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On Friday 22 January at around 10pm, Surf Life Saving callout teams from the Illawarra joined other emergency services at Port Kembla where three people died after being washed into the surf. The deceased were three males who were believed to have been fishing off the rocks when five people were hit by a large wave.

"It is something I want to be part of," Electrical Trades Union national secretary Allen Hicks said at the Rappville Pub on Thursday. Allen flew from Sydney to announce a $50,000 donation towards a community bus for Rappville. The Rappville Social committee has been fundraising for a bus to pick up school children to increase student numbers at Rappville Public School and to take older people on shopping trips to Casino. The 22-seater bus they plan to buy will have disability access and will cost $156,000.

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Geoff Helisma. The Yulgilbar Foundation has awarded the Grafton Regional Gallery $300,000 to support the gallery’s programs. The gallery can spend $100,000 per year commencing in March 2021, as stipulated by Yulgilbar, on “exhibitions, activities, cultural programs and education outreach associated with exhibitions”.

The 1903 De Burgh bridge at Tabulam is being pulled down at a startling speed. After the completion of the two-lane new bridge, Transport for...