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April 29, 2024

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Local contractor quits controversial Wallum Estate

Local civil contractor, J&M Bashforth & Sons, has withdrawn from its contract to construct infrastructure for the Wallum urban estate, located on low lying land next to Simpsons Creek in Brunswick Heads.

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15 camping groups ‘moved on’ in Tweed Shire

Local police say they’ll continue to work with the Tweed Shire Council to reduce anti-social behaviour after a two-day blitz last week that included campers told to move on.

Editorial – For King and Country

As the Edwardian period ended (1901–1914), the new era of WWI saw the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (Anzacs) land around Ari Burnu on the western side of the Gallipoli peninsula. 

User-pays petrol

Isn’t it about time that it’s user-pays for petrol? Including the cost of carbon capture, and storage as rock...

‘No-one ever came back but all reports indicate it’s lovely,’ and so begins this wickedly funny play about death and motherhood. Directed by the Drill’s accomplished artistic director, Liz Chance, Ghosting the Party tells the story of three generations of women who face questions of mortality and life with rigour, honesty and humour.

Wallum ponds

There are currently two proposed developments in the Byron Shire that will endanger, if not locally exterminate, frog species.  Many...

New Brighton parking

To quote a Joni Mitchell song, ‘They paved paradise and put in a parking lot’ – this adequately describes...

Elimination by people-power voting is necessary to remove dictators from Russia, Israel, China, Iran, wannabe (again!) North Korea, to avoid what is heading toward WWIII.

It is getting scary and at my age, I don’t want to go through WWII again. Just a thought. Especially as so much funding is directed to machines of war instead of where it is needed for humanitarian assistance. World news is getting SO depressing.

Peter Walters, Ballina


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2 COMMENTS

  1. Did it ever occur to you that your government’s enemies maybe very different to the story they feed you? You can watch the news in those countries, and you will find they are being told the exact same thing about Western Countries. Who runs around the world over throwing governments, leaving chaos behind once they leave? Eastern Governments, or Western Governments? Who is surrounding whom with military bases?

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