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Emergency services recommence search for man missing in Tweed Heads

Emergency services will be recommencing the search for a man last seen in Tweed Heads last year.

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Salt water over roads with upcoming king tides

Ballina Shire Council is encouraging motorists to drive safely over the coming days with king tides leading to minor flooding of some local roads. 

NRYO 2025 enrolments open

Calling all young musicians! Don’t miss out on the opportunity to join the Northern Rivers Youth Orchestra (NRYO) in Lismore this July.

How to cope amidst the chaos

So many people I know are deeply traumatised by the increasing darkness in the world – Gaza, Ukraine, the outrageous antics of Trump and his handpicked MAGA extremists, and now a war between Israel and Iran, not to mention the heartbreaking climate crisis.

Dangerous risks

It is rare to see a cyclist using any road coming in or out of Mullumbimby. Little wonder. After...

NSWALC announces Aboriginal Ranger Gathering sponsorship 

The NSW Aboriginal Land Council (NSWALC) is proud to announce a three-year sponsorship of the inaugural Aboriginal Ranger Gathering, hosted by Tamworth Local Aboriginal Land Council (LALC) and the Walaaybaa Rangers from 16–20 June 2025 at Trelawney Station near Tamworth.

Bayside pod eviction snafu

NSW Reconstruction Authority corrects ‘incorrect’ advice to residents, while other questions remain unanswered

Stories about "Drought":

Are megadroughts upon us?

International researchers who are monitoring climate change say persistent multiyear drought events – sometimes called megadroughts – pose a growing threat to nature and humans.

How prepared are you for the next disaster? Lismore takes the lead

Two recent reports have highlighted the need for ongoing community disaster recovery support in Lismore and the wider Northern Rivers region.

Why a warming climate creates more devastating rain impacts

Extreme rain and flooding will continue to get worse for decades to come as we have at least another 0.4 degrees of global warming locked in that is likely to be reached by 2030 – in the next ten years. 

Climate change likely to bring more compound disasters

The 2022 floods have caused $5.3billion in damage. Black Summer bushfires caused almost $2.5 billion in damage. Three consecutive La Nina events, or multiple droughts and heatwaves likely to become more common.

A community approach to kids’ mental health

Is your local physiotherapist informed about the impacts of natural-disaster-related trauma on 8 to 12-year-olds?

Climate change: It’s here, says Australia’s peak science orgs

Climate change is impacting Australia today and will further impact human lives. That’s the takeaway from the biennial State of the Climate report published by the nation’s leading scientific organisations, the CSIRO and the Bureau of Meteorology.

The Indian Ocean Dipole might be affecting wheat crops more than ENSO

When we think about ocean and climate phenomena in Australia, much attention gets turned to wet La Niña and its twin dry El Niño.

La Nina coming again as world careens towards uncharted climate destruction

We’ve experienced a number of difficult years on the Northern Rivers and the east coast of Australia as we’ve lurched from crippling drought and bushfires to ‘unprecedented’ destruction from flooding. The Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) has now confirmed that we are heading into a third year of La Niña.

Demand management is key to our future water

Rous County Council’s new Demand Management Plan (RDMP) 2023–26 is extraordinary. Parts of it could have been written by WATER Northern Rivers; the lobby group that advocates for genuinely diverse water options and the permanent shelving of the proposed Dunoon Dam.

Very wet and very dry: unprecedented droughts and hyper-damaging floods in the future

The world will be pushed to more weather extremes in coming decades, according to two studies which carry stark warnings of floods and droughts, respectively.

The Channon Tavern shows off its new trees

As part of the Northern Rivers Watershed Initiative (NRWI), the owners of The Channon Tavern were recently awarded a grant to plant 2,500 trees on the banks of the creek below the venue.

Salt water over roads with upcoming king tides

Ballina Shire Council is encouraging motorists to drive safely over the coming days with king tides leading to minor flooding of some local roads. 

‘Soul-destroying’ approval of zombie DA on Cobaki estuary

Locals say that the approval of the latest modifications of the flood prone, zombie development application (DA) for a 37-lot industrial subdivision at 60...

Northern Rivers continues to support refugees on World Refugee Day

The Northern Rivers has been active in settling refugees here and since August 2022 has seen 42 refugees from Syria and Venezuela settled across the region.