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Rebels drug suppliers to pay Qld $28m

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Appeal to locate missing man – Tweed Heads

Police are appealing for public assistance to locate a man missing from Tweed Heads West.
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Rebuilding communities from Lennox and Evans Head to Coraki and Woodburn

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Some spending cannot be questioned

The euphemisms were flying when Australia's Defence Minister Richard Marles announced last week that an extra $50 billion would be spent on our military over the next decade, and that $72.8 billion of already announced spending would be redirected.
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2022 flood data quietly made public  

The long-awaited state government analysis of the 2022 flood in the shire’s north is now available on the SES website.
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Blaming Queensland again

I was astounded to read Mandy Nolan’s article ‘Why The Nude Beach Is A Wicked Problem’, in which she...
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Sweet and sour doughnuts

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Byron Comedy Fest 2024 Laughs

The legendary Northern Hotel’s Backroom opens its doors to laughter when it welcomes The Byron Comedy Fest with eight big headline shows. With audiences packing out shows every year, Festival Directors Mel Coppin and Zara Noruzi have decided a new venue with increased capacity was in order. It also means the festival is an all-weather event – expect all your favourites!
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The Rebels motorcycle club logo.(file pic)
The Rebels motorcycle club logo.(file pic)

Two men who headed a drugs syndicate that supplied the Rebels Motorcycle Club have each been ordered to pay the Queensland government the $14 million they are estimated to have earned from the business.

Michael Paul Falzon and James Thomas O’Brien were sentenced respectively to 10 and 14 years’ jail for their role in the business between 1999 and 2003.

Each unsuccessfully appealed their convictions and fought to keep their ill-gotten gains.

They have been ordered to each pay the state $14 million under the Criminal Proceeds Confiscation Act.

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