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How can we keep paying for incompetence

The only way forward is going backwards. That’s how I explain the current situation of Byron Shire Council. The...

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Editorial – Drug-checking saves lives

No-one would tolerate killing six teenagers with methanol-laced alcohol in Australia, as occurred recently in Laos. But in Australia, you can’t check your drugs to see if they’re safe.

Proposed rate rises Byron Shire Council

In yesterday’s mail on 18 August I received a letter/brochure from Byron Shire Council (BSC) dated 11 August titled...

Appeal to locate man missing from Broadwater

Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate a local missing man.

Big Council rates rise coming – SRV for ratepayers

The proposed 35.03 per cent rates increase over three years to Byron Shire ratepayers is extremely concerning. I fully understand...

New research highlights pressures facing Northern Rivers community organisations

More than 50 representatives from grassroots organisations across the Northern Rivers came together at Bangalow A&I Hall last week for the Northern Rivers Community Sector Sustainability Summit.

How can we keep paying for incompetence

The only way forward is going backwards. That’s how I explain the current situation of Byron Shire Council. The...

Stories about "Ben Roberts-Smith":

Farrer falls – please explain?

The bookies were right, unfortunately. For the first time since 1996, Pauline Hanson has captured a seat in the House of Representatives via the democratic process, and this time it wasn't in Queensland.

Ben Roberts-Smith VC charged with murder

Australian Federal Police yesterday arrested and charged former soldier Ben Roberts-Smith with five war crime murders, which allegedly took place between 2009 and 2012. The Victoria Cross winner was taken into custody at Sydney Airport. AFP Commissioner Krissy Barrett and OSI Director Investigations Ross Barnett later addressed the media.

Is a free press essential or a luxury?

The very first amendment made to the American Constitution protects freedom of speech and freedom of the press. 

Greens urged to back pathway to end native forest logging

Some of NSW’s most respected and long-standing forest campaigners and scientists have today urged the Greens not to support the Nationals' attempt to disallow the Improved Native Forest Management (INFM) method.

Ballina Council makes decision on Ross Lane

With the absence of all four of its progressive councillors for various reasons, Ballina Council pushed ahead with its agenda at yesterday's monthly meeting, including a decision which is likely to close Ross Lane for months while the road is upgraded.

Mullumbimby puts new governance models first, and now wants to build it

Imagine Northern Rivers says Mullumbimby is the only community across the region to rank new models of governance and decision-making as the number one element of its preferred future, and last week locals gathered to work out how to make it real.

Appeal to locate man missing from Broadwater

Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate a local missing man.