ACT are not far behind, with the life expectancy for men rising...

After years of campaigning by the community, the new ambulance station has opened in fast growing Bungendore. Member for Monaro John Barilaro joined with the community to officially open the town’s new ambulance station on Friday - November 1. The new station on King Street will enable local NSW Ambulance paramedics to better meet the current and future needs of...

There was a large turnout in Braidwood on Friday (November 1) for the official opening of the new Ryrie Park. This new feature will be hard to miss as you drive through the heritage listed town. The park equipment in the northern end of Ryrie park, by the Memorial Swimming Pool and public conveniences, has long been a stopover for...

Canberra university students are drinking less than they were three years ago, but attitudes towards binge drinking haven’t changed according to a new report released yesterday (30 October). An ACT Health-funded campaign provided information about risky drinking behaviour to over 6,500 students and found that the program significantly reduced high-level alcohol consumption, marginally reduced binge-drinking rates and put students' perceptions...

Fourteen-year-old Isabella Hindmarsh from rural Braidwood is Capital Football’s NPL Women’s Under 15 Player of the Year. Isabella started her soccer career with Braidwood Junior Soccer Club and quickly showed how adept she was on the field. While playing in Braidwood her accomplishments included - 2014 U9 Age Champion Girl; 2015 U10 Female player of the year all grades; 2015 U10...