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April 26, 2024

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Housing not industrial precinct say Lismore locals

Locals from Goonellabah and Lindendale have called out the proposed Goonellabah industrial precinct at 1055A Bruxner Hwy and 245 Oliver Ave as being the wrong use of the site. 

Other News

Anzac Day memorials 2024

From the early hours of this morning people gathered to acknowledge the sacrifice of lives, families and communities have made in the name of war and keeping peace. Across the Northern Rivers events will continue today as we acknowledge the cost of war.

Byron Comedy Fest 2024 Laughs

The legendary Northern Hotel’s Backroom opens its doors to laughter when it welcomes The Byron Comedy Fest with eight big headline shows. With audiences packing out shows every year, Festival Directors Mel Coppin and Zara Noruzi have decided a new venue with increased capacity was in order. It also means the festival is an all-weather event – expect all your favourites!

Child protection workers walk off the job in Lismore

Lismore and Ballina child protection caseworkers stopped work to protest outside the defunct Community Services Centre in Lismore yesterday after two years of working without an office. They have been joined by Ballina child protection caseworkers who had their office shut in January.

Foodie road-trip paradise: Harvest Food Trail

Calling all food and farm enthusiasts, the iconic Harvest Food Trail is happening soon, over four days from May...

Tweed Shire asking for input on sporting needs

Tweed Shire Council’s (TSC) draft Sport and Active Recreation Strategy 2023-2033 is open for public comment. The strategy will provide...

Ancient brewing tradition honoured

An annual event and brewing ritual to honour ancient brewing traditions was held at Stone & Wood’s Byron brewery last week.

Here we go again worrying about littoral rainforest that will be seaweed in a few hundred years if we don’t reverse the climate disaster. 

Here we go again turning the global fossil fuel tap on even harder with a one per cent increase in CO2 emissions on top of a massive 3.5 per cent last year.

Here we go again with those of us who can afford $15,000 to $30,000 for insurance, not buying a secondhand EV, but smearing murderous exhaust greenhouse gases across our Shire and the world.

Here we go again with, ‘Oh I’ll wait another year or two to get an EV. Oh, I’ll wait to get solar. Oh, I’ll wait to get a battery. Oh, I’ll wait to go off the grid.’

Meanwhile scientists are shouting into the dark deadly catastrophe we are choosing to bequeath our children.

It has been estimated for decades that three degrees is incompatible with human civilisation, and here we go heading for 2.5 degrees if, and only if, all the world’s best promises are kept!

Meanwhile the desperate, obvious, urgent need to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and ocean is only whispered amongst a few, and funded by even fewer.

Meanwhile it’s Xmas soon. Let’s pretend Santa’s sleigh is electric and we are giving wonderful gifts to our children. Hmmm?

Sapoty Brook, Main Arm


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A fond farewell to Mungo’s crosswords

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Tugun tunnel work at Tweed Heads – road diversion

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Driver charged following Coffs Harbour fatal crash

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