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Ballina Council will be getting a new general manager

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With Ballina Shire Council General Manager Paul Hickey deciding to retire after almost twenty years in the role, and even longer as a staff member, the task of finding a replacement has begun. Cr Damien Loone was also returned as Deputy Mayor after Cr Simon Chate withdrew his nomination.
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National News

Senator Larissa Waters steps down as Greens leader due to health issues

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In a shock announcement, Queensland Senator Larissa Waters has announced she is stepping down as Leader of the Australian Greens.
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Local News

Ballina debates dog parks and net zero

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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.
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Articles & Columns

What’s wrong with this picture?

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Anthony Albanese’s recent performance on the world stage in New York was a breathtaking piece of rhetorical acrobatics.
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Local News

ReSolve Global: making renewable energy truly sustainable

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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?
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Michelle Bailey targets net zero in Ballina

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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'.
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Ross Lane to be closed for at least two months

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Lennox locals and visitors have reacted with dismay to the announcement that Ross Lane will be completely closed from 19 October to 18 December...
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Articles & Columns

Tony Burke and the immigration iceberg

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In a speech to the National Press Club, Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke has attempted to redefine the immigration debate. But what lies beneath?
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John Weiley accepts lifetime achievement award

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Last week a local filmmaker who has made a significant international impact was presented with the inaugural ScreenWorks Lifetime Achievement Award, at the Regional to Global Screen Forum in Lennox Head.
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Danielle Mulholland returned as Kyogle mayor

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Kyogle mayor Danielle Mulholland has been returned to the mayoral position for another two-year term, continuing a period of leadership that first began in 2013.
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Regional to Global brings movers and shakers of the screen industry to Lennox Head

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When around 300 screen practitioners gathered at Lennox Head last week for ScreenWorks' two-day Regional to Global Screen Forum, the setting was half the story. Here was a serious industry conversation happening a long way from Sydney or Melbourne, and after many successful years, nobody was treating that as a novelty.
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Articles & Columns

Angry energy, from digital duty of care to forests

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The government's draft bill for a new approach to online safety is currently up for public discussion, and various people are getting hot under the collar about it, particularly those whose political and business model relies on Australians being as angry as possible.
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Exposed to asbestos or silica dust?

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Carter Hawkins is a law firm which specialises in representing individuals and families affected by asbestos, silica and other dust exposure. Today (Monday 14 September) they will be a hosting a free information seminar and afternoon tea at Mullumbimby, for people whose health has been impacted by dust-related health conditions.
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Articles & Columns

Government sells out Pacific, NT, Australia

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Last week the government demonstrated its flagrant disregard for science and common sense; from Washington to Palau, and from Canberra to Darwin.
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Lessons from Queensland for the Northern Rivers

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Following last week's announcement by the NSW government of a new Richmond River Coordinator, a gathering at Swan Bay heard from Julie McLellan, CEO of Healthy Land & Water, southeast Queensland's natural resource management organisation, about the practicalities of restoring rivers.
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Local News

New film society for Murwillumbah

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In exciting news for lovers of fine cinema across the Northern Rivers, the Regent Film Society has just launched at Murwillumbah's historic Regent Cinema.
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Articles & Columns

Lessons from Secret Harbour

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Held by Labor since 1989, Pauline Hanson's One Nation has comfortably won the Western Australian state lower house seat of Secret Harbour in Saturday's by-election, sending shockwaves across the country.
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Local News

Ballina Council makes decision on Ross Lane

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With the absence of all four of its progressive councillors for various reasons, Ballina Council pushed ahead with its agenda at yesterday's monthly meeting, including a decision which is likely to close Ross Lane for months while the road is upgraded.
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Local News

Tweed Shire Council update

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Tweed Council's latest meeting included motions on solar panel recycling, free speech, financial sustainability and Clarrie Hall Dam.
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Articles & Columns

Labor and Liberal join forces on multiple fronts

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Last week, government and opposition found themselves singing from the same song sheet in parliament on a range of issues, from the NDIS to ASIO, and big tech to gambling advertising. 
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Local News

Day 3 wraps 30th year of Byron Writers Festival

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The final day of my 2026 Byron Writers Festival went from John Howard's pernicious effect on Australia to poetry in the dark; from being funny about serious things to first time writers made good, and finally to the story of a wrongful conviction for murder.
Read more
Local News

Ballina Council will be getting a new general manager

David Lowe - 0
With Ballina Shire Council General Manager Paul Hickey deciding to retire after almost twenty years in the role, and even longer as a staff member, the task of finding a replacement has begun. Cr Damien Loone was also returned as Deputy Mayor after Cr Simon Chate withdrew his nomination.
Read more
National News

Senator Larissa Waters steps down as Greens leader due to health issues

David Lowe - 0
In a shock announcement, Queensland Senator Larissa Waters has announced she is stepping down as Leader of the Australian Greens.
Read more
Local News

Ballina debates dog parks and net zero

David Lowe - 0
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.
Read more
Articles & Columns

What’s wrong with this picture?

David Lowe - 0
Anthony Albanese’s recent performance on the world stage in New York was a breathtaking piece of rhetorical acrobatics.
Read more
Local News

ReSolve Global: making renewable energy truly sustainable

David Lowe - 0
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?
Read more
Local News

Michelle Bailey targets net zero in Ballina

David Lowe - 0
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'.
Read more
Local News

Ross Lane to be closed for at least two months

David Lowe - 0
Lennox locals and visitors have reacted with dismay to the announcement that Ross Lane will be completely closed from 19 October to 18 December...
Read more
Articles & Columns

Tony Burke and the immigration iceberg

David Lowe - 0
In a speech to the National Press Club, Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke has attempted to redefine the immigration debate. But what lies beneath?
Read more
Local News

John Weiley accepts lifetime achievement award

David Lowe - 0
Last week a local filmmaker who has made a significant international impact was presented with the inaugural ScreenWorks Lifetime Achievement Award, at the Regional to Global Screen Forum in Lennox Head.
Read more
Local News

Danielle Mulholland returned as Kyogle mayor

David Lowe - 0
Kyogle mayor Danielle Mulholland has been returned to the mayoral position for another two-year term, continuing a period of leadership that first began in 2013.
Read more
Local News

Regional to Global brings movers and shakers of the screen industry to Lennox Head

David Lowe - 0
When around 300 screen practitioners gathered at Lennox Head last week for ScreenWorks' two-day Regional to Global Screen Forum, the setting was half the story. Here was a serious industry conversation happening a long way from Sydney or Melbourne, and after many successful years, nobody was treating that as a novelty.
Read more
Articles & Columns

Angry energy, from digital duty of care to forests

David Lowe - 0
The government's draft bill for a new approach to online safety is currently up for public discussion, and various people are getting hot under the collar about it, particularly those whose political and business model relies on Australians being as angry as possible.
Read more
Local News

Exposed to asbestos or silica dust?

David Lowe - 0
Carter Hawkins is a law firm which specialises in representing individuals and families affected by asbestos, silica and other dust exposure. Today (Monday 14 September) they will be a hosting a free information seminar and afternoon tea at Mullumbimby, for people whose health has been impacted by dust-related health conditions.
Read more
Articles & Columns

Government sells out Pacific, NT, Australia

David Lowe - 0
Last week the government demonstrated its flagrant disregard for science and common sense; from Washington to Palau, and from Canberra to Darwin.
Read more
Local News

Lessons from Queensland for the Northern Rivers

David Lowe - 0
Following last week's announcement by the NSW government of a new Richmond River Coordinator, a gathering at Swan Bay heard from Julie McLellan, CEO of Healthy Land & Water, southeast Queensland's natural resource management organisation, about the practicalities of restoring rivers.
Read more
Local News

New film society for Murwillumbah

David Lowe - 0
In exciting news for lovers of fine cinema across the Northern Rivers, the Regent Film Society has just launched at Murwillumbah's historic Regent Cinema.
Read more
Articles & Columns

Lessons from Secret Harbour

David Lowe - 0
Held by Labor since 1989, Pauline Hanson's One Nation has comfortably won the Western Australian state lower house seat of Secret Harbour in Saturday's by-election, sending shockwaves across the country.
Read more
Local News

Ballina Council makes decision on Ross Lane

David Lowe - 0
With the absence of all four of its progressive councillors for various reasons, Ballina Council pushed ahead with its agenda at yesterday's monthly meeting, including a decision which is likely to close Ross Lane for months while the road is upgraded.
Read more
Local News

Tweed Shire Council update

David Lowe - 0
Tweed Council's latest meeting included motions on solar panel recycling, free speech, financial sustainability and Clarrie Hall Dam.
Read more
Articles & Columns

Labor and Liberal join forces on multiple fronts

David Lowe - 0
Last week, government and opposition found themselves singing from the same song sheet in parliament on a range of issues, from the NDIS to ASIO, and big tech to gambling advertising. 
Read more
Local News

Day 3 wraps 30th year of Byron Writers Festival

David Lowe - 0
The final day of my 2026 Byron Writers Festival went from John Howard's pernicious effect on Australia to poetry in the dark; from being funny about serious things to first time writers made good, and finally to the story of a wrongful conviction for murder.
Read more
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