Carla Mascarenhas
Carla Mascarenhas is a presenter and reporter with ABC Radio. She covers the Coffs Coast and is based in Coffs Harbour.
Snake alert: venomous snake discovered near water at NSW north coast beach
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A man discovers a red-bellied black snake while building a sandcastle on a popular NSW north coast beach.
Topics: reptiles, health, regional, urunga-2455
Meet the 2017 Indigenous Law Student of the Year — a former florist with seven children
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A Southern Cross University student, who was a florist for 16 years, is named Australia's top Indigenous law student of the year.
Topics: community-and-society, law-crime-and-justice, rural, family-and-children, perth-6000, coffs-harbour-2450, lismore-2480
'Celebrity' centenarian celebrates milestone on cruise
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A Coffs Harbour resident receives a rock star welcome on a cruise ship to celebrate her 100th birthday.
Topics: community-and-society, regional, human-interest, people, coffs-harbour-2450
New site to be looked at for Macksville Hospital
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The Nambucca Shire Council asks the State Government to investigate a new site for the Macksville District Hospital, instead of upgrading the existing site.
Topics: health, local-government, macksville-2447
Do whale carcasses on beaches attract sharks?
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New research funded by the NSW government and Southern Cross University will investigate whether groundwater leachate from buried whale carcasses attracts sharks to the surf.
Topics: shark, science-and-technology, coffs-harbour-2450
Young debaters gather in Sydney for championships
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Students from around New South Wales gather in Sydney for the Junior Debating Championships where they will discuss a number of controversial issues.
Topics: subjects, education, community-and-society, youth, sydney-2000, coffs-harbour-2450, toormina-2452, nambucca-heads-2448
Residents frustrated by Pacific Highway rubbish problem
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North coast residents frustrated by the amount of litter coming off the Pacific Highway urge the Government to intervene.
Topics: environment, moonee-beach-2450, urunga-2455, sandy-beach-2456, valla-beach-2448, bellingen-2454
Concern about the way Aboriginal language is taught in NSW Schools
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A leading Indigenous educator has criticised the way Indigenous languages are being taught in New South Wales public schools.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, community-and-society, indigenous-culture, indigenous-policy, government-and-politics, aboriginal-language, education, subjects, languages, coffs-harbour-2450
Coffs slipway limbo impacting boating community
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The fishing and boating community on the Coffs Coast is angry the slipway is still not open after remediation work closed it in 2014.
Topics: government-and-politics, regional, coffs-harbour-2450
Moonee Beach residency inspires prominent artists
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Fifteen of Australia's most prominent artists have used an artists camps at Moonee Beach near Coffs Harbour to create new works currently on exhibition at Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery.
Topics: arts-and-entertainment, visual-art, community-and-society, moonee-beach-2450, coffs-harbour-2450
School kids' research shows poor state of Bellinger River
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Students from two local schools on the Coffs Coast have conducted experiments on the Bellinger River with local charity OzGREEN, revealing some alarming findings on the health of the river.
Topics: endangered-and-protected-species, environment-education, public-schools, science-and-technology, bellingen-2454
No word on bridge name request
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A request to name a bridge after two young men who died in a road accident in 2000 has not progressed despite lobbying from the community.
Topics: road, rural, disasters-and-accidents, nambucca-heads-2448, coffs-harbour-2450
Church sign on same-sex marriage divide regional community
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Church signs outside a church in New South Wales on the definition of marriage divide a coastal community, but experts say they are not illegal.
Topics: religion-and-beliefs, community-and-society, taree-2430, nsw
Five planets on display in rare treat
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Stargazers have experienced a treat this month with the five brightest planets at times visible to the naked eye.
Topics: astronomy-space, science-and-technology, community-and-society, coffs-harbour-2450
Descendants of Coffs Harbour's 'founder' Captain John Korff visit city
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Descendants of John Korff have visited Coffs Harbour, bringing family heirlooms and shedding new light on the coastal city.
Topics: history, community-and-society, family-and-children, arts-and-entertainment, library-museum-and-gallery, coffs-harbour-2450
Free school milk program back on the cards
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Farmers and nutrition groups are welcoming new discussion about a free milk school program.
Topics: dairy-production, rural, children, community-and-society, schools, government-and-politics, federal---state-issues, diet-and-nutrition, health, port-macquarie-2444, coffs-harbour-2450, adelaide-5000
A whale of a time off Coffs
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A whale stuns onlookers when it jumps out of the water in a spectacular display in Coffs Harbour over the weekend.
Topics: science-and-technology, travel-and-tourism, lifestyle-and-leisure, coffs-harbour-2450
NSW fishers stage protest over industry reforms
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NSW Government tweaks controversial fishing reforms, but fails to quell backlash of angry fishing families.
Topics: fishing-aquaculture, coffs-harbour-2450, wollongong-2500, lismore-2480, eden-2551
Coffs Mayor: the buck stops with me
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The Coffs Harbour City Council Mayor apologises to residents after planned road closures left the town centre gridlocked.
Topics: community-and-society, regional, coffs-harbour-2450
Resident anger at roads authority over Pacific Hwy ramps
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Residents living near the Macksville exits from the upgraded Pacific Highway are questioning the Road and Maritime Services (RMS) land acquisition policy.
Topics: community-and-society, lifestyle, regional, macksville-2447
Woolgoolga residents angry over flood readiness
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Woolgoolga residents have questioned Coffs Harbour City Council's response to a recent east coast low and the ability of the town to be flood ready in the future.
Topics: floods, local-government, storm-disaster, woolgoolga-2456
NSW Mid North Coast communities add up damage bill from wild weather
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Two days of heavy rain and strong winds cause havoc along NSW's Mid North Coast, racking up millions of dollars in damage.
Topics: storm-disaster, rural, road, coffs-harbour-2450, forster-2428, port-macquarie-2444, nambucca-heads-2448, bowraville-2449
Coffs Harbour Mayor joins criticism on council mergers
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The mayor of a Mid North Coast council, which has not been forced to merge with its neighbours, has added her criticism to the Baird Government's actions.
Topics: local-government, coffs-harbour-2450
North coast principals united on Gonski funding
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School principals on the New South Wales north coast are united in calling for the major political parties to commit to the full Gonski funding.
Topics: education, government-and-politics, coffs-harbour-2450, kempsey-2440, grafton-2460, port-macquarie-2444
Negative gearing 'just a play thing for rich people'
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Labor's proposed changes to negative gearing have received a mixed response from voters in regional Australia, who have largely been ignored in the debate but who have strong opinions on the policy.
Topics: housing-industry, community-and-society, business-economics-and-finance, federal-election, federal-elections, coffs-harbour-2450
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