Gold Coast Water Police have released footage of a rescue undertaken on Christmas Night, December 25, as officers continue to respond to calls for assistance following severe storms earlier this week.

At about 5pm on Sunday 17 December a Westpac Rescue Helicopter was tasked by NSW Ambulance to Barkers Vale, north west of Lismore, to a man in his 60s who sustained injuries after diving into water at Hanging Rock Falls.

At about 4.30pm yesterday afternoon, the Westpac Rescue Helicopter was tasked by NSW Ambulance to a serious single vehicle accident on the Bruxner Highway at Wollongbar, north west of Ballina.

A truck on fire has halted busy Monday peak-hour traffic in the northbound lane of the M1 south of Stotts Creek on the approach to Cudgen Road Tunnel.

The local community is rallying around a Cabarita dad and his family after he was critically injured in a car accident last week.

NSW Police say a woman died following a two-vehicle crash in Tweed on the weekend.

NSW Police say a man has died following a single-vehicle crash at Kyogle this morning.

Since the tragic dual helicopter accident near Seaworld recently, there has been an outpouring of grief on social media. One of the people who lost his life in the crash was Seaworld pilot Ash 'Jenko' Jenkinson, who is warmly remembered by people in the Ballina area for his heroic role during the Northern Rivers flood emergency in February 2022.

NSW Police says a man died after a crash at Wollongbar last night.

Crash investigators are appealing for public assistance and dashcam vision after a cyclist was hit by a truck on the Far North Coast earlier today.