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June 4, 2026

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Wardell Knit n’ Knat Group – 22 years of knitting and giving

Since 2011, 15 years, Dawn and Robert Sword have been entrusted by the Wardell Knit n’ Knat Group with the privilege of distributing the beautiful handcrafted rugs, scarves, beanies and other knitted and crocheted items they have made to people in need throughout the Ballina Shire.

Other News

Roadworks an upgrade?

I hope that Council kept their receipt for the Mullumbimby Road upgrade. Not even a year old and falling...

TweedCAN makes it easy for locals to make a difference on climate change

TweedCAN members Sally Evans, Conal Hanna, Isabela Keski-Frantti and Gerard Bisshop Do you believe in climate action, but struggle to...

Keating quotes

Kinda tripping on former PM Paul Keating for the moment, here are a few historical quotes: On the dismantling...

Stout Blackout Blowout at Earth Beer

Nestled among the rolling green hills of Cudgen, just minutes from Kingscliff on the Tweed Coast, Earth Beer Company...

Appeals to help Alstonville High School teacher

Friends are rallying around a Alstonville High School teacher suffering from cancer, and are appealing to the public for financial help.

No thanks, Greens

Yes Duncan Dey (Letters, 27 May), Australia could deliver a full-throated verbal shirtfront that might appease the algorithmically outraged...

Robert Podhajsky, Ocean Shores

Did the Easter bunny go down the rabbit hole?

The reflection of an object is not the same as the object being reflected.

Regarding the COVID-19 virus, the mainstream media can be considered with that in mind.

The details of the previous flu seasons and serious illness in Australia, and the world, are a reflection of previous events. If you read the reports of hospital cases and deaths from previous years, as I have, it appears to me that something does not add up. The COVID-19 numbers do not compare to the numbers of the previous flu seasons and serious illness; the difference in severity stands out like the moon at night.

Why these numbers are not being talked about and compared in mainstream media is a reflection of something. Not the object. Maybe the world should have been put in lockdown years ago, when you compare the numbers in the official reports.

Are the world governments doing their system reset mode? Have our genetics have been messed about with and changed by some other people for many years now? Are we being given all the known facts by the government about COVID-19?  Do we believe, accept, that (something) is true, especially without proof, [do we believe] in the object or the reflection or the object?  We have plenty of time to consider these days.



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Murwillumbah biz networking breakfast tomorrow

Join the Murwillumbah business community for their June Business Murwillumbah Networking Breakfast, to be held at at Crystal Creek Estate.

Update on Mullumbimby house fire which destroyed locals’ home

Long-term residents of Mullumbimby, Jeff and Alma Jackson lost their home to fire last week.

Local family-owned Byron businesses asking for your support

Long-term, local Byron businesses are calling on the community for support as they struggle to remain afloat as the drainage works in Byron Bay continue.

Bay FM’s Karena Wynn-Moylan wins at Aus Audio Awards

Australia’s top radio and podcast talent were crowned at the inaugural Australian Audio Awards last Thursday night at Carriageworks in Sydney. Entries were judged on their technical expertise, audio quality, content and impact.