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Wanted: citizen scientists to check on our creeks

The Richmond River upper catchment is currently sitting on a C- in the Richmond River Ecological Health Report Card. It's not a number we can accept without doing something about it.

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Bangalow Film Festival opens

The Bangalow Film Festival opening night is this Thursday, 11 June and has already sold out.

Threatened species protection in NSW overhauled

A "new, holistic approach to threatened species conservation" has been introduced by the NSW Labor government, reforming the Saving our Species program.

Historic Native Title determination honoured with artwork purchase by Byron Council

Byron Shire Council says it has bought the artwork, Holding Strong, in honour of historic 2019 Arakwal Native Title determination.

Naturism

For decades, naturism has struggled with a strange communication barrier. Most naturist educational material contains nudity, which means it is...

Temporary home for Queer Family after heated debate

Byron Shire Council has voted to provide struggling local LGBTQIA+ support service Queer Family Inc with temporary access to a Council-owned property at peppercorn rent, following an impassioned plea from the organisation and a lengthy debate over governance and fairness.

Building sites ‘blitzed’ between Coffs Harbour and Tweed Heads

More than 100 building sites from Coffs Harbour to Tweed Heads have been inspected, which has been described as a 'blitz' by the NSW Labor government.

Two men were arrested yesterday afternoon at Broken Head after fleeing Point Cook in Victoria following the shooting of a 53-year-old man at a Spraypoint Drive home about 11pm on 21 February. The man was left with life-threatening injuries; he remains in hospital.

A search for Mark Dixon, 30 and Jack Harvey, 26 that had taken place in Suffolk Park on Tuesday night (February 26) had failed to find them.

Describing the arrest of Jack Harvey yesterday afternoon a local eyewitness said, ‘I arrived at the Broken Head carpark just as a man was being led by three armed AFP (Australian Federal Police) agents in full black SWAT like outfits with a rifle or AK aimed at him as they put him the back of the police four-by-four.’

According to the Victorian police the pair are assisting the police with their enquiries.

Victim former member of NSW police

It has emerged that the victim is former NSW police officer Sid Morgan who was shot in the face during the incident at Point Cook. Mr Morgan was acquitted of the murder of his brother-in-law Mansour Suha in 1997, who had been charged with molesting three young girls according to the ABC.

Mr Morgan then went on to become a real estate agent in Sydney.



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Protests against closure of life-saving facility in Murwillumbah

The announcement that Murwillumbah's Safe Haven would be closed this week due to the end of funding arrangements has been greeted with shock by locals who have come to rely on the mental health support services the facility provided.

Community to rally against ‘relentless’ RA house demolitions

Northern Rivers locals and flood-impacted residents will gather in Lismore this Saturday to demand the NSW Reconstruction Authority stop demolishing heritage homes and deliver on broken promises, as community anger at the failed flood recovery reaches a new peak.

Myall Creek walk starts conversations and opens eyes to difficult history

The Walk 4 Stolen Children, Land & Lives has successfully concluded in Myall Creek, having completed 474km on foot from Ballina and visited a number of massacre sites along the way.

Emergency departments buckling under pressure

Nurses working at emergency departments (ED) across the state are continuing to feel the effects of increased presentations and very unwell people coming through their doors, with the latest health snapshot painting a worrying picture of NSW public hospitals.