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81yo pilot-doctor David Cooke still flies to treat patients and leads weekly aerial display

He lands in a cow paddock to visit country patients, and for fun takes out his vintage plane to lead a regular air show. It's all in a week's work for Dr Cooke, who has no plans to retire any time soon.

ABC News · Jun 3, 2023

Indigenous Voice to Parliament among topics raised at annual Saltwater Freshwater festival

A 'yarn tent' has raised issues around national unity, reconciliation and the Indigenous Voice to Parliament, at the annual Saltwater Freshwater festival in northern NSW.

ABC News · Jun 3, 2023

Story Dogs reading program provides positive, calm influence on children learning to read

Dogs with a calm nature are providing young students with a fun and non-confrontational environment in which to practise reading as part of a program expanding around the country.

ABC News · Mar 25, 2023

Make a Difference food van expands mobile meals to meet increasing community need amid rental crisis

Amid the housing crisis, an increasing number of people in NSW regional towns are sleeping rough or missing meals. A group of volunteers in Port Macquarie are doing what they can to make a difference.

ABC News · Aug 6, 2022

Woman who faced homelessness reveals devastating impacts for NSW inquiry

Beth Fuller found herself financially vulnerable and without secure housing after her marriage unexpectedly ended. Now a suicide survivor, she wants to help other older woman in the same position.

ABC News · Jul 23, 2022

Libraries are about 'people, not books' as they survive and thrive in digital age

Chris Jones has spent 35 years working in libraries and remembers being warned in the late 1980s — just as the internet was emerging — that libraries would be "dead in five years".

ABC News · Jul 14, 2022

NSW Mid North Coast rainfall records broken as flood damage assessed

Communities on the NSW Mid North Coast are beginning to assess the damage after severe weather and record-breaking rainfall totals.

ABC News · Jul 7, 2022

Port Macquarie's surf break, the 'bodyboarding capital of Australia', feared under threat by breakwall upgrade

A planned upgrade of Port Macquarie's breakwall is causing waves among the surfing community with concerns the new design will ruin the water flow and sand movement of the unique surf break.

ABC News · Jun 23, 2022

Extreme sideshow performer Gordo Gamsby brings the daring and different to Port Macquarie

Gordo Gamsby ran away to join the circus and has travelled the world performing extreme sideshow acts, achieving a swag of Guinness World Records. He has returned home to embrace a different life, bringing a slice of the daring and different with him.

ABC News · Jun 18, 2022

Racing greyhounds to be monitored from birth to retirement by e-tracking system in NSW

A new e-tracking system is active in NSW to monitor the location and welfare of racing greyhounds from birth to retirement, but opponents to the industry remain unimpressed.

ABC News · Jun 16, 2022