Local News Lismore
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NORPA’s studio performers set to shine
Performers at NORPA’s studio space are smiling a bit brighter thanks to a $53,000 NSW Government grant 'to create one of the finest spaces for making new theatre in regional Australia’.
3 days ago | Chris Dobney | 0 -
Child dies after being hit by car at Macleans Ridges
Updated: A young girl has died in hospital after being struck by a car at Macleans Ridges. The nine-year-old suffered cardiac arrest after being thrown over the car and onto grass.
6 days ago | Chris Dobney | 0 -
Woman ‘dragged by hair’ in G’bah domestic dispute
A man will remain behind bars after allegedly attacking people at a house in Goonellabah, including dragging a woman around by the hair and pushing another person through a window.
13 days ago | Echonetdaily | 0 -
Multi-media work for Quad highlights Lismore’s indigenous history
A $100,000 grant will see a large-scale digital work projected in the Lismore Quadrangle, providing a multi-sensory experience of Bundjalung language, history and story.
13 days ago | Echonetdaily | 1 -
#RiseForClimate rally in Lismore and the world
On Saturday there was a planetary rally as thousands of protesters at 850 events in 95 countries joined to #RiseForClimate.
13 days ago | Eve Jeffery | 3 -
Yellow crazy ant program a success – so far
Local Land Services and NSW Department of Primary Industries successfully wrapped up stage two of their Yellow Crazy Ant response in Lismore and Terania Creek on Sunday.
18 days ago | Echonetdaily | 0 -
Fred’s Place can help out more homeless thanks to sleepout
The Vinnies' 2018 sleepout, held to fund Fred’s Place homeless drop-in centre in Tweed Heads, has exceeded its target. It's all thanks to support from some 50 sleepers last Thursday and substantial donations.
19 days ago | Echonetdaily | 0 -
Millions ripped from schools in Page: unions
Public schools in Page have had over $20 million cut from their budgets due to the Morrison government’s school funding arrangements, according to a new campaign.
19 days ago | Echonetdaily | 0 -
Car in Bangalow Road crash believed to be stolen
Update: The car driven by a teenager who was seriously injured when it crashed into another vehicle on Bangalow Road near Bexhill yesterday may have been stolen, police say.
25 days ago | Chris Dobney | 0 -
Woman killed in single-vehicle accident, Lismore
An investigation is underway following a fatal crash in Lismore yesterday afternoon that saw a 61-year-old female driver killed when her car ran off the road and into a tree.
27 days ago | Echonetdaily | 0 -
Northern Rivers LGBT group still shines after 30 years
The Northern Rivers’ own LGBTIQ support and social group Tropical Fruits is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year with a New Year’s festival that’s set to Shine.
August 20, 2018 | Chris Dobney | 0 -
S Sorrensen’s Here & Now: Thinking Drought
‘Stormy weather,’ she sings. ‘Yeah right,’ I think, looking out over the valley from my shack under the cliffs. A bit of stormy weather would be good right now. The valley hasn’t seen rain for a while.
August 16, 2018 | S Sorrensen | 2 -
Blue Knob victim’s family question police response
The family of Nimbin man Damien Roadley, who died after a cliff fall at night in remote bushland at Blue Knob, have questioned the police handling of the search, in particular why it was initially called off and why dogs were brought in so late.
August 15, 2018 | Chris Dobney | 0 -
Driver reaches 100km/h on wrong side of road in school zone
Police have arrested an unlicensed driver from Queensland, who they allege reached speeds of more 100km/h in Lismore yesterday and drove through a school zone on the wrong side of the road.
August 14, 2018 | Echonetdaily | 0 -
Lismore Greens target state govt’s anti-protest laws
Greens candidate for the state seat of Lismore, Sue Higginson, has launched a campaign to reverse the state government’s recently enacted anti-protest laws.
August 13, 2018 | Echonetdaily | 0 -
Locals with dementia encouraged to participate in new Chinese medicine trial
Locals over the age of 40 with dementia are being being invited to participate in a major clinical trial investigating the effectiveness of a Chinese herbal extract known as Sailuotong.
August 8, 2018 | Paul Bibby | 0 -
Nimbin locals search dense, treacherous bushland for missing dad
Residents living near Blue Knob in Nimbin are anxiously searching for a local father who went missing during a camping trip on the local landmark last week.
August 7, 2018 | Paul Bibby | 2 -
Free cost of living advice now available in Lismore
Residents in the Lismore area can now get help with accessing government rebates and savings with the town's NSW Service Centre now offering cost of living advice to locals.
August 6, 2018 | Paul Bibby | 0 -
Spotlight on Northern Rivers homelessness
Northern Rivers community groups and businesses will rally together next week to tackle the region’s mounting homelessness crisis with Homelessness Connect events at Lismore and Casino.
August 2, 2018 | Echonetdaily | 2 -
Lismore ALP candidate attacks Nationals’ ‘phony’ flood petition
Labor's Lismore candidate, Janelle Saffin, queries why her National Party counterpart is ‘petitioning the government for flood funding’ even as it is slashing available funds.
July 31, 2018 | Chris Dobney | 1 -
G’bah man charged with raping teenage girl in Lismore
Police allege a 35-year-old Goonellabah man supplied a 16-year-old girl with methylamphetamine before sexually assaulting her at a Lismore property on Wednesday.
July 30, 2018 | Echonetdaily | 0 -
Justice delayed: case completion times blow out at Lismore District Court
Victims of serious crime in the Northern Rivers are having to wait longer than ever to see justice done, due to growing delays at Lismore District Court.
July 26, 2018 | Paul Bibby | 0 -
More than a year after floods, Lismore TAFE finally reopens
Some 16 months after last year’s flood, Lismore TAFE will celebrate the completion of flood restoration works at a special community event this Wednesday (July 25).
July 23, 2018 | Echonetdaily | 0 -
Q&A to broadcast from Lismore
Popular ABC TV talk show Q&A has announced it will be broadcasting live from Lismore on the night Monday of August 6
July 18, 2018 | Echonetdaily | 3 -
Man found carrying ice after baseball-bat attack bailed
A 22-year-old Goonellabah man arrested on Wednesday (July 11), following an attack on a woman with a baseball bat two days earlier, was found to be carrying methamphetamine (ice) on and in his body.
July 12, 2018 | Echonetdaily | 3
