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Can Council’s overturn their decisions?

NSW Labor planning minister, Paul Scully, when asked about the Wallum estate by local MP Tamara Smith (Greens)  in...

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Transgender rights

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I feel trapped. There isn’t a single time I attend where I don’t check my proximity to the exits, or imagine what I’d do if there was a fire, or worse, a shooter. The sense of being enclosed is unnatural, I can’t tell what time of day it is, I lose my sense of direction. It’s designed to be disorienting. It feels otherworldly. And never in a good way. They are designed to make you stay longer. They are by design, disorienting.

WATER Northern Rivers says Rous County Council is wrong

WATER Northern Rivers Alliance says despite decades of objection, Rous County Council have just commissioned yet another heritage and biodiversity study in the Rocky Creek valley, between Dunoon and The Channon, in the heart of the Northern Rivers.

The bridges of Ballina Council

Ballina Shire Council has started preliminary investigation works at Fishery Creek Bridge, on River Street, and Canal Bridge, on Tamarind Drive, as part of their plan to duplicate both bridges.

Shame Mullum RSL

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Teenager arrested following an alleged stabbing

A teenager remains in police custody following an alleged stabbing at a church in Sydney’s south-west overnight.

Paul “Rabbit” Robinson, Violinist and father of 6, had been trying to win a Golden Fiddle Award at the Tamworth Country Music Festival all his adult life. As a teenager he had been inspired by Bullamakanka’s fiddler Stuart Watson to move from a classical violinist to a fiddler in a high energy band.  That is how he came to be in the Round Mountain Girls, who after several year making it into the finals of the Golden Fiddle Awards, this year took out 3 awards for Best Band Featuring a Fiddler, Best Fiddle Teacher, & the Lifetime Achievement Award… As a child there where many times Rabbit might have given up playing the violin for various reason.  As an adult he considered giving up on competitions, but if he had given up last year he would have never won 3 awards which is the first time anyone has won three in one year…  He is a good example for students to NEVER GIVE UP on their dreams…  Rabbit is teaching from several schools in the area and from his home studio in Pottsville Beach.

He also has an educational DVD which teaches Violin and Fiddle playing from the very beginning explaining the details you need to know to get started including amplification of the instrument, tricks, and safety tips & a practice section..

Sold in 5 countries it is very good value at only $20.

You can contact Rabbit of lessons or performances on 0400574309 or at www.secretsofthe.com


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