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Eurobodalla Council is looking for someone to join its Disability Inclusion Advisory Committee. Image courtesy Eurobodalla Council.  Eurobodalla Council is calling for expressions of interest from people who have a disability, specialist knowledge or interest in disability issues to represent the community on its Disability Inclusion Advisory Committee. The committee helps Council...

Ecologists say the iconic Bogong Moth is struggling to survive, with devastating consequences for endangered Pygmy Possums. Students on the Far South Coast are preparing to walk out of school on the 15th of March, calling for politicians and leaders to act urgently on climate change.  The students will be part of...

A smoke haze from the Victorian fires could last for some days yet along the Far South Coast. The bushfire emergency in Victoria is expected to continue today with 23 fires burning. Cooler weather however is forecast.  On the Far South Coast a haze from the Gippsland fires was across the Bega...

Batemans Bay is back to business following a bomb hoax this morning.  The police bomb squad from Sydney was choppered into the Bay to check out a package with a device, left in a garden bed near the Bakehouse in Orient Street. A note was found with the package.  Businesses and shops...

Parts of the Batemans Bay CBD have been evacuated and streets cordoned off as police investigate what is believed to be a suspicious package outside the Bakehouse Bakery in Orient Street.  Sections of Perry and Orient streets are blocked at the moment, and members of the public should avoid the area....

Despite community concern the drumlines are in place along the Far South Coast for eight weeks.  Despite community concern the NSW Department of Primary Industries has started an eight week trial of 'SMART' drumline technology off Merimbula Pambula and Tathra.  DPI says the drumlines differ from traditional drumlines as they allow...