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The floods are leaving people homeless and families split
There was a housing crisis on the Northern Rivers, then we had the floods of 2022 and the issue has left increasing numbers of people homeless and struggling to find alternative accommodation.
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Entertainment in the Byron Shire for the week beginning 18 May, 2022
Brilliant entertainment always in the Byron Shire
Cost of living and taxes
Why is there so much interest in stats and percentages? How does the average house price or rent translate...
Busy time for Ballina Region for Refugees
BR4R has not let the floods and COVID slow things down, with lots of recent happenings and more planned for the future.
All smiles at Ballina pre-poll
People were queued out the door at the pre-poll booth in Ballina Indoor Sports Centre yesterday, with brightly dressed volunteers and AEC officials offering assistance to voters.
Radiance Kitchen
Victoria Cosford
I can imagine how radiant the smiles were when Dexter Chou and Linda Hung resumed their stall recently...
Review of community response called for as challenges recognised
Local community members stepped forward to help coordinate and respond to the disaster; from people getting into boats and kayaks recusing strangers in Lismore to coordinating local response hubs in the hinterland and local towns. But it wasn't all a bed of roses.
Stories about "Finkel report":
Thus Spake Mungo: Abbott’s colliers burn Finkel’s plan
Tony Abbott is winning. Chief Scientist Alan Finkel’s report on energy is not yet dead, buried and cremated, but Abbott and his gang of avid colliers have already left it struggling on life support.
Finkel decoded: The good, the bad and the very disappointing
Giles Parkinson, RenewEconomy
This is not Grid 2.0
In the first draft of the Finkel Review, chief scientist Dr Alan Finkel spoke of an ‘unstoppable’ energy...
Thus Spake Mungo: Finkel panders to ‘technology agnostic’ Turnbull
Malcolm Turnbull likes to describe himself as a technology agnostic. As with many of his other utterances, this is not to be taken literally; our prime minister is not wrestling with the problem of whether technology actually exists or not. After all, Turnbull is the master of innovation.
Finkel review ‘puts politics ahead of climate action’
The eagerly-awaited recommendations of the Finkel Review fail to address the urgent need to rapidly reduce the nation’s climate pollution, according to the Nature Conservation Council.
Richmond Electorate
Richmond candidates 2022: Informed Medical Options Party candidate Monica Shepherd
Monica Shepherd is an organic naturopath based in Ocean Shores. She is running as a candidate for the Informed Medical Options Party in the federal seat of Richmond.
Storylines
Storylines – Stop the rot and take action
Having spent a long time reflecting on the last 13 weeks since the floods devastated our region, many important issues have come to my attention – loss of homes, possessions, safety, schools suspended from flooding, chaos, death, loss of animals, extreme anxiety and desperation, and so much more.
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Review of community response called for as challenges recognised
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Local community members stepped forward to help coordinate and respond to the disaster; from people getting into boats and kayaks recusing strangers in Lismore to coordinating local response hubs in the hinterland and local towns. But it wasn't all a bed of roses.
National News
$17m in funds for work on crown lands in NSW
If you are involved in managing crown reserve land and facilities then now is the time to get that application in for a share of the $17 million that is available fro the 2022-3 funding round.
