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The floods are leaving people homeless and families split
There was a housing crisis on the Northern Rivers, then we had the floods of 2022 and the issue has left increasing numbers of people homeless and struggling to find alternative accommodation.
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Interviews with Richmond candidates 2022: Independent Nathan Jones
Nathan Jones lives in Cudgen, owns a small business and is running as an Independent for the federal seat of Richmond.
Storylines – Stop the rot and take action
Having spent a long time reflecting on the last 13 weeks since the floods devastated our region, many important issues have come to my attention – loss of homes, possessions, safety, schools suspended from flooding, chaos, death, loss of animals, extreme anxiety and desperation, and so much more.
Gameau’s Regenerating Australia screens May 20
Regenerating Australia, by Damon Gameau, is a short film that looks back at the next ten years from the eve of 2029 and recounts all of the actions we have taken on climate change and ecological degradation.
‘Dining in the Dark’ at Forest, Byron
To celebrate the North Coast Festival of Flavour, Forest restaurant is turning off the lights so you can turn...
‘Unprecedented’ but not unpredicted – we are now suffering from our failure to listen to scientists’ predictions of the impacts of climate change 30...
As Australians head into another election season just as many parts of the east coast are recovering from ‘unprecedented’ flooding since February, and the national psyche is still reeling from the trauma of the ‘unprecedented’ Black Summer bushfires before that, it is critical now more than ever to vote according to your environmental conscience and fear for the future.
Mandy for Richmond: ‘I’m there to break things’
I am deeply curious about whether Mandy Nolan can unseat Labor’s Justine Elliot and win Richmond for the Greens in Saturday’s election.
Richmond Electorate
Richmond candidates 2022: Informed Medical Options Party candidate Monica Shepherd
Monica Shepherd is an organic naturopath based in Ocean Shores. She is running as a candidate for the Informed Medical Options Party in the federal seat of Richmond.
Storylines
Storylines – Stop the rot and take action
Having spent a long time reflecting on the last 13 weeks since the floods devastated our region, many important issues have come to my attention – loss of homes, possessions, safety, schools suspended from flooding, chaos, death, loss of animals, extreme anxiety and desperation, and so much more.
Articles & Columns
Review of community response called for as challenges recognised
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Local community members stepped forward to help coordinate and respond to the disaster; from people getting into boats and kayaks recusing strangers in Lismore to coordinating local response hubs in the hinterland and local towns. But it wasn't all a bed of roses.
National News
$17m in funds for work on crown lands in NSW
If you are involved in managing crown reserve land and facilities then now is the time to get that application in for a share of the $17 million that is available fro the 2022-3 funding round.
