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New charitable funding round opens

Newcastle Permanent Charitable Foundation’s first funding round for 2024 opens today, Tuesday 19 March, with more than $500,000 available for local community groups and charities with new and existing projects.

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2022 flood doco screening March 21

In March 2022, not-for-profits Engineers Without Borders Australia (EWB) and Holding Hands Under Ground (HHUG) joined forces to respond to the catastrophic floods that devastated the Northern Rivers community.

Future cedar cutters?

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Prime agricultural land to be rezoned for development in Lismore

Last night's Lismore Council meeting unanimously passed a voluntary planning agreement to rezone 70 hectares of prime agricultural land at 1055 Bruxner Highway. 

Mullum Ex-Services Club unveils renos

After months of anticipation, Mullum Ex-Services ClubMullum Ex-Services Club says it is proud to announce the completion of an extensive $4.5 million renovation, which ‘combines modern amenities, comfort, and community spirit’.

New charitable funding round opens

Newcastle Permanent Charitable Foundation’s first funding round for 2024 opens today, Tuesday 19 March, with more than $500,000 available for local community groups and charities with new and existing projects.

The case for natural parks

Between One Mile Beach and Big Rocky Island, just south of Nelson Bay, lies the stunning Samurai Beach, a part of the Tomaree National Park. 

Have you seen what a gasfield looks like, from the air?

Don’t believe the hype! The vast majority of top-level politicians and mainstream media are bought and paid for by the oil and gas industries. Do your own research.

There is no way that fracking can be guaranteed safe. Internet and alternative media have endless reports of air, water, and land contamination, plus sickness and dislocation in communities.

The employment argument is totally self-serving – if the subsidies were taken from fossil-fuels and re-directed to renewable energy and retro-fitting housing for energy-efficiency, far more jobs would be created, and they wouldn’t be fly-in fly-out either.

I invite local community media and educational institutions to proactively campaign for electoral registration. There are thousands of unregistered or inaccurately-registered voters out there, especially new young (age 18+) entrants. The closing date for registration is March 9.

Registering and voting is a lot less hassle than last-ditch battles to stop industrial invasion on the ground.

Do you, the 98.6 per cent, really mean it? Grab your chance to vote – and don’t vote for promises of safety, vote to keep Northern Rivers fully gasfield-free.

For one local collection of independent research try gasfieldfreebyronshire.org/resources

Param (Daniel) Berg, Mullumbimby


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