Is it better to do something difficult and risk falling on your face, go backwards or do nothing at all? That’s a question for everyone, including our political leaders.

Anthony Albanese's government has no functional opposition, but an Australian socialist utopia seems as remote as ever. Would Ben Chifley recognise Labor in the 21st century? What happened to the 'betterment of mankind'? The party which once existed to serve the interests of the working class now seems utterly beholden to the military industrial complex, big miners and the gambling industry.

Following record-breaking floods on NSW’s Mid North Coast that have left almost 800 homes uninhabitable, 38 former emergency service commissioners and chief officers from every state and territory are calling on the federal government to immediately release its completed National Climate Risk Assessment, so communities and emergency services can better prepare for more frequent and destructive disasters, supercharged by climate change.

A review of the 2025-26 federal budget by the Biodiversity Council has found that the Albanese government is still far short of investing what is required to meet its own environmental commitments, despite recent funding commitments for protected areas.

Richmond MP Justine Elliot yesterday announced that households and businesses across the North Coast are benefiting from faster internet and increased data with the completion of the Albanese government’s upgrades to NBN Co’s Fixed Wireless and Satellite services.

The Albanese government, which committed to ‘no new extinctions’ in 2022, approved more than 25,000 hectares of threatened species habitat to be destroyed in 2024 – more than twice as much as the previous year, according to new analysis by the Australian Conservation Foundation.

Cryptocurrency interests played a significant role in the recent election of Donald Trump in the United States, outspending oil companies, banks and Elon Musk, and they have already been rewarded, with Bitcoin now hovering around $100,000USD, a historic high. Now the crypto bros are pushing for 'sensible' regulation in Australia, and are hard at work lobbying both sides of politics.

As part of the Albanese Labor government’s national ‘500 frontline workers initiative’, the Mullumbimby and District Neighbourhood Centre (MDNC) has three new frontline community workers who will support those experiencing family, domestic and sexual violence on the North Coast.

Leader of The Nationals David Littleproud says the government has wasted six months on its Senate inquiry into Red imported fire ants in Australia – ‘don’t let this come back to bite us’.

Yesterday there was a rally led by a coalition of environmental groups and Traditional Owners at the entrance to the Albanese government’s 'Global Nature Positive Conference' in Darling Harbour, Sydney, calling on the government to protect land, water and climate from the dangers of new coal and gas projects.