The upgrade of the Hastings Point Wastewater Treatment Plant has been a contentious issue for the Tweed Council with strong community lobbying for the most environmentally sensitive option, which is also the most expensive option by around $20m.
Forestry Corporation NSW is supposed to manage the two million hectares of State forests for tourism, conservation, and renewable timber. Yet what brings it into the news again and again is the significant cost to the public purse of its native forest logging which currently stands at a $90m loss since 2020.
The last time I saw Reg Mombassa, we were on the Condamine River – he was sketching Ash Grunwald while he surfed the frack bubbling water, as neighbouring farmers fired threats, and a shot or two, over our heads. Ahhh those were the days…
Transport for NSW is advising motorists about changed overnight traffic conditions starting Monday on the Pacific Motorway, at the Tugun Bypass Tunnel, to carry out essential maintenance work.
The upgrade of the Hastings Point Wastewater Treatment Plant has been a contentious issue for the Tweed Council with strong community lobbying for the most environmentally sensitive option, which is also the most expensive option by around $20m.
Ballina Shire Council's Community Strategic Plan received an infusion of ideas and energy from young people across the region yesterday, with a day-long Youth Forum involving 100 students at Lennox Head Cultural Centre.
Residents around 30 Chinbible Avenue, Mullumbimby, have been advised a proposal is being drawn up for a mix of 27 strata titled dwellings located near the Mullum Showgrounds and the flood-prone creek.
The long-standing plan to create a natural burial ground for locals who want to be buried sustainably has hit a major hurdle, with the site favoured for this use found to be completely unsuitable.
Nearly 100 locals gathered in Mullumbimby to have their say about plans for an affordable-housing development next to the town’s community gardens last week, with a large and determined group of local homeowners strongly opposing it.
Palestinian-Australian parents and a Freedom Flotilla survivor occupied the roof of federal MP Justine Elliot's electorate office in Tweed Heads yesterday.
