The Iron Gates development, that is on flood- and fire-prone land near Evans Head, has been fought by the community for over 30 years. The current company that owns the site, Goldcoral Pty Ltd whose director is Graeme Ingles, has now been placed into administration.
Steve Earle is not a fluffball of peace, light and unicorns, though he wears his heart on his sleeve – and his jacket and his jeans. It can get messy. And at 68 his work isn’t getting any fluffier. Husband to six wives (one twice-married) and with three sons (his firstborn, Justin Towns Earle, died tragically in 2020), telling it like it is, both personally and professionally makes his work some of the most important in modern music history – Seven recently spoke to Steve at home in New York about life and his preparations for Bluesfest.
Tweed Shire Council is extending its Take the Lead program which aims to reduce the number of dogs off-leash in high conservation value areas and other public places in the Tweed.
Damaged rural drainage systems will be cleaned out, repaired and fitted with mechanisms that will reduce the impacts of future flooding, thanks to the Australian and NSW governments’ $5 million Northern Rivers Drainage Reset Program.
In the lead-up to tomorrow's Safer Internet Day the Kids Helpline is highlighting the concerning trend of overseas criminal syndicates preying on Australian children, particularly teenage boys, by extorting money from them after deceiving them to send sexually explicit images over instant messaging platforms.
At the tail end of the Irish Civil War in 1923, on the fictional Irish isle of Inisherin, folk musician Colm Doherty abruptly begins ignoring his lifelong friend and drinking buddy Pádraic Súilleabháin
Destiny Haz Arrived (L) and Maude Boate open the 2015 Fruitopia Fair Day at the Lismore Showgrounds on Saturday (September 19). Photo Chris Dobney
Nova Gina at Fruitopia Fair Day 2015. Photo Chris Dobney
Debutante Blind at Fruitopia Fair Day 2015. Photo Chris Dobney
Fantasia Towers sings with her own voice at Fruitopia Fair Day 2015. Photo Chris Dobney
Phyllis at Fruitopia Fair Day 2015. Photo Chris Dobney
Safira Von Wilde at Fruitopia Fair Day 2015. Photo Chris Dobney
Dog show hosts Vinegar Tom and Mae Wilde at Fruitopia Fair Day 2015. Photo Chris Dobney
Dog show ‘lookalike’ contest winners Sundog and Moondog at Fruitopia Fair Day 2015. Photo Chris Dobney
Dog show entry at Fruitopia Fair Day 2015. Photo Chris Dobney
Dog show entry at Fruitopia Fair Day 2015. Photo Chris Dobney
Sunshine smiled on the 2015 Fruitopia Fair Day, the Tropcial Fruits’ family day out, at Lismore Showgrounds on Saturday.
And while the leather stall and drag show meant it wasn’t any ordinary family festival there was certainly plenty for everyone to enjoy regardless of age, gender or orientation.
The previous day’s deluge saw the organisers decide on an indoor event, a departure from previous Fair Days, but the fabulous drag show did look so much better away from the harsh glare of the sun.
It was a welcome return for the formerly annual event after a couple of years missing in action.
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Byron Shire has lost another of its colourful characters, the irrepressible Richard Moloney, who died suddenly but peacefully in his home at the end of January.
Attempts by flood-affected homeowners to retrofit their homes with flood-resilient materials are being cruelled by insurance companies and builders, a local resident says.
Tropical Fruits celebrated thirty years of the LGBTIQ community coming together for New Years Eve in Lismore last year – but as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic they have decided to cancel this years festivities.
Lismore’s annual LGBTIQ festival, Tropical Fruits, turns 30 tonight with Shine the theme of its annual New Year’s Eve Party. But the festivities kicked off two days ago at the festival launch, preceded by the region's biggest ever Pride parade.
Celebrating 30 years the Tropical Fruits Parade will once again be hitting the streets this New Years Eve celebrating the LGBTIQ people of the Northern Rivers.
