The Australia government is looking into extending the life of the Liddell coal power station which is due to close down in 2023 due to its age, AGL will no longer pay to run the aging plant which is under-producing power. This means if the Australian
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It’s was a tiny town with only 25 houses until bushfires on new years eve engulfed the small town of Nerrigundah killing 1 man and destroying 20 of the 25 homes in town, it was a fire storm like no had ever seen before. After losing
BOIL WATER ALERT – THE GLADE AND GOWRIE 10/02/2020 5.15pm Recent heavy rainfall has caused issues with water treatment making drinking water in the suburbs of the Glade and Gowrie (in Singleton) is unsafe. Water used for drinking or food preparation should be brought to a
NSW Storms have brought trees and powerlines all over the Central yesterday and crews are working around the clock to clear trees and retire power, this is a massive task for emergency services and power may remain out for many more hours. Survive DURING Keep freezers
Non-operational school updates This list was updated at 8:17am 10 February 2020. The following NSW public schools will be temporarily non-operational on Monday 10 February Albion Park High School Albion Park Public School Bilpin Public School Brisbane Water Secondary College Umina Campus Brunswick Heads Public School
🚨🚧🚆TRAINS SUSPENDED🚆🚧🚨 Fallen trees, urgent signal equipment repairs at Wyong and Woy Woy and heavy rainfall activating safety monitors at Wondabyne. Buses are being organised, but we have no ETA yet. Please delay travelling if possible. Major delays are being experienced. Keep up to date via
NSW SES Swiftwater Rescue teams along with FRNSW, Police and ambulance have responded to a teenager who has fallen from his canoe on the Allyn River. The teenager was trapped by compression against timber in the river and had to be freed by an NSW SES
In the last 20 minutes, our amazing volunteers have responded to 3 separate flood rescues. This makes our total flood rescue responses on the Central Coast for this storm event above 15. Our volunteers and all emergency services are working very hard to ensure everyone’s safety.
100 homes are currently without power near Cessnock, affected areas include Abernethy, Elrington, Kearsley, Abermain, Cessnock Estimated restore time is 2pm as the repairs are very complexed. SES is warning people we could see more power outages during the course of this weather event. Things you
A lucky escape for a driver on the M1 motorway today at Bushells Ridge. About 3:45pm yesterday afternoon crews from Tuggerah and Warnervale Brigades along with FRNSW responded to a motor vehicle collision in the northbound lanes of the motorway. A vehicle towing a large trailer
The first signs of local flooding are starting to occur between Hexham and Sandgate 1 northbound lane is closed and traffic is moving slowly. The advice is not to drive through flooded waters as this could lead to you and your car being washed away, Emergency
Chicken tonight is recalling a popular product from Coles, Woolworths and IGA, The companies popular Chicken Tonight Cashew Sauce is being recalled because of a potential presence of an undeclared allergen (peanuts). Chicken Tonight said: “Your health and safety matters to us. That’s why we have
⚠️ 🌧 URGENT MESSAGE: HEAVY RAIN, POSSIBLE WATERSPOUTS, LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODING An intense low-pressure system is forecast to affect the coast between #PortStephens and #Sydney overnight tonight. Damaging winds and localised heavy rainfall totals of 100-300mm are currently being predicted. Waterspouts are also a possibility with
We have just learnt an additional 41 people onboard the Diamond Princess Cruise Ship sitting off the coast of Japan have been infected with the deadly Coronvavirus. This news comes after we heard about 10 new cases yesterday and authorities relaxed their quarantine rules allowing some
On Wednesday the 5th of February a woman allegedly pulled a gun out on a resident in Aberdare shortly after being door knocked by the Garvan Institute. An hour after door knockers for the Garvan Institute knocked on the door of man in Aberrdare allegedly 2
Newcastle City Police are appealing for public help to find a missing person. Natia Matthews was last seen leaving a home in Fletcher on the 28th of January, 2020. She has not been seen since however we have had phone contact. Police hold concerns for her
there is a distressing situation unfolding in Victoria and it has nothing to do with bushfires. Heartbreaking photos of injured and dead koalas from a razed Bluegum Plantation in Portland are circulating across Twitter. They bulldozed the trees with Koalas still living in them, those who
What we know so far. Numbers have just been updated to 20 Confirmed cases aboard the Crusie Ship, it’s unclear if any of the new cases are Australian. 20 confirmed cases of Coronavirus 2 Australian Among the Confirmed Cases 4,000 people confined to their cabins for
⚠️ #NSWSES WARNS OF FLOOD RISK The NSW SES is urging residents across widespread parts of NSW to prepare for severe weather over the coming days and into next week. The Bureau of Meteorology is predicting heavy rain from the #NorthernRivers all the way down to
Council will undertake works in February 2020 in the Cessnock CBD- Cooper and Charlton Streets. The works include installation of additional bollards, speed cushions and paving rectification works. During these works there will be unavoidable disruption to traffic. Traffic on Cooper and Charlton will be reduced to