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June 2, 2023

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Search and rescue exercises in Ballina this weekend

Marine Rescue NSW will take part in the first of three regional Search and Rescue Exercises (SAREX) on the NSW North Coast at Ballina this weekend.

Call to recognise value of wetlands and stop developing floodplains

The clearing of the flood prone development site at 60 Tringa Street, Tweed Heads appears to have been completed by developers MAAS Group Holdings who then pulled out from the site on 24 April. 

Théo’s family mark fourth year of his disappearance  

Today is the fourth anniversary of the disappearance of Théo Hayez, an 18-year-old Belgian backpacker who was last seen leaving Cheeky Monkeys bar in Byron Bay at around 11pm on May 31, 2019.

3.8ML earthquake hits Melbourne’s northern suburbs

Residents in Melbourne and the northern suburbs were woken in the middle of the night as a magnitude 3.8 earthquake shook the darkness radiating out from the town of Sunbury, about 41 kilometres north west of the city.

Waste to energy?

I was delighted to see community opposition to waste-to-energy proposals on the north coast. On a lecture tour to Japan...

Byron’s favourite block party

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I have been a resident of Brunswick Heads for over 42 years and over that time I have loved the experience. Unfortunately, I am disgusted at the ‘NON CLEANING’ of the two toilet blocks in Brunswick Heads, one at the Sound Shell, the other at Banner Park.

Anyone, particularly visitors to this beautiful area, are also disgusted to find that the toilets are putrid, with the smell overwhelming. The government has and continues to acknowledge that the tourists numbers visiting our Shire are rated as being in the top five visits to Australia. They encourage the world to come here. And here we are, unable to even employ suitable cleaners to clean the mentioned toilets.

I would not be surprised if other public toilets in the Shire are equally bad. I know this not a recent or in any way new problem. There have been many people from various areas within this Shire who have complained about the same thing over many years. And still it continues …

You will note that I have forward copies of this letter to the local papers, TV networks, local and federal members.

Harry Van De Venne

Brunswick Heads


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The local Japanese community came together in early May at the Cavanbah center to celebrate Japanese Children’s Day. 

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