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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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Proposed rate rises Byron Shire Council

In yesterday’s mail on 18 August I received a letter/brochure from Byron Shire Council (BSC) dated 11 August titled...

A hole in one!

Mullumbimby Golf Club’s Cody Watego get a hole in one.

Given up the ghost

We are informed that Byron Shire Council (BSC) has, in a sense, ‘given up the ghost’.  It has run...

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.

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.

Local Land Services

Are people aware that NSW is the only state to tax farmers for Local Land Services? Other states must...

Stories about "e-bikes":

Queensland police clamping-down and locking-up e-bikes

The Queensland Police Service has seized more than 240 non-compliant e-Mobility devices and issued almost 1,000 Traffic Infringement Notices in the first month of Operation Yankee Surety.

E-bikes destroyed by police in Tweed

Thirty-five e-bikes that were seized during police operations near Tweed Heads have been destroyed, say police.

Police chase e-bike thieves in Byron Bay

Two men faced court on last Thursday following an alleged pursuit near Byron Bay on Wednesday morning.

E-bike accident update

On Monday 4 May, a ten-year-old was hit by a teenager on an e-bike on Jubilee Avenue, Mullumbimby near the Mullumbimby Pool.

Byron e-bike shop fire sparks non-compliant import warning

A devastating fire that tore through a Byron Bay e-bike store on Thursday has sparked urgent calls for tighter regulation of cheap, non-compliant imports, amid growing safety concerns in the rapidly expanding industry.

Better By Bike ready for expansion of Northern Rivers Rail Trail

Scared of fuel prices? Byron Bay has an exciting new bike shop! Located at the corner of Bayshore Drive and Banksia Drive, in the Byron Arts & Industrial Estate, this is Better by Bike's second store in the region, building on the success of their flagship operation at Murwillumbah Railway Station.

Illegal e-bikes to be crushed under new laws

New powers to seize and crush illegal e-bikes are being introduced to NSW parliament today, says Labor, ‘as part of the Minns Labor Government’s...

NSW Gov’t threatens to have illegal e-bikes crushed

The NSW Labor Government says it’s looking into the possibility of reforms allowing Illegal e-bikes to be seized and crushed.

Parents urged to only buy legal e-bikes this Xmas

Parents are being warned to do their research and only buy legal e-bikes for their children this Christmas, as police crack down on modified bikes and dangerous riding, and the NSW government announces legal power will be reduced to 250W, in line with other states.

Police target e-bike riders on Gold Coast

Gold Coast Highway Patrol officers have conducted a two-day personal mobility device (PMD) operation across the Gold Coast as part of Operation Elektra, targeting unsafe and unlawful behaviour by riders.

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.