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Youth crime is increasing – what to do?

There is something strange going on with youth crime in rural and regional Australia. Normally, I treat hysterical rising delinquency claims with a pinch of salt – explicable by an increase in police numbers, or a headline-chasing tabloid, or a right-wing politician. 

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Save Wallum now

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New data reveals NSW social housing waitlist blowout

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Tweed Shire asking for input on sporting needs

Tweed Shire Council’s (TSC) draft Sport and Active Recreation Strategy 2023-2033 is open for public comment. The strategy will provide...

Connecting people, rivers, and the night sky in Kyogle

The youth of Kyogle were asked what their number one priority was and they said it was ‘is looking after the health of the river and they want to be involved in healing it’.

The historic Evans Heads aerodrome came alive with the roar of aircraft engines and chatter of aviation buffs over the weekend, as it has been doing for its annual Great Eastern Fly-In since 1992. It is the major aviation event on the east coast with aircraft of all types, shapes and sizes including old warbirds and scale models flying in from all over Australia.

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  1. Wonderful Experience for Tweed Coast people.

    Being no longer mobile I was not there but wish the organisers every success, now and n the future.

    Ossie B.

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