Friday, 28th March
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Northern Beaches Council staff blitzed local building sites as part of the Get the Site Right campaign on 20 March 2025. The campaign seeks to prevent pollution by highlighting the importance of securing building materials and educating site managers on best-practice...
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Order of Australia recipient Stephen Callister talks about how breaking down the stigma of prostate cancer has saved countless lives BY ALEX DRISCOLL Stephen Callister was luckier than many after his prostate cancer diagnosis. Around 3,900 men in Australia die each year...
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Smooth sailing for apprentice of the year Newport local Michaela Douglas, 22, grew up around boats and spent a lot of time with her parents, Shane and Felicity Douglas, at Douglas Marine in Newport, established by her grandparents in 1972. She has...
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Aussies owe their lives to his inflatable rescue boat Ken Brown, who was instrumental in the development of the Inflatable Rescue Boat (IRB), known as the ‘rubber duckie’, died on 22 October, aged 92, from prostate cancer. More than 200,000 lives have...
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Chatswood’s Jacqueline Close has been awarded for her work preventing falls in the elderly Jacqueline Close was sitting in an airport in Singapore when she received an email she instantly thought was spam. “It was from the Governor General of Australia’s...
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Australia’s first stereo radio station celebrates For 50 years Sydney has been listening to the tunes and chat of 2MBS Fine Music Sydney, broadcast from its St Leonards studio. The popular radio station is powered predominantly by volunteers, and is known...
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New Mosman mayor and basketball centre Ann Marie Kimber says there is a lot to be excited about in her role Ann Marie Kimber is not afraid of pulling her sleeves up for a good cause. The mayor, who was popularly...
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There are many people who give up their Christmas lunch to help others. We speak with a firefighter, nurse and counsellor who work on 25 December Warning: this article mentions suicide. If you need someone to talk to, call Lifeline 13...
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Michael Morton-Evans reports on his 60 years in media Mosman’s Michael Morton-Evans, 83, trained as a concert pianist but at the age of 19 decided he wasn’t good enough to earn a living and got a job as a cadet with...
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Guy Morel runs a café where coffee and kindness go hand in hand Warning: This article mentions suicide. If you need help, call Lifeline 13 11 14 Sharing a conversation over coffee is just one of the simple things that Guy Morel...
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Search 4 Hurt pushes contestants to the max! Local Dee Why athlete and gym owner Peter Day, 33, is officially the ‘Most Savage’ of them all. Peter took the title at the finale of 7Mate’s endurance reality television show Search4Hurt, which aired...