More than 1200 young Rugby League, Football, Netball, Basketball and Boxers from around NSW are now up and running at the sixth PCYC NSW Nations of Origin tournament being held in the Port Stephens region this week from 16-19 July. This is the largest indigenous youth sporting event held in NSW All teams looked absolutely spectacular in their locally adorned …

Last monthly dinner was All about You, Me and all of us – our AABC members and who we are! Over the last 12 years we have grown and reshaped our member base across a number of industries, age brackets, marketing demographics, etc. Within our organisation we have witnessed fantastic success in collaborative activities between members, seen successful partnerships established …

Sarah Barnes has a fulfilling career helping injured patients get back on their feet, and she got there thanks to TAFE. Sarah didn’t know what she wanted to do after school, but her brother – a GP – encouraged her to consider health. She did some research and discovered new courses and opportunities to help shape her future career path. …

This year, 60 children from the children’s hospitals at Randwick, Westmead and Royal Far West (Manly) were tasked with assessing and reviewing the line-up of Showbags for this year’s Sydney Royal Easter Show (The Show) (23 March – 3 April). Even with double the number of children from last year, Showbags were still in no danger of running out with …

The successful fundraising efforts of the Australia Day Committee via the popular Fun Day at Gordon Park reaped special rewards for the Nambucca Valley Youth Services, in the form of a $3000 cheque. Youthie co-ordinator Steve Montgomery accepted the donation.  The Australia Day Committee and Nambucca Heads Lions Club would like to thank all the businesses and local community who contributed goods, …

[slideshow_deploy id=’1574′]     Thousands of Greek Australians of all ages rallied yesterday in the heart of Melbourne chanting “Hellas-Hellas-Macedonia,” and waving their Greek flags. The ‘Macedonia is Greece’ rally was held outside the Greek Consulate the Pan-Macedonian Association of Melbourne and Victoria with the support of the Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne and Victoria as well as the Greek …

Facing racist comments while door knocking for Australian Red Cross is nothing compared to what some fund-raisers have endured. Australian Red Cross volunteer Naveed Ahmed remembers “something sparking” when Friday prayers at his mosque in Lahore, Pakistan, were interrupted by gunmen on May 28, 2010. “It was a grenade. We had 10 seconds to get out,” he said. “When I looked …

While wololo lived on in our hearts and memes for years, it’s taken much longer for the original Age of Empires to grace modern PCs. But last week the remastered version finally graced the Microsoft Store after a couple of delays last year, and it’s the focus of this week’s Community Review. My experience with AOEDE has been a little …