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No Small Thing: NRCF Women’s Giving Circle event, Murwillumbah

Cheek Media founder, Hannah Ferguson, will headline a panel of prominent women leaders at the Regent Theatre in Murwillumbah next Thursday, in an event the organisers say brings, 'the kind of line-up you'd usually travel to Sydney for' to the Northern Rivers.
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LettersBronwyn Sindel, Mullumbimby - 0

Mullum Hospital site

I would like to acknowledge the letter printed in The Echo dated 3 June from Gary Opit and Carmel...
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Empowering women and girls

Applications are now open for Northern Rivers Community Foundation's (NRCF) 2026 Empowering Women & Girls Grant, offering local not-for-profit organisations the opportunity to secure funding for projects that empower women and girls across the Northern Rivers.
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A bit of fun to raise some funds

Bobby Conn and Molly O’Neil, from Drover (either end) Paul Tansley from Stone & Wood (back) with Damian Farrell from Fletcher St Cottage pulling out his best Ray Charles moves. Join them and plenty of other performers at the 12th Festival of The Stone on Saturday, 20 June
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Caring for community

The Rotary Club of Mullumbimby presented a cheque for $10,000 to the Brunswick Surf Life Saving Club (BSLSC) in support of its ongoing operations.
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Expansion on farmland around Tweed Valley Hospital opposed

Residents are holding firm against a proposal to develop State Significant Farmland (SSF) near the Tweed Valley Hospital at Cudgen, after the Northern Regional Planning Panel (NRPP) held a public meeting on Friday 19 June around the Planning Proposal for Cudgen Connection (PP-2023-2669-Cudgen Connection).
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Tweed Shire Council presents flood resilience series – part one

Over the coming weeks, Tweed Shire Council will present a flood resilience series, which looks at how 'Tweed's story is different from the standard flood recovery narrative and what happened next'.
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Plight of Cabbage Tree Island residents heads to UN

Local News The Echo - 0
The long term displacement – for over four years – of residents from Cabbage Tree Island (CTI) following the devastating 2022 floods will be heard at the UN in New York from 20 April to 1 May, says The Jali Local Aboriginal Land Council (Jali LALC).
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Evacuations in Tweed, Ballina and Clarence Valley Shires

Local News Mia Armitage - 0
Island and coastal communities, among others across the Northern Rivers, received evacuation directions over the weekend.
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Evacuate Cabbage Tree Island

Local News The Echo - 0
The NSW SES is directing people in All properties on Cabbage Tree Island to EVACUATE BEFORE 12pm Saturday, 8 March due to moderate to major flooding.
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Cabbage Tree Island – prepare to evacuate

Local News The Echo - 0
The NSW SES advises people at Cabbage Tree Island to PREPARE TO EVACUATE due to predicted dangerous major flooding at all properties on Cabbage Tree Island.
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Residents to return to Cabbage Tree Island

Local News Aslan Shand - 2
Following the devastating 2022 floods residents from Cabbage Tree Island have fought long and hard to be able to return to their homes on Cabbage Tree Island. 
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Win for Cabbage Tree Island community

Local News The Echo - 12
Member for Ballina Tamara Smith MP has secured a review of the NSW Labor Government’s decision which dispossessed the Aboriginal community of Cabbage Tree Island from their traditional lands, with Minister for Aboriginal Affairs David Harris now committing to a 'future on the island' for residents.
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MP Tamara Smith calls for halt on Cabbage Tree Island dispossession

Local News The Echo - 13
Member for Ballina Tamara Smith MP is today calling on the NSW Premier and the Aboriginal Affairs Minister David Harris to undertake an urgent and independent review of the NSW government’s decision not to allow the residents of Cabbage Tree Island to return to live on the island after the 2022 floods.
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Future of Cabbage Tree Island – meeting 23 October

Local News Eve Jeffery - 2
The fate of the residents of Cabbage Tree Island is still unclear, as stakeholders continue with more meetings and court appearances in the hopes of finding a resolution.
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Jali Land Council accused of land grab

Local News Eve Jeffery - 7
Around 80 residents of Cabbage Tree Island, just south of Wardell, say they want to return home after the 2022 floods, but the Local Aboriginal Land Council, Jali, have other ideas.
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Residents of Cabbage Tree Island want to go home

Local News Eve Jeffery - 6
Anger and frustration at not being able to go home saw a group of residents reclaim their properties yesterday on Cabbage Tree Island.
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Consultation closes Friday on Lismore’s 60,000 population plans

The Echo - 0
The future of Lismore is now up for discussion, with Council's Strategic Planning Framework currently out for public exhibition. Now is your time to have your say – consultation closes 26 June.
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Science in the Pub, Lismore, 16 July

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An engaging and informative Science in the Pub event is planned on Thursday, 16 July, from 5pm at Two Mates Brewing, South Lismore.
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Six dwellings proposed on flood-prone Mullum block

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Six units are proposed at the eastern end of New City Road, Mullumbimby, on a site that was inundated during the 2022 floods. Submitted by Duncan Band's Kollective, Development Application (DA) 10.2026.269.1 at 73 New City Road is on public exhibition with Byron Shire Council, and sits within the Shire's flood planning area.
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Mullum Scout Hall fire overnight

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At 1.45am this morning the NSW Fire and Rescue Mullumbimby Station 388 Sans and Brunswick Station 240 were called to a fire at the Mullumbimby Scout Hall.
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