A Day of Fun supporting Jos

family, the Alstonville Plateau Sports Club is having ‘A Day for Jos’.

There will be a Kids Disco with Disco Statik and a Treasure Hunt.

NBN’s Big Dog will make an appearance with a host of other friends.

There will also be a show by The Wild Life Twins.

Local businesses have thrown their support behind the day by donating some fantastic prizes for the raffes.

The day will also hold an auction and up for grabs will be signed NRL jerseys, NRL packs, two nights at Alstonville Country Cottages, a night at the Ramada and much more.

Labor Safer Water For Clarence Residents Is Too Big An Ask For Sydney

The NSW Labor Government has confrmed in Parliament that it has no intention anytime soon of honouring its own election commitment for a water fltration plant for Clarence Valley Council, Clarence Nationals MP Richie Williamson says.

“I arranged for a question to be put in Parliament on this key issue to Sydney Labor Water Minister, Ms Rose Jackson MLC,” Mr Williamson said.

wasn’t ‘exploring options’ when it passed a law in June to protect Sydney water security, but not that of regional NSW,” Mr Williamson noted.

Labor’s Constitution Amendment Bill 2023 guaranteed public ownership of the Sydney Water Corporation and the Hunter Water Corporation, but not NSW Water, which serves the regions.

By Samantha Elley

To watch a loved one suffer from a brain tumour is bad enough, but when that person you care for is a young teenager who hasn’t had a chance to live their life yet, that is a whole different layer of hurt.

That is the case for the family of Alstonville local Joscelyn McCabe.

The 13-year-old has been diagnosed with

DIPG or Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Gliomas which is a highly aggressive and diffcult to treat brain tumour found at the base of the brain.

To help raise funds to support Joscelyn and her

NOW is the time to buy From $325,000.

The day will be on September 10, starting at 12pm, so come along to Plateau Sports, 10-14 Deegan Drive, Alstonville with the kids for a great day and a worthy cause.

“Labor’s commitment before the election was ‘priority investment for this project’ however the Minister now says ‘we are exploring options’, code for yet another broken promise to regional NSW.

“The Government

“When it is something for Sydney, Labor cash splashes our tax dollars, but when it is a basic necessity for regional communities like the Richmond and Clarence Valleys, they hold a review and/or blame the previous Government. Not good enough,” Mr Williamson concluded.