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New data reveals NSW social housing waitlist blowout

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Sweet and sour doughnuts

Victoria Cosford ‘It’s probably a good thing I don’t have a sweet tooth,’ says Megan. I’ve called in at the pop-up...
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Wallum ponds

There are currently two proposed developments in the Byron Shire that will endanger, if not locally exterminate, frog species.  Many...
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Infrastructure for east end of Mullum

Mullumbimby was founded 135 years ago. In the 1960s sewerage was introduced, as was I suppose drainage infrastructure. Are...
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Sustainable power from carbon dioxide?

University of Queensland researchers have built an experimental generator which they claim absorbs carbon dioxide (CO2) to make electricity.
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A quiet day in Bruns after arrests and lock-ons

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Some spending cannot be questioned

The euphemisms were flying when Australia's Defence Minister Richard Marles announced last week that an extra $50 billion would be spent on our military over the next decade, and that $72.8 billion of already announced spending would be redirected.
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Ron Goodman, Labor candidate for Tweed

I was extremely proud to be Labor’s candidate for Tweed at the March 28 state election and I’d like to thank the thousands of locals who voted for me.

The election results across the North Coast, including in our very own seat of Tweed, show that more than 50 per cent of residents resoundingly rejected the Nationals and actually voted for non-Nationals candidates.

MP Geoff Provest survived a massive 18.5 per cent swing against him and only scraped back in because of preferences exhaustion.

The 2015 state election is over but I will continue to be active in our community and will be holding Mr Provest and his government to account.

I thank everyone I met during the campaign and wish success to all of them for the future.

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