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COVID-19 update: 5 new cases in the NNSWLHD
Northern NSW Local Health District, Acting Chief Executive, Lynne Weir, says there were five new cases of COVID-19 reported for the District to 8pm last night, 21 October.
Other News
Stranded local artist shares stories from India
Vrinda Gleeson prepared for her new exhibition in a small London bedsit where she is living until she can return to her Northern Rivers home.
After a long, arduous and uninformed debate… Saddle Road DA approved
Councillors finally ‘got there in the end’, interim Mayor, Michael Lyon, told an exhausted audience after many hours of confused meandering at last Thursday’s Council meeting.
Did we underestimate the health effects of the Black Summer bushfires?
Study reveals the physical and mental impacts of bushfire smoke.
Who can I trust?
COVID, WHO SHOULD I TRUST ?
I tend to trust people who care,
who demonstrate they have no agenda,
but to be...
Cr Darlene Cook: ‘working to restore accountability and trust in our Council’
Current Lismore Councillor Darlene Cook has served one term on Lismore Council and at the December LGA election, she plans to run for Mayor.
Dr COVID
The other day I met a Mullumbimby doctor. As I used to live in Mullum and Mullum was in...
Stories about "Aboriginal artefacts":
Elders, residents blast Kempsey Shire Council over tarring in koala habitat
Tarring of Point Plomer Road at Crescent Head begins on Monday, but residents and Dunghutti elders say Council has ignored their concerns about koala habitat and Aboriginal heritage sites.
Local News
NSW Education responds to Teachers Federation over Murwillumbah Education Campus staff cuts
The NSW Education Department has responded to the NSW Teachers Federation's accusation that Education Minister Sarah Mitchell has only just revealed the extent of staff cuts at the mega school.
Local News
The Rebels and the Wraiths visit Nationals: ‘We are facing a planetary crisis’
Eve Jeffery - 1
As part of a fortnight of climate actions and protests with the Extinction Rebellion, over 30 activists visited MP Kevin Hogan’s office in Lismore yesterday pushing ghostly empty white prams.
National News
NSW Legislative Council expresses concerns over push to burn native forests for power
The NSW Legislative Council unanimously passed a motion expressing its concerns over the growing push by industry to burn NSW native forests for electricity and hydrogen production.
Local News
Diadem Street, Lismore
Around 2,000 residents in Lismore lost their electricity connection on Wednesday night after a large gum tree took out power lines.
