Palmers Island Rural store deferred

Rodney Stevens   The fate of a proposed Rural Store at Palmers Island rests on the…

White spot order crippling Clarence fishermen

The Clarence River Fishermen’s Co-Operative faces losing one third of its annual income due to the…

White spot at second Palmers Island prawn farm

The highly contagious White Spot disease that can affect crustaceans including prawns, yabbies and crabs has…

White Spot virus detected at Palmers Island prawn farm

Rodney Stevens   A Palmers Island prawn farm has implemented biosecurity procedures after the highly contagious…

Fire destroys Palmers Island home

Emma Pritchard   A property on Palmers Island has been destroyed by fire. Shortly after 4:30am…

Tragedy at Palmers Island

A young child has tragically lost her life on a property at Palmers Island, 9km west…

Team effort saves Maclean

Lynne Mowbray   A contingent of Rural Fire Service (RFS) volunteers from around NSW arrived in…

Palmers island boat building proposal ‘exhumed’

Geoff Helisma A proposal to construct a boat-building facility on Palmers Island was eventually rejected by…

The First Casualty Of WWI Shot By A Hypodermic Needle

Hugh Murphy (1894 – 1994) was born at Palmers Island and passed away just days after…

The house with the golden windows

The house with the golden windows The little girl lived in a small, very simple, poor…

Genetic link to acne and blackheads found

New research may have uncovered a genetic cause of acne, a condition that affects around 650…

Extinctions linked to new assemblages of species

Scientists have found that as the world undergoes profound environmental change, identifying and protecting ‘novel’ communities…

Papaya Salsa and Papaya Chicken Tacos

Serves: 4 Time: 20 minutes Ingredients Papaya Salsa 1 ripe papaya, diced 1/4 cup chopped mint 1/4…

The wise teacher and the jar

The wise teacher and the jar There was once a very wise teacher, whose words of…

In the eye of a stellar cyclone

While on COVID lockdown, a University of Sydney honours student has written a research paper on…

Seagulls, penguins and pigeons all found carrying drug resistant superbug

Seagulls have long been associated with carriage of high levels of Escherichia coli (E. coli) strains…

Moon to Earth: WA to host space communications station

An optical communications station capable of receiving high-speed data transmissions from space is set to be…

National service to help young cancer patients preserve their fertility

New service for equity in preservation of fertility for young cancer patients A RECENTLY developed national…

Learning lessons from bushfires for koala survival

A University of Adelaide-led research project will study the clinical data of koalas injured in last…