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Vale Eve Sinton 20/11/52–30/06/26

In February this year, Eve Sinton was admitted to Tamworth Hospital. All tests and biopsies were taken. Before announcing the diagnosis to Eve, the doctor asked ‘First Please tell me what was your occupation?’ Eve replied, ‘I am a journalist’.

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Calls for more public transport

Public transport in the Northern Rivers currently consists of a few buses that run infrequently and have very few...

South Murwillumbah drain works underway

Work is now underway on a major upgrade to the Blacks Drain crossing on Tweed Valley Way at South Murwillumbah. 

No Small Thing – changing lives for the better, together

This Thursday, 2 July (tonight) the Northern Rivers Community Foundation (NRCF) Women’s Giving Circle is bringing a stellar lineup of leaders to the Regent Theatre in Murwillumbah to discuss how progress happens across climate, gender equality, media, democracy, and community action – and why local action still matters.

23 townhouses proposed in Bangalow – info session today

Plans for a proposed 23-townhouse development in the outskirts of Bangalow are open to the public today, with a drop-in information session being held from 11am to 4.30pm at the Old Scouts Hall, 9 Station Street, Bangalow.

It’s investors who are causing the housing shortage

For years, people have been talking about how high house prices are, how you can’t get into the housing market without the bank of mum and dad. How it is virtually impossible to rent, save a mortgage, and then actually buy a property without placing yourself in housing stress.

Slow down

Just when you think it can’t get any worse on the roads, dodging e-bikes and ridiculous-sized vehicles, now we...

Stories about "dying":

A deathly success

The annual Death & Dying Expo took place on Saturday at Mullumbimby Civic Memorial Hall and was a great success, drawing a large, engaged crowd from across the Northern Rivers.

Time in lieu

The man was in his pyjamas when he went out to the bin one night, slipped on a banana peel and hit his head, hard.

Australians getting dead-set about dying

As a nation, we are not always comfortable with talking about the end of our lives. Leading not-for-profit, The Groundswell Project Australia, is calling on Australians to ‘get dead set’ around death and dying as part of its annual Dying to Know campaign.

Death and dying in the Byron community

Today is the start of  National Palliative Care Week (May 24-30) and the amazing folk who help people in the last few days of their life, and their families in the days afterwards, are highlighting services available in the Byron Shire for dying, death and funerals.

Lets talk about death…

It is a question discussed in public all too rarely - how well do we 'do death' in our communities?

Positive future for Byron’s visitor economy

Last Thursday saw Destination Byron bring together over 150 attendees looking at the future of Byron and its visitor economy.

Pet adoption day – 4 July in Ballina

Northern Rivers Animal Services Inc (NRAS) are hoping the sun will be out for their monthly adoption day on Saturday, 4 July from 10am until 1pm at the NRAS Rescue Shelter at 61 Piper Drive, Ballina.

Artists sought to transform factory space into multi-artform event

Expressions of Interest (EOI) are now open for artists to transform a former factory in Lismore – The Joinery – through performance, installation and site-responsive art.

What’s on in Tweed for NAIDOC Week?

NAIDOC Week celebrations will be held from Sunday 5 July to Sunday 12 July 2026, under the national theme 50 Years of Deadly.