Wednesday, October 21, 2026

NSW dishes up Australia’s biggest culinary tourism economy

NSW is serving up a feast for visitors, with new data confirming the state is Australia’s number one destination for food tourism and attracting billions of dollars in visitor spending.

Tourism Research Australia data shows NSW is the country’s number one destination for domestic overnight and international food tourism visitors.

NSW welcomed 5.1 million domestic overnight food tourism visitors in 2025, who spent

Hunter the first to trial new tech to avoid delays at Adamstown Level Crossing

The Minns Labor Government is a step closer to ensuring Adamstown motorists will be the first in NSW to benefit from new technology designed to help drivers avoid waits at railway boom gates, with proposed locations now identified.

Developed in-house by Transport for NSW, the new digital warning system will be installed

Tuesday, October 20, 2026

A new home with new recruits for NSW SES Stroud Unit

Volunteers have moved into a brand-new NSW State Emergency Service (SES) Unit at Stroud, in the Mid North Coast region.

The new $2.1 million headquarters is about three times the size of the former facility and brings volunteers, vehicles and equipment together in one location.

It will support the work of Stroud SES volunteers who respond across a large area stretching

Minns Labor Government steps in to protect 400 Hunter jobs ahead of Christmas

The Minns Labor Government will introduce legislation in the next sitting fortnight to protect 400 jobs at MACH Energy’s Mount Pleasant coal mine in the Hunter, providing certainty to workers and their families in the lead-up to Christmas.

As part of the intervention, MACH Energy has agreed to a Jobs Guarantee with the NSW

Tuesday, October 13, 2026

Gem Rock Auctions to Offer 8.3-Carat Paraíba Tourmaline in No-Reserve Live Auction

8.3-Carat Paraíba Tourmaline to Sell Live From $1

Lab-reported natural Mozambique stone will open at US$1 on October 14, with the final price set by live bidding

With no reserve, the final price will be decided entirely by bidders in real time, which is rare for a stone of this size.”
— Ross Sedawie

GOLD COAST, QLD, AUSTRALIA, October 12, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Gem Rock Auctions, an online marketplace for gemstones and jewelry, will offer an 8.314-carat Paraíba tourmaline in a live online auction on

Friday, October 9, 2026

Spring into action, preparing Victoria for bushfire season


As winter gives way to warmer weather, Forest Fire Management Victoria (FFMVic) crews are ramping up a range of fuel management activities across the state to help reduce bushfire risk ahead of the bushfire season.

While planned burning is the most effective way to reduce bushfire risk, there are also other

Reviving butterfly habitat through cultural burning


A cultural burn led by Bunurong participants at Truganina Coastal Park is helping rejuvenate Chaffy Saw-sedge, a plant that provides essential habitat for the Altona Skipper Butterfly.

Over 13 Bunurong employees and community members worked alongside 6 FFMVic staff, including 2 First Nations staff, to deliver this burn.

Working together through the careful application of fire, we're supporting healthy ecosystems and sharing knowledge that has cared for Country for thousands of years.

Thursday, October 8, 2026

Third anniversary of October 7 attacks

Today, we pause to remember the devastation that Hamas unleashed in the terrorist attack in Israel on the 7th of October, 2023. 

On this dark anniversary, we remember the 1200 who were taken from the world, the largest loss of Jewish life on any single day since the Holocaust.

We think of everyone who was dragged into captivity, everyone who never returned home to

Friday, October 2, 2026

$590,000 for health facility upgrades across the Shoalhaven

Communities in the Shoalhaven are set to benefit from upgraded health facilities, following a $590,000 funding boost from the Minns Labor Government to deliver minor capital works projects.

This funding for the Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District (ISLHD) is part of the Minns Government’s $12 million Regional Health Minor Works Program.

Delivered over two years, the program will support essential infrastructure upgrades and

More than $1.8 million for health facility upgrades across Central Coast

Central Coast communities are set to benefit from upgraded health facilities, following a funding boost of more than $1.8 million from the Minns Labor Government to deliver minor capital works projects.

This funding for Central Coast Local Health District is part of the Minns Government’s $12