Mullumbimby Uniting Church Food Box have commenced their 13th year of operations, distributing nutritious food to those in need every Thursday, from 9.30am till 11.30am.
The NSW Reconstruction Authority (RA) is currently attempting to disconnect water supply to nine government-owned houses in Lismore which have been providing shelter to homeless people since May 2024.
Fragments of a Half Life is a poignant film exploration of memory, loss, and the intricate relationship between father and son, screening at the Byron Theatre on Thursday, February 20.
Richmond MP Justine Elliot has announced that the Albanese government is building Australia’s future and strengthening Medicare, with $573.3 million to deliver more choice, lower costs and better health care for women, including on the North Coast.
Northern Rivers Women and Children's Services Inc. (NORWACS) is proud to announce the Lismore Women's Festival, a vibrant and inclusive event celebrating women, will be held on Saturday, 8 March at the Quad in Lismore from 9am to 4pm.
The famous Flickerfest returns to Mullumbimby, and Flickerfest and IQ inc are thrilled to be back for their 28th year in the Northern Rivers, kicking off their three-day festival of short films at the Mullumbimby Civic Hall from Thursday, February 27 to Saturday, March 1.
Bob Brown Foundation is calling for Salmon Tasmania to publicly disclose how many salmon are dying in its factory farms. They say reports of mass mortalities of industrial farmed salmon around Tasmania show, once again, how destructive and cruel Tasmanian farmed salmon is to both wildlife and the salmon.
Plans by industrial salmon company, Tassal, to continue using thousands of underwater explosive seal deterrents in Tasmanian waters have been dealt a blow by a leading international certifier.
This morning at Byron Bay Courthouse Robert Stewart was sentenced to nine months imprisonment, with a minimal non-parole period of five months, for the bow-shooting attack which led to the death of his neighbour's pet dog Bucket.
‘America has a gun problem, Australia has a gambling problem,’ says former Animal Justice Party candidate for Ballina and Northern Rivers based animal rights advocate Cathy Blasonato.
Animals activists are standing fast in the fight for equal rights for all earthlings and that often means going against main stream by protesting and protecting the voiceless.
Desmond Bellamy, PETA Australia, Byron Bay.
People in Tasmania and throughout Australia are rightly outraged at the light sentence handed out in the case of...
Animal cruelty charges against two men accused of killing 10 chickens and torturing a pig at Nimbin's Djanbung Gardens last December have been dropped.
Despite the Law Council of Australia raising serious concerns over risks to freedom of political speech, federal parliament has passed a new hate crime law that will see jail time for publicly displaying prohibited Nazi symbols or giving a Nazi salute.
Local filmmaker, David Bradbury, says he will run against PM Anthony Albanese in his safe Sydney seat of Grayndler as an independent at the upcoming federal election.
Electoral reform legislation to cap political donations passed the Senate last week, with many crossbenchers expressing their fury at the process and the major parties claiming the moral high ground as they joined forces.