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Time to get nominations in for the 2025 Ballina Shire Australia Day Awards

Do you know someone who quietly gets on with helping out in their community?

Concern over potential loss of Mullum High’s ‘Wellbeing Hub’

Plans to take away the demountable building that houses Mullumbimby High School's thriving Wellbeing Hub has sent shockwaves through the school community.

Together we celebrate – all abilities events throughout Tweed

Celebrating all abilities throughout the Tweed will see a huge series of inclusive events spanning November and December to celebrate International Day of People with Disability on Tuesday 3 December.

Lismore’s Carols in the Heart

The festive season is coming up fast again and Lismore will once again be celebrating Carols in the Heart, at Oakes Oval on Sunday, December 8.

Like a bird, on a wire

On Thursday I delivered the Hal Wootten Lecture at the University of NSW*. I’ve got this column due today. 

Showtime for Mullum this weekend

The 2024 Mullum Show is on this Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the showgrounds, and has a fully-packed program for all ages. 

Northern Rivers has highest rates of skin cancer in state

Local government areas on the Northern Rivers account for eight of the top ten areas with the state’s highest rates of melanoma.

Lismore residents haven’t recovered, not disaster ready

Resilient Lismore says results of a recent door-to-door survey include more than two thousand residents living in more than a thousand households that haven’t recovered from the 2022 floods and aren’t properly prepared for future disaster.

Police investigate suspected neo-Nazi protest on Northern Rivers

Police say they’re investigating a suspected white supremacist rally held at Mount Wollumbin near Muwillumbah.

Calls to end native logging

On Sunday, thousands of people at rallies across Australia called on the country’s politicians to protect native forests and immediately end native forest logging. 

The Coast Road, Lennox Head temporary closure 

A section of The Coast Road, between Pat Morton Lookout and the North Creek Road/Byron Bay Road roundabout from Tuesday, 19 November.

Decarbonisaton hub starts free regional tours in Lismore

Lismore will be the first stop of the NSW Decarbonisation Hub in collaboration with NSW Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development.

Nurses and midwives – how can you help them help you?

From $20,000 sign-ons to up to $70,000 for those relocating to rural or remote areas for over two years the allure for nurses, midwives,...

What do real nature positive laws look like for Australia?

Following a ‘disappointing’ inaugural Nature Positive Summit in Sydney, a team of researchers say that current laws are not sufficient to achieve the summit’s lofty goal.

Leave the dunes for the endangered birds

A pair of critically endangered beach stone-curlews are nesting in the dunes on Clarkes Beach, they are one of only 13 breeding pairs in NSW.

Truth-telling and healing is the only way forward

The decision of the incoming Crisafulli government to stop the Queensland Truth-telling and Healing Inquiry is deeply hurtful and detrimental to the healing process for ageing Stolen Generations survivors, says a national body representing survivors.

Byron Bay students win at international SAE Awards

Australian students won in four student and alumni categories at the 19th annual SAE International Awards, with three of four students from Byron Bay travelling to Frankfurt in Germany to accept their trophies.

Working together we can create a better future

I am flying back to the small town of Woodbine, Iowa. In one week from now I will be joining the class of ‘73 for their 50-year graduation celebration. This will be my seventh trip back to a small farming community that stole a piece of my heart.

Nudge is the NRAS Pet of the Week

Northern Rivers Animal Services says twelve week-old Nudge is a delightful red cattle pup who possesses everything you could want in a puppy.

Decriminalisation, pill testing, drug driving laws must be top of agenda for drug summit

Greens MP and drug law reform and harm reduction spokesperson Cate Faehrmann says she will attend the Lismore hearing of the drug summit today. 

Fire at Ballina tip sparked by poor recycling behaviours

Ballina Shire Council is urging residents not to put hazardous materials in any kerbside bin, following a fire at the Resource Recovery Centre last weekend.

Time to get nominations in for the 2025 Ballina Shire Australia Day Awards

Do you know someone who quietly gets on with helping out in their community?

Concern over potential loss of Mullum High’s ‘Wellbeing Hub’

Plans to take away the demountable building that houses Mullumbimby High School's thriving Wellbeing Hub has sent shockwaves through the school community.

Together we celebrate – all abilities events throughout Tweed

Celebrating all abilities throughout the Tweed will see a huge series of inclusive events spanning November and December to celebrate International Day of People with Disability on Tuesday 3 December.

Lismore’s Carols in the Heart

The festive season is coming up fast again and Lismore will once again be celebrating Carols in the Heart, at Oakes Oval on Sunday, December 8.

Like a bird, on a wire

On Thursday I delivered the Hal Wootten Lecture at the University of NSW*. I’ve got this column due today. 

Showtime for Mullum this weekend

The 2024 Mullum Show is on this Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the showgrounds, and has a fully-packed program for all ages. 

Northern Rivers has highest rates of skin cancer in state

Local government areas on the Northern Rivers account for eight of the top ten areas with the state’s highest rates of melanoma.

Lismore residents haven’t recovered, not disaster ready

Resilient Lismore says results of a recent door-to-door survey include more than two thousand residents living in more than a thousand households that haven’t recovered from the 2022 floods and aren’t properly prepared for future disaster.

Police investigate suspected neo-Nazi protest on Northern Rivers

Police say they’re investigating a suspected white supremacist rally held at Mount Wollumbin near Muwillumbah.

Calls to end native logging

On Sunday, thousands of people at rallies across Australia called on the country’s politicians to protect native forests and immediately end native forest logging. 

The Coast Road, Lennox Head temporary closure 

A section of The Coast Road, between Pat Morton Lookout and the North Creek Road/Byron Bay Road roundabout from Tuesday, 19 November.

Decarbonisaton hub starts free regional tours in Lismore

Lismore will be the first stop of the NSW Decarbonisation Hub in collaboration with NSW Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development.

Nurses and midwives – how can you help them help you?

From $20,000 sign-ons to up to $70,000 for those relocating to rural or remote areas for over two years the allure for nurses, midwives,...

What do real nature positive laws look like for Australia?

Following a ‘disappointing’ inaugural Nature Positive Summit in Sydney, a team of researchers say that current laws are not sufficient to achieve the summit’s lofty goal.

Leave the dunes for the endangered birds

A pair of critically endangered beach stone-curlews are nesting in the dunes on Clarkes Beach, they are one of only 13 breeding pairs in NSW.

Truth-telling and healing is the only way forward

The decision of the incoming Crisafulli government to stop the Queensland Truth-telling and Healing Inquiry is deeply hurtful and detrimental to the healing process for ageing Stolen Generations survivors, says a national body representing survivors.

Byron Bay students win at international SAE Awards

Australian students won in four student and alumni categories at the 19th annual SAE International Awards, with three of four students from Byron Bay travelling to Frankfurt in Germany to accept their trophies.

Working together we can create a better future

I am flying back to the small town of Woodbine, Iowa. In one week from now I will be joining the class of ‘73 for their 50-year graduation celebration. This will be my seventh trip back to a small farming community that stole a piece of my heart.

Nudge is the NRAS Pet of the Week

Northern Rivers Animal Services says twelve week-old Nudge is a delightful red cattle pup who possesses everything you could want in a puppy.

Decriminalisation, pill testing, drug driving laws must be top of agenda for drug summit

Greens MP and drug law reform and harm reduction spokesperson Cate Faehrmann says she will attend the Lismore hearing of the drug summit today. 

Fire at Ballina tip sparked by poor recycling behaviours

Ballina Shire Council is urging residents not to put hazardous materials in any kerbside bin, following a fire at the Resource Recovery Centre last weekend.
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Plans to take away the demountable building that houses Mullumbimby High School's thriving Wellbeing Hub has sent shockwaves through the school community.

Together we celebrate – all abilities events throughout Tweed

Celebrating all abilities throughout the Tweed will see a huge series of inclusive events spanning November and December to celebrate International Day of People with Disability on Tuesday 3 December.

Lismore’s Carols in the Heart

The festive season is coming up fast again and Lismore will once again be celebrating Carols in the Heart, at Oakes Oval on Sunday, December 8.