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Member for Eden-Monaro Kristy McBain says she is "shocked and concerned" to hear that frontline workers in her electorate will have to endure a seven-hour round trip to reach the nearest COVID-19 vaccine centre in Canberra. She has written a letter to Health Minister Greg Hunt urging him to include the hospitals in Bega, Moruya and Tumut in phase one...

Marulan residents say the NSW Government should compel Gunlake Quarry to use the local rail network instead of their fragile roads before approving a proposed state significant expansion. The quarry is seeking to increase its maximum daily truck movements by 50 per cent on Brayton Road, Ambrose Road, Red Hills Road and the Hume Highway to meet demand for its...

A Moruya doctor has told a NSW Legislative Council inquiry into regional health that patients on the South Coast face long wait times or have to travel outside of the region for mental health, paediatric and orthopaedic services. Dr Michael Holland’s submission, written on behalf of community group One New Eurobodalla Hospital, is among 400 from health professionals, advocacy groups, lawyers,...

Bega Valley Shire Council is seeking public feedback on proposed amendments to the Eden Town Centre section of its Development Control Plan 2013 to introduce a Heritage Conservation Area at the southern end of Imlay Street. Comments on the draft amendments to the Development Control Plan are welcome during the exhibition period and will be accepted until 11.59 pm on...

Residents in southern NSW are advised to take extra steps to protect themselves from mosquito bites following a suspected outbreak of Ross River Fever and the Barmah Forest Virus locally. The Southern NSW Local Health District says an increased number of suspected cases of both mosquito-borne diseases have been reported to the public health unit and are currently under investigation....

A man has been arrested after two men were stabbed, one fatally, in the state’s south today. At about 4:00 am (15 February), emergency services were contacted after reports of the incident. The men reportedly drove to Cooma Hospital for treatment, where one died after suffering stab wounds to his torso. He is yet to be formally identified. A second...

Land managers across southeast NSW have received $8 million from the Supporting Our Neighbours program to rebuild 1600km of boundary fencing that was destroyed in the Black Summer bushfires. Fences that border onto public lands, such as roadside fencing, can be replaced through the program, which is still open for grant applications until Wednesday, 31 March, 2021. Applications can be submitted...

Hilltops Council has advised that there has been a detection of E. Coli bacteria in the Young water supply system, which means that drinking water is unsafe. E. Coli in drinking water shows that the water may be contaminated with faeces and organisms that may cause gastrointestinal illness. Water used for drinking or food preparation should be brought to a rolling boil to make...

The NSW Government has announced it will lodge a Secretary's Environmental Assessment Requirements application with the NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment for the new Bungendore High School this week. The application is a formal part of the State Significant Development (SSD) process, and as part of the undertaking, the community will be invited to put forward formal submissions...

Goulburn Mulwaree Council says it is pleased with a Federal Government funding boost of $1.584 million that will go towards projects such as the new waste management centre and Wollondilly River Walkway. The funding was received as part of the second round of the government's Local Roads and Community Infrastructure Program which targets economic stimulus. READ ALSO: Goulburn to spend...

Canberrans travelling to the NSW South Coast on the Kings Highway could face delays from next week. Between Monday, 15 February, and Friday, 14 May, Transport for NSW will carry out safety improvements along a 1.9km section of the highway at Currowan, west of Nelligen. READ ALSO: Lead contamination closes preschool at Captains Flat, further testing continues Traffic control and...

The Captains Flat Preschool will remain closed until at least Monday of next week after elevated levels of lead from the former Lake George Mine were found in some areas of the school's playground and other areas of the town. Lead contamination has also been discovered in the park on Foxlow and Spring Streets in the north of the village and the roadside...

Harden-Murrumburrah’s community has come out fighting with this week's news that the St Lawrence Residential Aged Care facility is to close, leaving 35 residents essentially without homes. The facility's operator, Southern Cross Care NSW and ACT (SCC), made the shock announcement in January, saying low demand for beds had forced its decision, but in the weeks since, residents have collectively...

SafeWork NSW is investigating a workplace accident at Bango Wind Farm on Lachlan Valley Way in the state's south. A man, believed to be aged in his 30s, was airlifted to Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney on Thursday, 4 February, after his hand was amputated while working on machinery. A SafeWork NSW spokesperson said its inspectors had completed a...

A whole lot of colour is being splashed around Harden-Murrumburrah right now and it’s difficult to miss. Anyone who has driven through the big-little twin towns in the NSW South West Slopes will know the sweeping hills delivering people from east and west, via Burley Griffin Way, provide a perfect asphalt carpet to one of the main attractions which had...

There are community concerns that if a plan to protect the coast at Batemans Bay's Surfside and northern shore is not developed quickly, the area could suffer heavy damage from erosion. "If you have a combination of a king tide, an eastern low and very heavy rainfall in the Clyde catchment, much of the suburb could just be washed into...