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Rebuilding communities from Lennox and Evans Head to Coraki and Woodburn
In February and March 2022, our region was subject to a series of weather events that laid cause to one of the nation’s worst recorded flood disasters. The economic impact of a natural disaster can be felt far beyond the damage to housing and infrastructure.
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Wallum showdown unfolds in Brunswick Heads
Around eight people have been arrested so far, since almost fifty police arrived at the Wallum development in Brunswick Heads this morning to escort machinery and other work vehicles on to the site. Police include local officers, members of the NSW Public Order and Riot Squad, and Police Rescue.
New Brighton parking
To quote a Joni Mitchell song, ‘They paved paradise and put in a parking lot’ – this adequately describes...
D-day for Bruns pod village pesticide treatment
After two delays, the NSW Reconstruction Authority (RA) will be treating Bruns emergency pods with a pesticide treatment, despite some strong opposition from flood-affected residents.
A grim commemoration
US President Jo Biden, responding to a question, made the comment that the US is considering the dropping of...
Paul Watson has his say on Sea Shepherd ousting
Regarding your article concerning the split in Sea Shepherd. I established Sea Shepherd as a global movement, not as an organisation, controlled by a few men. It was a democratic association of independent national entities
Invitation to get to know the real Nimbin
The MardiGrass Organising Body (MOB) say Nimbin's annual festival will kick off with the launch of a very special audiovisual book on Friday 3 May, 'Out There: a potted history of a revolution called Nimbin'.
Stories about "councils":
Can Council’s overturn their decisions?
NSW Labor planning minister, Paul Scully, when asked about the Wallum estate by local MP Tamara Smith (Greens) in parliament on March 20, said,...
New DA ‘withdrawal guidelines’
The NSW Labor government have announced new DA withdrawal guidelines for councils in an attempt to ‘boost housing supply’.
Editorial: All hail, Supreme Unelected Planning Overlord
I CYMI, Marcus Ray, Deputy Secretary NSW Planning, has been bestowed enormous powers by an ineffectual and weak NSW Labor planning minister.
Emergency Services Levy ‘catastrophic’ for many councils
New South Wales local councils’ peak body Local Government NSW (LGNSW) says the newly-elected NSW Government has kicked off its first term in the worst possible way.
Grant me this
Let’s examine the grip on NSW councils by the state and federal governments!
FNC Councils wind down for lockdown
Councils on the Far North Coast are closing several facilities and restricting some services owing to the statewide lockdown which began on Saturday evening.
Local government elections postponed – again
NSW local government elections are postponed again due to the pandemic.
$250m to councils for bushfire recovery
NSW’s peak body for councils has welcomed $250 million in State and Commonwealth government funding to help local communities left reeling from the economic devastation of last summer’s bushfires.
NSW councils to receive $395m stimulus package from govt
NSW councils are set to receive a $395m economic stimulus package from the state government, in an effort ‘to save local jobs and support communities to recover from the economic impacts of COVID-19’.
Govt ‘stacks deck’ on council amalgamations
The NSW government was stacking the deck against councils by demanding they meet own source revenue benchmarks and then slamming them as greedy when...
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Celebrating Tweed Galleries 20th anniversary with all and everything
A stunning new exhibition has opened to celebrate the Tweed Galleries 20th anniversary – Omnia: all and everything.
Byron Echo
Wallum ponds
There are currently two proposed developments in the Byron Shire that will endanger, if not locally exterminate, frog species.
Many frog species are endangered by...
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Man dies in hospital following an E-bike crash – Byron Bay
A man has died in hospital following an E bike crash in Byron Bay earlier this month.
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Connecting people, rivers, and the night sky in Kyogle
The youth of Kyogle were asked what their number one priority was and they said it was ‘is looking after the health of the river and they want to be involved in healing it’.
