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Renewables and battery storage stable amid global uncertainty

Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, in partnership with the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) today released the GenCost 2025–26 Final Report, finding renewable energy supported by storage is helping to protect Australia against global energy shocks and continues to provide the lowest cost pathway for Australia’s electricity system to achieve net zero emissions.
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Mullum residents rally over second ‘woeful’ massive DA

A community gathering last night heard of the concerns around the second attempt to plonk a large block of units at the entrance to Mullumbimby.
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The good, the bad and the Melbourne Ska Orchestra

If Ennio Morricone (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly) swaggered onto a Tijuana dancefloor, with a touch of Melbourne dust kicked up in the process, chances are the end result would sound exactly like Melbourne Ska Orchestra’s 2025 album The Ballad Of Monte Loco.
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Being VeganRonald Priestley - 0

Mammalian meat allergy and my heart valve replacement

Increasingly, people living in bush areas of the Shire are becoming aware of Mammalian Meat Allergy (MMA). Also known as alpha-gal syndrome (AGS), the disease is caused when a tick bites you and transfers a sugar called alpha-gal into your bloodstream.
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EditorialAslan Shand - 0

Plastic not so fantastic

There is nothing healthier than drinking some water – or so I’ve always told my kids. It doesn’t contain sugar or colour additives – as one person used to tell us as children, ‘it’s sky juice’! What could be better?
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‘All That’s Left of You’ coming to Murwillumbah

The intimate story of eight decades of Palestinian life is explored in the acclaimed new feature by Cherien Dabis, All That’s Left of You, screening at the Regent Cinema in Murwillumbah on Thursday, 16 July at 6pm.
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Jeff Dawson captures Mullum Roots Festival

Did you make it to Mullum Roots Festival on the weekend?
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Stories about "Cudgen":

Council appeals for help as deliberate tree destruction spreads

Local News The Echo - 0
Tweed Shire Council is appealing for community help after a spate of deliberate destruction of trees on public land across the Tweed, including the poisoning of mature Norfolk pines at Cabarita Beach and damage to established trees at a local cemetery.
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Planning Committee meets over Cudgen Connection

Local News Eve Jeffery - 1
The Tweed Shire Council held a Planning Committee meeting yesterday, with the hot topic on the agenda being the proposed Cudgen Connection development at 741 Cudgen Road, Cudgen.
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Can the Labor Party commitments be trusted over the Cudgen Connection development?

Local News The Echo - 3
When the new Tweed Valley Hospital (TVH) site was selected and it’s status as State Significant Farmland (SSF) was removed both Labor and the...
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Future of illegally constructed farmstay units in Cudgen on the table

Local News The Echo - 2
The construction of two structures, that were constructed without consent, at 396 Melaleuca Road, Cudgen has been recommended for refusal by staff at today’s Tweed Shire Council meeting. 
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Tweed Shire ANZAC Day events

Local News The Echo - 0
Anzac Day will begin in Tweed Shire on April 25, 2025 with Dawn Services at Tweed Heads, Kingscliff, Cudgen, and Murwillumbah. 
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Outdoor water use banned in Uki, Tyalgum, Terranora and West Cudgen

Local News The Echo - 1
Strict emergency water restrictions are now in force in four localities in the Tweed Shire, as power outages and asset failures at several water treatment plants and pump stations threaten the water supply.
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Cudgen, Cudgera and Mooball – what were your flood experiences?

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Residents of Cudgen, Cudgera and Mooball catchments are being asked to share their flood experiences and records as part of a new flood study of the area.
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Refused Cudgen Connection development listed for Gateway Determination 

Local News Aslan Shand - 9
Despite the fact that the community and Tweed Shire Council have come out strongly against the development application (DA) called Cudgen Connection proposed on State Significant Farmland (SSF) on the Cudgen Plateau the proposed Gateway Determination has been listed.
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New Tweed Valley Hospital opens today

Local News Aslan Shand - 15
The controversial new Tweed Valley Hospital opened to patients at 8am this morning.
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Contentious Cudgen Connection refused – but developer not backing down

Local News Aslan Shand - 10
The contentious Cudgen Connection development proposed on State Significant Farmland on the protected Cudgen Plateau next to the Tweed Valley Hospital site was in front of Tweed Shire Councillors at yesterday's planning meeting. 
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Local News

Lismore Boulevard Project announced

The Echo - 0
Design concept plans for the Lismore Boulevard – Shared User Path project are now available for community consultation, following Lismore City Council securing $2,383,030 in funding through the NSW Government’s Get NSW Active 2025–2026 program, administered by Transport for NSW (TfNSW).
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Local News

Community responds to detention dams proposal

The Echo - 0
More than 110 residents gathered at Rock Valley Hall on Sunday 12 July and rejected claims that the recently released CSIRO report on flood mitigation was informed by strong community consultation.
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National News

Data shows biggest danger to wildlife is people, not cats

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Human-created hazards are responsible for most wildlife rescues in New South Wales, and researchers are calling for more prevention strategies to save threatened species.
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Local News

Try pickleball and support a great cause

The Echo - 0
Northern Rivers Pickleball Club are holding a marathon day of pickleball on Sunday, 19 July at the Goonellabah Tennis and Pickleball Club on Reserve Street, Goonellabah.
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