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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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Could the future of the Richmond River be a clean and healthy one?

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Bruns-Billinudgel RSL marches on

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Biz confidence up, says Business NSW

The state's peak body for business says confidence in the sector has increased but cost of living pressures continue to impact customer spending.

Carrying and passing the torch

If I say the words ‘US Forces give the nod’, I can pretty much guarantee that you will hear the unmistakable voice of Peter Garrett ringing in your ears. Your head may even start to bob up and down a bit. 

Cinema: Wicked Little Letters

Based on a true scandal that stunned 1920s England, Wicked Little Letters centres on neighbours Edith Swan and Rose Gooding in the seaside town of Littlehampton.

What the duck!

Most days I ask myself ‘what the duck’ is happening here? How could Trump be president again if he...

Tom Vidal, Byron Bay

I have been listening to the ongoing court proceedings Council vs Site R&D (part of the West Byron DA) of the Land and Environment Court.

I noticed that the developer’s traffic expert opines that there won’t be a significant impact to the traffic in Byron Bay during construction.

He recommends to limit truck movements to 10 trucks per hour for the importation of 470,000 m3 of fill.

That is approx. 47,000 trucks in 4,700 hours, which at five, eight-hour-days a week equates to 117 weeks.

Or a truck every six minutes along Ewingsdale Rd, for well over two years.

And this is only one of the many absurdities proposed for this site, which is only part of the West Byron release area.

The mind boggles at this madness.

Apparently, most of the landowners are locals. Why anyone would contemplate to do such things to their own community is beyond me.


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