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The bright side of the Blue Moon

By Eve Jeffery

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Landscapes and ‘ghosts’ meet at Lone Goat Gallery

A sunlit valley sounds like a pleasant place to spend an afternoon. A pathway to madness, perhaps less so.
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Thylacines to haunt Lismore’s Quad after dark

Most visitors to Lismore’s Quad after dark are looking for dinner or a way home. From October 31, they may also find a thylacine.
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Police seize 22 e-bikes in Sydney

As part of a crackdown on e-bikes across the state, 22 illegal e-bikes have been seized following a NSW Police Force and Transport for NSW joint operation across southern Sydney and the Illawarra.
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Cinema: NAZA

A must-see, award-winning documentary investigating AI warfare in Gaza. Fresh from winning the Special Jury Prize at the 2026 Venice International Film Festival, NAZA, the latest documentary from Academy Award-winning filmmakers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor (No Other Land), examines artificial intelligence and surveillance in Israel’s military operations in Gaza.
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One river, many voices

It's the final week of Richmond RiverFest, with events from Ballina to Lismore, and the upper catchment to the coast.
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A post-apocalyptic landscape

Recently, my mother made the long trek from the big smoke to visit Mullum. She likes to check in...
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57 Station St DA now in the hands of the NRPP

Monday, 19 October saw the Northern Regional Planning Panel listening to a long list of reasons why the development application for the carpark at 57 Station Street, Mullumbimby should not be approved.
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Eve and Bear perform the 'The Queen of the Night Aria' from 'The Magic Flute' at the March 2015 Blue Moon Cabaret in Nimbin. Photo Tree Faerie.
Eve and Bear perform the ‘The Queen of the Night Aria’ from ‘The Magic Flute’ at the March 2015 Blue Moon Cabaret in Nimbin. Photo Tree Faerie.

The Nimbin School of Arts has been producing Blue Moon Cabarets for over 20 years.
The Cabarets present a wonderfully diverse array of the performance arts: comedy, poetry, music, dance ensembles, acrobatics and circus

Held three times each year in March, August and October the most recent event featured, Sadie & Jay, No Frills Twins, Kharn, Kerrianne Cox, Baby Durgas, Eve & Bear, The Pitts Family Circus, Darcy Grant and Emma McGovern, Paul McMahon, Angela Pieta, Gypsy Rose Soiree and the Erotique Fantasies Dancers

The following 2015 Cabarets will be held on Saturday the August 15 and Saturday the of October 17.

For more information visit: www.schoolofarts.nimbin.nsw.au.

~ Photos Tree Faerie

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Aston Private: personalised care, close to home

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Ballina Council fined for pesticide breaches at Lennox Head

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Ballina Shire Council has been fined $2,500 after misusing pesticide near a Lennox Head waterway and failing to keep a required application record.
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Preschools urged to join Lismore rally over funding concerns

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Northern Rivers preschool staff and families are being urged to rally outside Lismore MP Janelle Saffin’s office amid concerns that new state funding rules could threaten community preschool services.
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Bangalow Bowlo fight goes to Supreme Court

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When Norths Collective decided to breach the memorandum of understanding with the Bangalow Bowlo and the community, and closed the Bangalow Bowlo with no warning, they may not have realised how prepared the community is to fight for the return of their beloved Bowlo.
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