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NSW budget and the Northern Rivers

The Minns government says it's handed down a budget which locks in major funding for North Coast health infrastructure, alongside targeted cost-of-living relief designed for regional households and disaster recovery, as locals continue to face higher costs.

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Consultation lacking with rail trail

Byron Shire Council is pursuing an unfunded on-formation bike trail, risking significant ratepayer liability for ongoing maintenance, while disregarding...

Appeal to locate missing woman

Police are appealing for public assistance to locate a woman missing from the Kempsey area.

Shark culls not the answer

It has been a confronting and devastating year with a 12-year-old killed by a shark in Sydney and another shark attack in Coogee over the weekend. The NSW government has said there is nothing off the table in response to the latest shark incident. But it is vital that we don’t just start going out there and randomly culling sharks.

NSW budget and the Northern Rivers

The Minns government says it's handed down a budget which locks in major funding for North Coast health infrastructure, alongside targeted cost-of-living relief designed for regional households and disaster recovery, as locals continue to face higher costs.

Labor and housing

I met Treasurer Jim Chalmers on the beach here a little while back. I asked him, ‘Are we in...

Early childhood educators to receive 15pc pay rise

The federal Labor government says it is investing a further $3.6 billion over the next two years to lock in the historic 15 cent pay rise for early childhood educators.

Stories about "Bentley":

Kev stirs the pot

After an estimated 300,000 people ignored the rain and the wishes of the NSW premier to peacefully march across the Sydney Harbour Bridge in solidarity with the starving people of Gaza, Page MP and Deputy Nationals leader Kevin Hogan's contribution was to share a number of images purporting to show that this event was actually about supporting Muslim extremism.

Forty years of the Bentley Art Prize

The Bentley Art Prize will celebrate its 40th anniversary on the first weekend in August.

Eleven years since the police didn’t show up at Bentley, but the community did

Tomorrow it will be eleven years since the victory of the Northern Rivers over invasive gasfields at Bentley, west of Lismore.

Rainforest Warriors – the spirit of dissent is under threat

When the Northern Rivers went from rural to radical in the 1970s, the scene was set for a stoush with loggers and government to save the region’s rare and valuable rainforest – the Big Scrub

Two charged following pursuit – Lismore

Two people will face court today charged following a police pursuit in Lismore yesterday.

Next section of Northern Rivers Rail Trail opens

Lismore Station was the scene on Saturday morning for the official opening of the next section of the Northern Rivers Rail Trail, providing a safe off-road route for cyclists, walkers and horse-riders to travel from Lismore to Bentley.

Lismore and Nimbin CSG signs to go – but fight not over say some

Lismore councillors Big Rob and Andrew Bing have led the charge to remove all CSG and nuclear free area signs from the Lismore local government area. 

Lismore to Bentley rail trail opens December 14

The Lismore to Bentley section of the scenic Northern Rivers Rail Trail is due to open at Lismore Railway station on December 14.

Is this the next Bentley? New doco highlights value of Clarence River amid mining proposal

Mining plans for the region were discovered by two locals as they paddled down the Clarence River near Grafton. The question is what does it mean for the future of the Northern Rivers?

Editorial – Mining is back, baby! 

Nearly ten years ago in 2015, junior coal seam gas miner Metgasco was paid out handsomely – $25m of your tax money – after its approval to frack Bentley was fiercely fought off by thousands of well-organised protesters. But now they are back...

Appeal to locate missing woman

Police are appealing for public assistance to locate a woman missing from the Kempsey area.

Citizen science last line of defence for threatened species

Native forest logging is again in the spotlight in NSW, following Monday night’s Four Corners investigation into Forestry Corporation NSW’s failure to protect nationally endangered species.

Site confirmed for future high school at Pottsville

The NSW government says it has secured a site for a future high school in Pottsville, delivering on its commitment to future-proof public education for the growing Tweed community in the Northern Rivers.

Eleven winners at Byron Bay Herb Nursery

The Byron Bay Herb Nursery continues to create constructive pathways to achievement with twelve students from Byron Bay Herb Nursery’s disability support program recently graduating with a Certificate II in Horticulture.