Coffs Coast Advocate

The fire that forced Cate into the frontline

Woombah RFS volunteer tells her story in the latest episode of On The Frontline

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25th Nov. 2020 12:11 PM

Shane Fitzsimmons honoured after deadly NSW fires

Former Rural Fire Service commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons has been awarded the state’s highest honour, saying the...

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10th Nov. 2020 5:11 AM

Hellish holidays had tourism teetering in March

Figures show accommodation industry already tanking as lockdowns came into affect

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08th Aug. 2020 12:08 AM

Over $7m in bushfire damage claims made in Coffs

Thousands of residents have made claims for government assistance since devastating fires tore through the region in...

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18th April 2020 11:04 AM

Deputy PM Michael McCormack and Cowper MP Pat Conaghan assess the bushfire damage at a property in Willawarrin on the Mid North Coast.

Fire victims forced out of holiday homes ahead of Easter

A surge in accommodation bookings ahead of the Easter break is forcing bushfire victims out of holiday homes, the State...

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13th March 2020 3:03 PM

Houses were lost in the bushfires that ravaged the east coast of Australia last year. This home in Nana Glen was completely destroyed. Picture by Nathan Edwards.

‘Fifty years went up in smoke’: Recovery begins after fires

Three months since the Liberation Trail bushfire obliterated his Nana Glen home and workshops, local artist Ian Watson is...

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21st Feb. 2020 1:02 PM

Ian Watson's property after the fires (left). As part of an admittedly slow recovery process, Ian this week received a donation of a water tank from the Woolgoolga Lions Club (right).

YOUR SAY: ‘Morrison has not wasted time’

‘If you walked a mile in his shoes you would understand how the job is time consuming’

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04th Jan. 2020 6:01 AM

Prime Minister Scott Morrison visits Cobargo, NSW on Thursday. Picture by Sean Davey.

Coast couple’s terrifying escape from apocalyptic fire

Waking on New Year's Eve to pitch black darkness, a Sunshine Coast couple say they may have perished if not for a gut...

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03rd Jan. 2020 12:01 PM

Sunshine Coast couple nnie Caughey and Jake van Beelen have shared their story of escaping the horrifying fire that unfolded while they were travelling through New South Wales.

Clarence Valley firefighters lend a helping hand

WHEN the Clarence Valley faced devastating bushfire last year, firefighters from south NSW came to our aid and now our...

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02nd Jan. 2020 3:01 PM

Destroyed buildings are seen in Cobargo, NSW, Wednesday, January 1, 2020. Several bushfire-ravaged communities in NSW have greeted the new year under immediate threat. (AAP Image/Sean Davey) NO ARCHIVING

Why Tex Perkins flipped the bird to ScoMo on national TV

Northern Rivers resident Tex Perkins dedicated the song The Honeymoon is Over to the PM during the ABC TV New Year’s Eve...

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01st Jan. 2020 1:01 PM

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