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Man charged over domestic violence and pursuit offences – Tweed Heads

A man has been charged following a pursuit near Tweed Heads on Monday.

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Casuarina cricketers too strong for Mullumbimby Brunswick in grand final

Mullumbimby Brunswick Cricket Club (MBCC) had a very successful season finishing second on the ladder at the end of the home and away season with 13 wins and 4 losses, but fell short of winning the grand final against the Casuarina Crocs.

Zoom meeting

Just to clarify the report that Michael Lyon now declares ‘no’ to developing Ann St and New City Road....

Bruns-Billinudgel RSL marches on

Though recently the membership of the Brunswick Heads–Billinudgel RSL sub-Branch has grown, the numbers are still very low and if there is not a continual increase, this chapter faces closing.

A health check as Medicare turns 40

If you’ll forgive the earnest tone, I’d like to propose a toast. To a friend who’s almost always there when you need them most. To a system that aims to treat people fairly and respectfully. 

Records galore!

Byron Bay Easter Record Fair returns again to Ewingsdale Hall. Now in its 15th year, the Byron Bay Easter Record Fair is one of the biggest and best in this country. Matt the Vinyl Junkie has spent years on buying trips to the US and Japan scouring dusty warehouses, shops, flea markets and private collections. He can offer an astounding 30,000 records in one place covering most genres.

Queer family visibility

Did you know that, statistically, if you’ve met a redhead, you’ve also met a trans person? Over 800 trans and gender diverse people live in the Byron Shire, which includes at least 200 children. They’re often a bit hidden though, so come on down and celebrate with them this Trans Day of Visibility!

Russell Preston, Brisbane.

So where’s my monthly rate notices? It was regularly sent by Local Land Services since 2013, but never paid because whatever services they allegedly provide to my forested 12 ha are only imaginary.

Since September, when the financial services royal commissioner Kenneth Hayne damned the greed of Australia’s big banks by describing them for believing they were above the law, some of their shame seems to have rubbed off on to the NSW Department of Agriculture LLS, who abruptly ceased posting me demands for money which since 1980 have amounted to many hundreds.

So are there other rebels out there like me who won’t pay up, no longer receiving notices? Let’s hear from you.

Has it been my half a dozen letters to the NSW Premier’s office since last year that has finally, after almost 40 years of fraudulent demands, convinced them to give up? No minister will answer my challenges to their threats, instead passing the buck to the LLS bureaucracy who invents these fictitious figures for us to pay.

Read up on my legal defences on www.rurallandsgroup.net.

 


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Making Lismore Showground accessible to everyone

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Iconic Lennox beach shed upgraded –  not demolished

Lennox Park and the shelter shed has now been upgraded and reopened.

Govt cost-shifting ‘erodes financially sustainable local government’

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