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COVID update – Aquarius, Lismore sewage fragments and the South African variant
The Northern NSW Local Health District says there have been no new cases of COVID-19 reported in the 24 hours to 8pm 28 November, but, they are urging residents in the Lismore area to be alert for COVID-19 symptoms.
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CWA has ready for the Christmas (w)rap
The Country Women’s Association (CWA) has been supporting women, children and their communities in NSW for almost a century...
Ballina council votes for waterfront affordable and social housing
The Ballina Shire Council has voted unanimously to ask for state government commitment on waterfront affordable and social housing as part of a marina upgrade.
Developers’ boon
Ballina is experiencing both a housing boom and skyrocketing prices. The developers must be loving it. But unless you’re...
On yer marks! get set – fundraise!
The Ballina Region for Refugees were part of a nationwide event on the weekend – a 5-kilometre fundraising walk on a drizzly, grey Sunday, but with spirits undampened.
Public access to Bruns foreshore reduced by Reflections, say residents
Brunswick Heads residents are concerned that the managers of the Terrace Reserve Holiday Park are failing to stick to a court-ordered plan for the park, resulting in a potential loss of public access to the precious Brunswick River foreshore.
When we get to 95 per cent vaccination, this will happen
Just when we were getting used to the current COVID roadmap, it has changed directions. Adjustments to previous settings scheduled for this milestone were announced yetserday.
Stories about "Attorney General George Bandis":
Thus Spake Mungo: Brandis, the PM’s mate
Our attorney general George Brandis states, as a an inviolable credo, that a barrister must give fearless and impartial advice at all times. This is a legal ideal, and perhaps one that he believes in, but the fact is that he… faces an irreconcilable conflict of interest.
Byron LGA
Last chance for tickets to Byron Shire Council Meet the Candidates forum
Today is your last chance to get tickets to tonight’s Byron Shire Meet the Candidates forum in the Byron Theatre.
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Thousands gather at Ballina MMAMV rally
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Around 2,500 gathered at Missingham Park in Ballina to hear MMAMV speakers before marching to the Ballina police station and then making their way back to the starting point for more speakers.
Science Goes Viral
Telling girls they don’t like STEM halves their involvement at any age
Even children as young as six can develop ideas that girls don’t like computer science and engineering as much as boys – stereotypes that carry over into teenagerhood and contribute to gender gaps at university, according to a study published in PNAS.
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Women Who Lead team focus on housing and environment
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Letitia Kelly is heading the Independent Group F, Women Who Lead ticket in the upcoming Tweed Shire Council elections.
