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Fortem Australia will launch a new rollout of mental health support programs for first responder families in the Bega Valley area today. The launch will be at the Quaama Rural Fire Service shed at midday. Fortem  provides early intervention and clinical programs free of charge to both first responders and their family...

From 1 December 2020 , you will begin to see different alert level icons in platforms such as Fires Near Me NSW and on the NSW RFS website. Why the change? As part of a national initiative, and in line with a recommendation of the NSW Bushfire Inquiry, the NSW RFS is...

Above: Eurobodalla is on cane-toad watch. Image courtesy National Museum.  Eurobodalla Shire Council is asking residents to be on the look out for cane toads. A discovery of one of the toads earlier this year by a Eurobodalla family, followed by another possible sighting prompted a thorough search for the toads around...

Drug-affected drivers were the focus of a three-day long police operation on the far South Coast last week. Operation Guardian was conducted by officers from the Traffic and Highway Patrol Command and South Coast Police District between Wednesday 25 November and Friday 27 November 2020. The operation targeted drivers in the Batemans...

A 46-year-old Batemans Bay was stopped from launching his boat on Friday by members of the public, who were concerned he was a public safety risk and a risk to himself.  A 46-year-old Batemans Bay man, who was stopped by the public from launching his boat, will appear in court in...