District of Lismore
District of Ballina
Voters say no to trails without rails
Basil Cameron, Trains On Our Tracks (TOOT). Residents have sent a strong message to the Baird government: ‘hands off our tracks’.
District of Ballina
Current politics and its addiction to fossil fuels
Sapoty Brook, Mullumbimby. OK, have you had your five minutes of celebration? Great, now let's get serious again. It is really unfortunate that the NSW government and their supporters are climate-ignorant.
District of Ballina
Greens take Ballina, with Lismore likely
The NSW Greens have declared victory in Ballina and are also being tipped to take Lismore from the Nationals.
District of Ballina
Coalition puts north coast biodiversity ‘under grave danger’
The north coast’s rich biodiversity is under grave threat from a shock announcement by the coalition just two days out of the election that if re-elected it will repeal the state’s major protection laws for threatened species and native vegetation.
District of Ballina
Thomas George says he’s all for CSG
Bruce McQueen, Mt Burrell. 'I am all for CSG' are the exact words spoken by the National's Thomas George at meet the candidates night in Murwillumbah four years ago.
District of Ballina
Greens tackle unemployment on the north coast
Tamara Smith, Adam Guise, Andrea Vickers and John Kaye for the NSW Greens. Greens NSW have announced a fully-funded $165 million local infrastructure program for the Richmond-Tweed region.
District of Ballina
ALP makes $247m pledge to upgrade region’s roads
Northern rivers councils would have access to $247 million to upgrade roads if the Labor party wins Saturday’s election, deputy Opposition leader Linda Burney promised in Lismore this morning.
District of Ballina
Nannas tell NSW Labor leader ‘we are watching you’
Knitting Nannas had a simple message for NSW Labor leader Luke Foley this morning when he visited the site of the Bentley blockade just outside Lismore. ‘Do the wrong thing and we’ll be watching you’.
District of Lismore
Isaac Smith Labor candidate for Lismore
'Isaac Smith has always fought against CSG mining.
'Unlike Thomas George, Isaac Smith has been fighting to stop CSG mining since the movement began in...
District of Ballina
Labor backs unsung heroes of animal of protection
Lorraine Vass, president Friends of the Koala. I know political promises are cheap a couple of weeks out from an election, but what a breath of fresh air to have a NSW political party acknowledge the work of voluntary wildlife carers and to recognise that government has a fiscal responsibility in meeting some of the costs of voluntary wildlife rehabilitation.
NSW Election 2015
District of Lismore overview and candidate profiles
Collected on this page are key Echonetdaily articles for the electoral district of Lismore including an overview of the electorate and profiles for all candidates.
Local News
NSW Landcare in crisis: Greens
Landcare is in crisis in NSW as successive Labor and Liberal/National governments have cut support to local groups, according to Greens candidate for Lismore, Adam Guise.
District of Ballina
Metgasco merger deal collapses as CSG ban urged
Troubled north coast coal-seam-gas (CSG) miner Metgasco suffered another setback this week with the collapse of a proposed merger with oil explorer Elk Petroleum.
District of Ballina
Qld Labor in government a different story
Christopher Macfarlane, Ocean Shores. I am stunned and appalled that after just 25 days in government, the Labor Party has announced a deal with coal billionaires Adani to dredge and expand the Abbot Point coal port in the Great Barrier Reef.
District of Ballina
Greens, Labor unite to oppose poles and wires sell-off
Increasing opposition to the Baird government's controversial electricity privatisation plans has prompted a preference deal between Labor and the Greens in Nationals-held seats, including Ballina, Lismore and Tweed.
Local News
TAFE cuts slammed as Greens promise $1 billion
TAFE teachers and students joined Greens NSW MP John Kaye and Lismore candidate Adam Guise outside Lismore TAFE today to talk about how the Greens’ new plan to 'fund TAFE first' would benefit communities in the region.
District of Ballina
Farmers dump manure on Nationals’ gas plan
A contingent of northern rivers farmers has delivered bags of manure to the office of Lismore MP Thomas George, and are now on their way to Nationals campaign office in Ballina.
Local News
Coalition promises $180m for Lismore hospital
The NSW government has promised $180 million to finish the upgrade of the Lismore Base Hospital, and $120,000 to increase car parking at the Murwillumbah hospital. The funding is contingent on the Liberal/Nationals coalition being re-elected.
NSW Election 2015
Remember koalas when you vote
Jimmy Malecki, Coraki. This election campaign is shaping up on the north coast and is fantastic at raising the issue of the communities' wishes to keep the northern rivers gasfield free.
District of Ballina
Reject poles and wires selloff, Qld premier tells Tweed
New Queensland premier and Labor hero Annastacia Palaszczuk has urged Tweed voters to reject the Baird government’s controversial plan to sell off the state’s electricity assets, saying the move would backfire on the coalition as it did in Queensland.
Local News
‘Hollywood’ drug squads over the top
I guess we have to thank Hollywood for the enduring myth that a black-clad squad of elite 'blokes', preferably with cool helicopters, from the capital are needed to crack down on really serious crime in hick parts of the country like Mullumbimby.
Local News
Local fisherfolk caught in the parking fine net
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FIsherfolk have been caught in the net of parking fines designed to stop travellers parking up for the night on the Tweed Coast Road and they are seeking help to access their beaches at night without fines.
National News
Family Court scrapped
Despite overwhelming opposition from Australia’s family law specialists and advocates, the federal Liberal-Nationals government and cross benchers scrapped the Family Law Court and subsumed it into the circuit courts last week.
Sport
Cavanbah centre gets a taste of 3×3 basketball
The Byron Beez basketball team in collaboration with the U League hosted a 3x3 tournament at the Cavanbah centre at the end of January that attracted 30 teams.
