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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.

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Can you help our rainbow community find a home?

For four years Queer Family Inc has lived the perilous life of a homeless community organisation – bouncing from one temporary venue to the next, sometimes without anywhere to stay at all.

Katie Milne responds to Tweed’s draft housing and employment strategy

The former mayor of Tweed Shire Council, Kate Milne, has shared her submission to Tweed's Draft Growth Management Housing & Employment Strategy.

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.

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.

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Sex Crimes Squad detectives charge man for allegedly possessing child abuse material, drugs and firearms

Strike Force Angler was established in May 2026 by detectives attached to State Crime Command’s Sex Crimes Squad Child Exploitation Internet Unit (CEIU) to investigate individuals who allegedly use the internet to access, purchase or transmit child abuse material.

Manslaughter charge over kambo death

Following an investigation and coronial inquest, a man will face court charged with manslaughter following the 2021 death of a man near Kyogle.

Police arrested 35 in Byron, Tweed last week

NSW Police report that over the past week, 35 people were arrested and charged at Tweed Heads and Byron Bay Police Stations with a variety of offences. In total, 59 people had legal action taken against them.

Charges dropped against Hannah Thomas

Police have withdrawn all charges against human rights advocate Hannah Thomas, who was violently arrested while attending a picket outside SEC Plating in Belmore, a company that reportedly provides plating services for component parts used in F-35 fighter jets, earlier this year.

Man charged after fatal crash – Ballina

A man has been charged following the death of a man in a two-vehicle crash last year.

Man charged following police operation in Wollongbar

A man has been charged following a police operation yesterday, which led to the temporary closure of a major road.

Man charged after public-place shots fired

New South Wales Polices say a man has been charged following an investigation into two public-place shootings at Ballina last month.

Developer fees and charges cut

Council fees for construction and development in Byron were the equivalent of paying $160 for a coffee, making it ‘entirely unviable’ to invest here, industry representatives told the Council last week.

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.

Katie Milne responds to Tweed’s draft housing and employment strategy

The former mayor of Tweed Shire Council, Kate Milne, has shared her submission to Tweed's Draft Growth Management Housing & Employment Strategy.