Emma Siossian

Former professional bodyboarders are determined to get more senior Australians into the surf, boosting physical and mental health.

After decades living with congenital heart disease, Richelle Murray says she's "living proof" that organ donation can change lives.

The Liberals hold a tight lead against the Nationals in Port Macquarie's state by-election and an election analyst says they're very likely to win.

First Nations people in Australia's "stroke hotspot" have come together in a campaign to raise awareness of the symptoms.

Police say the women, 41 and 51, were present when a woman gave birth at a property near Coffs Harbour in 2022.

Police allege a man charged with murdering four people had engaged in a targeted attack when he followed a car in an attempted robbery on the NSW north coast a year ago.

A commercial farming company and one of its directors have been penalised for constructing and using dams without approval in NSW, including in a freshwater wetland.

At Drake's Brisbane concert this week, Byron Ayton held up a sign that read: "Mum's Cancer Treatment," but the 23-year-old from Port Macquarie couldn't believe it when the star singled him out with a promise to help.

Police say the car crashed through a safety barrier and boundary fence, before flying through the air and smashing onto the Port Macquarie home.

Nearly 700 people gather on the New South Wales mid-north coast for a community meeting to address youth crime, hearing stories of people being attacked in their homes and businesses with axes, machetes and golf clubs.

Many people are now shopping around for the best grocery deals, or going online to avoid temptation.

The National Party presented its candidate for a Liberal-held seat on Monday, then dumped him days later.

Kindergarten student Ella Deicke is settling into a tiny school in rural NSW where her mum is a teacher and her grandmother manages the office.

Former world bodyboard champion Damian King is preparing to take on Hawaii's Pipeline, more than a decade after he last competed at the famous break.

Port Macquarie MP Leslie Williams controversially defected to the Liberal Party in 2020 over a koala policy stoush that threatened the Coalition.

Ecotourism is drawing travellers across Australia, including on remote Lord Howe Island where Ian Sinclair and John Pemble got married after a morning spent pulling weeds.

More than 60 endangered koalas have been discovered living in bushland around a dam in regional New South Wales. Ecologists and landowners are working to ensure the colony continues to thrive.

Authorities recover the bodies of two men who died in a plane crash off Nambucca Heads on the Coffs Harbour coast yesterday.

A senior member of the NSW Homicide Squad confirmed police tasered a man armed with a revolver before he was fatally shot by officers outside of Manning Base Hospital on Thursday.

Denise Walker started teaching in the 1960s, while also blazing the way as a female pilot in regional NSW. Her students say she brings joy to the classroom.

These days it's a popular and World Heritage-listed NSW destination. In 1924 though, it took an ambitious team to get the first car to the top.

A Koori writing group is helping meet a need for more books with storylines Aboriginal people can relate to, and which inspire them to keep reading.

Just weeks before his first birthday, Kirsty Bryant's son Henry was bitten by a deadly funnel-web spider inside their northern NSW home. Not long after, he stopped breathing.

Police are working to find 27-year-old woman Dahkota Harris who detectives allege was among three people that kidnapped and shot a man in a forest on the NSW Mid North Coast 10 days ago.

Dave Kramer's best friend and her three children were murdered by her estranged husband; now he's urging other men to take a stand against violence.