NORPA has secured $944,724 in Australian government funding to progress The Joinery, taking the ambitious project a significant step closer to becoming a flood-resilient cultural, creative and community hub for Lismore and the wider Northern Rivers.

Lismore City Council and the University Centre for Rural Health at the University of Sydney have announced a new partnership to bring the globally acclaimed Raising the Bar program to the Northern Rivers.

The Richmond River will comes alive with a month-long celebration of culture, community, and Country as Ballina will celebrate Richmond RiverFest 2026 from September 27 to October 24.

When around 300 screen practitioners gathered at Lennox Head last week for ScreenWorks' two-day Regional to Global Screen Forum, the setting was half the story. Here was a serious industry conversation happening a long way from Sydney or Melbourne, and after many successful years, nobody was treating that as a novelty.

Byron Shire Council has issued a statement in regards to the ongoing threat of bird flu to animals and birds in the region.

A global study of mangroves has found a modest boost in conserved area could significantly increase their ability to adapt to the changing climate, including rising sea levels.

The Independent Planning Commission (IPC) has rejected Verdant Earth Technologies’ biomass power plans at Redbank Power Station on the same day the government released the country's first National Climate Risk Assessment which highlighted Australians are at risk from more frequent and severe flooding, cyclones, heatwaves, droughts and bushfires. 

The CSIRO has launched the National Energy Analysis Centre – which is vital new research infrastructure to support, accelerate and de-risk Australia’s complex energy transition.