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Emergency guide wins NSW Resilient Australia Award

Resilient Uki has won a 2026 NSW Resilient Australia Award for its Northern Rivers Community Emergency Hub Guide, developed with funding from Northern Rivers Community Foundation.

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If a tree is planted on a dune, but there’s no social media post to announce it, did it...

Wyrallah Road students put creativity on show

Paint, performance and plenty of young imagination will take over Wyrallah Road Public School on Tuesday, 22 September when every student gets a place on the gallery wall. 

Inspiring our future – Climate 200 comes to Bangalow

With 35,000 members Australia-wide and 1,500 of those in the Northern Rivers, Climate 200 is bringing the conversation about ‘how to restore integrity to politics’ to Bangalow on Friday, 25 September at the Bangalow A&I Hall.

Mullumbimby burst into bloom

It was once again a popular events as the Byron District Orchid Society held their Annual Orchid and Plant Sale on Friday, 11 September at the Mullumbimby Ex-Services Club. 

The Pocket Road to close later this month

The Pocket Road will be closed for several months from 28 September to repair a culvert originally built in 1960.

Graphic violence is fine, but pot smoking? Never

There is a new computer game called ‘Halloween: The Game’ that builds on the hyper-real and brutal violence of the film.

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Michelle Bailey targets net zero in Ballina

Fresh from winning pre-selection as the Nationals candidate for the state seat of Ballina, the 'independent' first-term Ballina councillor Michelle Bailey has put forward a notice of motion asking Council to scrap its fixed 2030 net-zero target in favour of what she describes as a 'flexible sustainability strategy'.

The second algorithm: why government control is the wrong fix

It is not often that a minister describes the most sweeping power she has ever asked for with the words 'I guess'.

Tweed small schools take centre stage

Students from nine of the Tweed region’s smallest public schools will take over the Murwillumbah Civic Centre tomorrow for the third annual Tweed Small Schools Talent Show.

All the results from the 2026 Chinny Charge

After another epic race on the one day of the year Mullum's iconic Mount Chincogan opens to the public, here are the complete results of the 2026 Chinny Charge.