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Mandy Nolan calls for safety of Northern Rivers women and children to be prioritised
As the Greens move to declare violence against women a national emergency, Greens candidate for Richmond and community advocate Mandy Nolan will hold a vigil for victims of violence and has called on Northern Rivers Labor MPs to back budget funding to tackle the violence epidemic.
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Interview with The Versace Boys
The Versace Boys were born in the back of a gold-plated Porsche parked at the Versace Palace on the Goldie. They grew up only eating with silver spoons and often crashing expensive automobiles their parents bought for them. They realised young that they weren’t only made for the world of fashion but that they could also write sick bangers.
Bangalow Bluedogs miss out on Anzac Day Cup football win
The Men’s Premier League Anzac Day Cup for 2024 has been won by the Lismore Richmond Rovers after they won a penalty shoot-out against last year’s premiers, the Bangalow Bluedogs.
Top Southern Stingrays team take first AFL win in Ballina
The Southern Stingrays picked up their first win of the season when they beat Coomera 6.5-41–5.4-34 playing at home on Fripp Oval last Saturday.
Search continues for missing Tweed man
Local police say officers, the State Emergency Services [SES] and family members of missing Tweed Shire man Patrick Liedke are continuing their search.
Symbiosis in the Byron Shire
In the evolving landscape of the food industry within our Byron Shire, a paradigm shift towards sustainability and collaboration...
Soapbox too ‘extreme’
One minute Mandy Nolan blames Queenslanders, now she blames all men for her condition of fear (Soapbox: Shopping Centres...
Stories about "11-year-old":
Alon protests against losing his unvaxxed teacher
An 11-year-old boy from Oceans Shores wants his unvaccinated teacher to be able to come back to his school at Brunswick Heads
National News
Alliance for Nature NSW calls Minns Government to account over habitat clearing
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The Alliance for Nature NSW says the critical environmental reforms have been delayed and ignored, with concerning indications that some members of the Minns Cabinet are seeking to water down or simply not enact these election commitments.
National News
‘It’s not love, it’s coercive control’
Today the NSW government is launching an advertising campaign to raise public awareness and understanding of coercive control.
Byron Echo
Mother’s Day tree planting returns
Brunswick Valley Landcare’s (BVL) celebrated, and much-loved, annual Mother’s Day tree planting returns on Sunday, May 12, with plans to plant 1,500 trees alongside live music, a barbecue, cakes, coffee and a very special community feel.
Local News
Rising Tide Northern Rivers launched
Rising Tide Northern Rivers is part of a peaceful mass movement for climate defence, recently launched at Hastings Point and in Lismore.
