THURSDAY, 29 AUGUST 2024
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LEGO lovers converge on Ourimbah for Brickfest See page 19
More than 100 public sector nurses and midwives at Gosford Hospital stopped work for an hour on Monday, August 26, as the state’s nurses ramp up their fight for a 15 per cent pay increase. See page 7
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Hopes for rejuvenated Old Sydney Town on the rise Hopes for a rejuvenated Old Sydney Town have taken an upward turn after members from the community group Bring Back Old Sydney Town (BBOST) met with the site’s owners on August 22 to discuss future plans. Spokesperson Jake Cassar said government agencies had been meeting with the owners to discuss moving forward with the revitalisation and reopening of the Somersby site, which was a popular tourist attraction for more than 25 years before it closed in 2003. “We want to ensure that the community is consulted every step of
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