Friday, 29th August
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Netball Australia wants your help in calling for Netball to be included in the Olympic Games in Brisbane in 2032 and has an online petition going where you can add your name to the cause and spread the word to...
Thursday, 28th August
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The opening of a BreastScreen permanent service in Mona Vale means that around 16,000 women aged 50-74 from the Upper Northern Beaches area now have access to the service within 20 minutes of their home. Around 1000 women have already had...
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Avalon’s Boomerang Bags branch celebrates 10 years of sewing BY ALEX DRISCOLL Like many volunteer organisations, Avalon’s branch of Boomerang Bags is held together by the sense of community created by the participants. “I would say that for some of the participants, ‘Tuesday...
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Sydney-based artist Janet Laurence has been announced as the Professional Artist Prize winner of the 2025 Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize, for her chromogenic print artwork, Moss Water Ice Temperature Rising, winning $35,000 in Australia’s highest-value professional artist prize for...
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A former local refused to let health battles define him at Balmoral’s annual ocean swim BY CATHERINE LEWIS When the Balmoral Swim for Cancer was held earlier this year, one swimmer took to the ocean to prove that Becker’s Muscular Dystrophy (MD)...
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The Green Schools Collective uniting students with a common goal The Green Schools Collective, (GSC) now in its fifth year, involves students from nine Mosman schools, coming together to collaborate on environmental issues and sustainability. Local public, Catholic, and private schools meet...
NBS
Queenscliff’s Declan Cleary returns to the reality cooking show with his eyes on the prize! Declan Cleary nabbed third prize on MasterChef Australia season 15 in 2023, and says it was a ‘no-brainer’ when he was invited to join other former...
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The recent Educating Girls Symposium attended by educators from private girls schools across Australia was a day of leadership and learning. But why is there a need for discussion about girls’ education? Bustling around a mechanic workshop in overalls, tinkering on...
NBS
Australia’s first snorkel-out at Shelly Beach had ocean lovers calling for climate action If there’s a group of people who have a first-hand view of the impact climate change is having on the environment, it’s divers like Natalia Milojevic. “I’ve surveyed some...
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With Refugee Week in June, Peninsula Living speaks to two locals who reveal their inspirational stories of surf, sand and survival – and how the local community has embraced them From Gaza to the Beaches Until 7 October 2023, Palestinian surf lifesavers...
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The local quarry held 240 million years of history Beacon Hill Oval and some nearby houses are located on part of what was a quarry, opened in 1910 primarily to provide raw material for brickmaking. The quarry worked a 7.5 metre...
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Falling enrolments threatens school’s future Kambora Public School in Davidson could be put into recess from 2026 due to a dramatic decline in enrolments. Its 41 students would be forced to move to other neighbouring schools. More than 100 past, present and...