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Local News
Thieves target Westower Tavern
Police are investigating the armed robbery of Westower at Ballina on Sunday night. At about 10pm two men entered the tavern on the Pacific Highway...
Local News
Saffin backs Rudd over Gillard
Chris Dobney Member for Page Janelle Saffin has backed Kevin Rudd over Julia Gillard as the leader likely to win the next election against Tony...
Local News
CSG company paid Queensland cops
Hans Lovejoy & Simeon Michaels Queensland police minister Neil Roberts has defended allowing the state’s police officers to be hired by mining companies as private...
Local News
Strop wants to chip off the old block
Michael McDonald Byron identity John Cornell plans to develop his 60-hectare Ewingsdale property into a 41-lot residential subdivision. One of the lots contains his existing...
Local News
Pottsville Beach Centre expands
Last Friday saw the opening of Pottsville Beach Neighbourhood Centre’s (PBNC) $1.5 million extension. Designed to be energy efficient and include elements to support sustainability,...
Local News
Festival brings out the Byron Spirit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6KjTdbDYd0 The sun shone on the first-ever Byron Spirit Festival, which took place in venues all over Mullumbimby during the weekend. A plethora of yoga classes,...
Local News
Gaslands director arrested
Gaslands filmmaker Josh Fox’s guest spot at the Byron Bay International Film Festival is in jeopardy following his arrest in Washington at a hearing...
Documentaries
Sex and consciousness conference
Documentary Sharon Shostak What goes on at a conference on sex and consciousness? Sharon Shostak wasn't given much access to the inner sanctums which were...
Local News
Spying on CSG protesters confirmed
Tweed and Northern Rivers residents against coal-seam gas (CSG) mining have been urged to complain to their local federal MPs over the revelation this...
Local News
Anglicans want $220k for Federal church
Hans Lovejoy The Anglican Church is asking the Federal village community for $220,000 to buy back the church its forbears built and donated. A meeting on...
Local News
West Byron the ‘death knell’ for Belongil Creek
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDPtafnGhhs Story Ray Moynihan Video Sharon Shostak Environmentalist and artist Dailan Pugh from the Byron Environmental and Conservation Organisation, BEACON, says the proposed development at West...
Local News
Trees to make way for health centre
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjz4eLrPdbU Story Steve Spencer, video Sharon Shostack Councillors have voted to remove a stand of native trees along a koala corridor to make way for a...
Local News
Art inspired by farming life
Eve Jeffery - 0
As well as showcasing the area’s farming culture, Bangalow Show is now embarking on a unique project embracing the arts.
Local News
Wedding for a family but funeral for a church
Luis Feliu A third-generation family wedding was a happy day for a young Burringbar couple but a bittersweet moment in the life of the local...
Local News
Hastings Point may get McMansion
Tweed councillors have voted to defer a plan to gut a block of flats to create a three-storey ‘McMansion’ on the Hastings Point beachfront. Council...
Local News
Police altercation in Mullum
Chris Dobney An Upper Main Arm man has been arrested and charged following a very public altercation with police on the road to Mullumbimby on...
Local News
Dept whitewashes Ballina school bullying allegations
Chris Dobney The NSW Dept of Education and Training (DEET) has declined to respond to specific allegations of ongoing bullying at Ballina High School raised...
Local News
Abuse survivor partner seminar
If you are the spouse or partner of an adult survivor of childhood sexual abuse the seminar on Thursday 3 November 2011 from 5pm to 8pm at...
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Bexhill students wisest on waste
The students at Bexhill Public School have been busy getting their hands dirty, and have earned themselves $2000 for their efforts. Bexhill are the 2011...
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Byron’s outdoor smoking ban
Byron Shire playgrounds, outdoor dining strips, and sports fields are going smoke free following a Council decision to protect the community’s health from harmful...
Local News
Clunes camera
The Roads and Traffic Authority (RTA) is calling for community feedback into the decision to cease issuing fines from the Clunes speed camera. This follows...
Local News
New levee for Lismore
Work has started on a new section of levee wall for Lismore, following the appearance of a crack in the old levee adjacent to...
Local News
Local training for health professionals
Luis Feliu New training facilities and a lecture theatre for nurses at Murwillumbah District Hospital’s education campus were officially opened on Monday. Richmond MP Justine Elliot...
Local News
Residents urged to save water as both dam plans ditched
Steve Spencer Tweed residents have been urged to start saving water following last week’s shock decision by a majority of councillors to torpedo a move...
Local News
Murwillumbah’s Melbourne Cup
Tweed River Jockey Club (TRJC) is getting set to host one of the biggest meetings in its racing calendar, Melbourne Cup day at Murwillumbah,...
Local News
Lismore police pursuit ends in charges
Police say a man has been charged over alleged pursuits and a crash overnight.
Local News
Drowning risk warning for Australia Day weekend
Royal Life Saving is urging the public to take care around water this Australia Day weekend, with their research showing that the risk of drowning doubles on public holidays.
National News
How the study of dolphin airways could help save endangered whales
Paul Bibby - 0
Paul Bibby A new study exploring the health of dolphin airways has revealed findings that could help save endangered whale species. During an eight-month study at...
Letters
Conspiratorial breaths
R Podhajsky, Ocean Shores
Thanks to the Collins English Dictionary 4th edition, for insight to the realm of words. Conspire 2, to act together towards...
