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Mia and Carter continue in dad’s footsteps

When Grant Cook died in a tragic rugby league accident in 2016, the Cookie Cup began as a memorial match between the Mullumbimby Giants, who he played for from U6s, and the Murwillumbah Mustangs.

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ReSolve Global: making renewable energy truly sustainable

The Northern Rivers has enthusiastically embraced rooftop solar since it was invented. Now a locally established initiative is tackling the other end of the problem: what happens when the panels come down?

Deaths from military conflict

Whilst the Mullumbimby RSL Sub-Branch acknowledges the death of Zomi Francom as tragic, so too are the deaths of...

Volunteer for Bruns-Byron VRA

VRA Brunswick-Byron is inviting adults across Byron Shire to join the local volunteer rescue team during a recruitment campaign running during September.

Good governance

How we work with community matters. Two items at Thursday’s Council meeting cut to the heart of that relationship:...

360 charges laid, 102 weapons seized

Police have charged more 150 people with more than 360 alleged offences following a two-day blitz across the state last week.

Trump corruption

The swamp of corruption surrounding the Trump administration makes its predecessor’s shenanigans in Ukraine look like amateur hour. Trump’s...

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Neglecting Australians, and our international commitments, for big business

‘We’ve had one policy; we landed it, a 2030 target of 43 per cent, net zero by 2050, both of them legislated’, said Australia’s Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, on 10 June, 2024.

NSW flicks the switch to turn on massive battery

One of the world’s most powerful batteries, the Waratah Super Battery, is now fully operational and helping to deliver reliable energy to NSW homes and businesses.

Ballina debates dog parks and net zero

September's meeting opened with a minute's silence for much-loved community member and Lennox Head restaurant owner Blake Rogers, who lost his life last week.

Upgrade to deliver safer road and new native trees

Tweed Shire Council says Old Lismore Road will be upgraded to improve safety and restore local rainforest habitat.