A coronial inquest has heard that a 29-year-old man was left for 21 hours without physical observation despite telling staff he had a history of suffering seizures while withdrawing from alcohol.
Mangrove Jack left Yamba Harbour yesterday morning heading north to the Gold Coast. The alarm was raised when it missed its call in time last night at Point Danger on the NSW-Queensland border.
Peter Maxwell and wife Rachel spent a combined 77 years as NSW paramedics, but they might be the last of a generation of lifers, with one in 20 leaving the workforce every year.
The man who wrote the music for many well-known advertising jingles, including Good on You Mum, Tip Top bread and Take Me Away, P&O, is being remembered for his musical skill.
A 28-year-old Coffs Harbour man has been charged with murder and attempted murder after allegedly assaulting his parents and starting a house fire on Father's Day.
The family of Dee Annear, a woman murdered by her partner in a remote forest cabin on the NSW Mid North Coast, say the lies of her killer will never be forgotten.
A prominent environmentalist has been ordered to stay 500 metres away from Forestry Corporation offices in Coffs Harbour after the NSW Supreme Court heard that seeing forestry vehicles was like "a red flag to a bull" for the defendant.
Paul Coe, a civil rights activist who helped found the Aboriginal Legal Service and the Tent Embassy, has been remembered as "a giant among heroes" for the Wiradjuri people.