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Job cuts won't deliver positive health outcomes: Greens' MP
New South Wales Premier Nathan Rees is under increasing pressure to reverse plans to cut hundreds of jobs from the North Coast Area Health Service.[MORE]
One dead in Pacific Hwy road crash
A person has died in a car accident on the Pacific Highway at Wardell.[MORE]
Protests staged over planned health job cuts
Community anger over plans for massive jobs cuts within the North Coast Area Health Service is reaching 'boiling point'.[MORE]
North coast health council welcomes Garling findings
The North Coast Area Health Advisory Council has welcomed the findings of the Garling Report into Acute Care in New South Wales public hospitals.[MORE]
MPs maintain campaign against health cuts
New South Wales north coast Nationals MPs are keeping the pressure on the Government over its plan to cut 400 health service jobs.[MORE]
Federal Govt urged to eliminate child care uncertainty
Cowper MP Luke Hartsuyker says the Federal Government needs to take action on ABC Learning centre closures.[MORE]
Union calls for timber industry plan
The union that represents timber mill workers wants the Government to come up with a plan for the local industry.[MORE]
Local ABC childcare centres under review
A number of ABC childcare centres on the New South Wales north coast are under review.[MORE]
Nurses told of job cut protests
The New South Wales Nurses Association says it is letting its members know about protest rallies planned across the region this weekend.[MORE]
Call for greater child protection efforts
There is a call for government to do more to protect vulnerable children and families on the New South Wales north coast.[MORE]
Lismore Mayor new NOROC chief
The collective of New South Wales north coast councils has appointed a new president for the coming year, Lismore Mayor Jenny Dowell.[MORE]
Regional hospitals under greater strain: AMA
The Australian Medical Association (AMA) says conditions are much worse for staff and patients at regional hospitals than for their city counterparts.[MORE]
Rallies to protest against health service job cuts
There is mounting anger over the New South Wales Government's decision to slash 400 jobs from the North Coast Area Health Service.[MORE]
Byron United airs fears over outdoor dining levy plan
A Byron Shire community organisation is worried about a proposed increase in fees for footpath dining.[MORE]
Alstonville residents await bypass work
Residents of Alstonville, west of Ballina, are increasingly optimistic work will start on a bypass of the village in the new year.[MORE]
Maclean high-rise development on hold
The future of a large residential high-rise project in Maclean has been put on hold because of height issues.[MORE]
Nurses' union fears north coast job cuts
The union covering nurses says its members are extremely worried about New South Wales Government plans to shed up to 400 full-time jobs at north coast hospitals.[MORE]
SES at the ready for weekend storms
State Emergency Service (SES) units across the New South Wales mid-north coast region were on stand-by over the weekend to respond to severe weather warnings.[MORE]
Grafton shopping centre revamp promises jobs boost
The upgrade of a large shopping complex in Grafton is expected to create up to 400 jobs. [MORE]
Skinner fears for hospital revamp
The Opposition health spokeswoman, Jillian Skinner, says stage three of Lismore Base Hospital's redevelopment is likely to be deferred and could be dropped altogether.[MORE]
Union wants child care crisis resolved quickly
The union covering child care workers says staff at ABC centres along the New South Wales north coast need the current crisis to be resolved swiftly.[MORE]
SES called back as storms hit nth coast
New South Wales emergency crews assisting with rescue work in the wake of Queensland's storms were called back last night to attend fierce storms lashing the north coast. [MORE]
Council rejects Speldour festival move criticism
The Byron Shire Council denies claims that it has ignored its own planning rules by moving the Splendour in the Grass music festival to a new inland site at Yelgun in northern New South Wales.[MORE]
Truss perplexed by Sexton Hill decision
Federal Nationals' leader Warren Truss says a delay to the upgrade of the Pacific Highway at Sexton Hill is incomprehensible.[MORE]
Lismore tests flood alert sirens
Lismore City Council will be testing its flood alert sirens today as part of the annual Floodsafe Week.[MORE]
