Fisheries denies false promise claims
New South Wales Fisheries has rejected claims that it made a false promise to conduct a water quality study of Wallaga Lake in the Bega Valley Shire in State's south.
View ArticleVandals destroy endangered bird breeding site
New South Wales' most successful recovery breeding site for endangered shorebirds has been destroyed in what appears to be a deliberate act.
View ArticleCrash leaves five boys in hospital
Police say a car driven by a young boy has crashed on the far south coast of New South Wales, leaving him and four other boys in hospital.
View ArticleAuthorities ignoring Indigenous abuse: NSW Opposition
The New South Wales Opposition is stepping up its attack on the State Government over its handling of Indigenous health and social issues across the state.
View ArticleBega Valley water supply made more reliable
Water supplies to several towns in the Bega Valley have been made more reliable with the completion of an upgrade to electrical equipment.
View ArticleEx-fisher ponders Wallaga Lake fish kill cause
A former commercial fisherman says pelicans and low water levels may have contributed to the death of thousands of fish near Wallaga Lake on the New South Wales far south coast.
View ArticleLeighton Swamp dead fish can't be tested
The Department of Primary Industries says dead fish found near a New South Wales far south coast lake cannot be tested for disease due to their poor condition.
View ArticleIndigenous community 'needs asbestos testing'
Members of a NSW Indigenous community will be tested to see if their drastic health levels are related to asbestos.
View ArticleCouncil defends Indigenous asbestos efforts
The Eurobodalla Shire Council's general manager, Paul Anderson, says it has not failed a New South Wales far south coast Aboriginal community that is living on land contaminated with asbestos.
View ArticleAsbestos clean-up 'not land council responsibility'
An Aboriginal lands council, that owns property on the New South Wales far south coast contaminated with asbestos, says the clean-up is not its responsibility.
View ArticleAsbestos warning pamphlets handed out before clean-up
A pamphlet warning a New South Wales far south coast Aboriginal community about asbestos will shortly be distributed following talks held late last week.
View ArticleMacklin works towards Wallaga asbestos removal
The Federal Government says it will work with various stakeholders to identify and remove dumped asbestos at a New South Wales far south coast Aboriginal community.
View ArticleOpposition urges 'whatever it takes' to remove Wallaga asbestos
The Federal Opposition Indigenous affairs spokeswoman, Marise Payne, says the Government should treat asbestos in a New South Wales far south coast Aboriginal community as an urgent matter.
View ArticleTests confirm Wallaga asbestos
Samples of material found scattered in a New South Wales far south coast Aboriginal community have tested positive for two different types of asbestos.
View ArticleAsbestos 'no threat' to family centre
The Community Services Minister, Linda Burney, says an Aboriginal centre on the New South Wales far south coast is not under threat from asbestos.
View ArticleMP urges community-wide asbestos test
The Member for Bega, Andrew Constance, is calling for an entire Aboriginal community living with asbestos to get lung screenings.
View ArticleFederal Government distances itself from asbestos community
The Minister for Health and Ageing, Nicola Roxon, has distanced the federal Government from an asbestos contamination problem in a NSW far south coast Aboriginal community.
View ArticleAsbestos homes torn down by work-for-the-dole teams
Members of a NSW Aboriginal community say they were ordered to demolish old asbestos houses as part of a work-for-the-dole program.
View ArticleMP to report on NSW asbestos community
The federal Member for Eden-Monaro has visited an Aboriginal community on the New South Wales far south coast to see asbestos contamination firsthand.
View ArticleOHS rules out playgroup for disadvantaged children
Occupational health and safety laws have stopped a far south coast family support service from providing a playgroup for disadvantaged Aboriginal children in an asbestos contaminated community.
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