The upgrade of the Hastings Point Wastewater Treatment Plant has been a contentious issue for the Tweed Council with strong community lobbying for the most environmentally sensitive option, which is also the most expensive option by around $20m.
A large industrial estate would be built on land opposite the Cavanbah Centre in Byron Bay under a planning proposal coming before Byron Shire Council on Thursday.
Council’s General Manager, Mark Arnold, and Greens Mayor Sarah Ndiaye, have strongly backed planning staff after claims they inappropriately intervened to assist wealthy developers with their controversial large, exclusive 38 lot greenfield proposal near McAuleys Lane and Mullumbimby Road.
If there is one thing that binds the people from all parts of the Northern Rivers community together, is their great and successful ability to protest.
When the first three arrestees from the Bulga Forest protection actions go to court on Wednesday, February 22, there will be a celebration of their actions and their cause outside the Taree courthouse.
Yesterday essential workers from across the Tweed and Northern Rivers region gathered to oppose the NSW government's proposed cuts to workers compensation, which would drastically limit mental health support for injured workers.
The Northern Rivers Women and Children’s Services is maintaining the continuation and expansion of essential outreach services for women across the Northern Rivers.
As our lives have become busier it seems the time we have to give to others has decreased, and yet giving even a little time can be incredibly rewarding.
