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Lismore Council’s Advisory Groups need you
Lismore Mayor Steve Krieg said the Council is seeking passionate locals to participate in the Aboriginal Advisory Group, the Access and Inclusion Advisory Group and the Nimbin Advisory Group.
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Rainbow Temple squeezed by Lismore Council
For two decades, the Rainbow Temple in Rosebank has stood as a striking reflection of the region’s proudly beating spiritual heart.
1,051 new cases of COVID-19 for Northern Rivers
The Northern NSW Local Health District (NNSWLHD) saw 1,051 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed to 8pm last night...
TreadLightly on the planet by recycling school shoes
Most Aussie parents know how quickly kids either grow out or wear out of school shoes. They either get handed down or thrown in the rubbish – adding to the millions of shoes that end up in landfill each year
Happiness
Mick woke up this morning to a great epiphany. So, we’ve decided to forget all our activism, we’re going...
SES issues Minor Flood warning for Lismore
Moderate rainfall across the Wilsons River catchment since Wednesday has caused significant river level rises along the Wilsons River and its tributaries, which has the potential to cause minor flooding along the Wilsons River at Lismore late Friday morning.
Cartoon of the week – 19 January, 2022
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Pacific Highway from Glenugie to Tyndale open
A large section of roadworks on the Pacific Highway is complete and today the 36 kilometre Glenugie to Tyndale section of the Woolgoolga to Ballina Pacific Highway upgrade is open.
Woman hospitalised after caravan catches fire
A 45-year old woman has been hositalised with burns to 20 per cent of her body after a caravan caught fire on the Pacific Highway near Glenugie.
Glenugie two years on
It was a peaceful day on Saturday at Glenugie, a long way from the fight two years ago when the headlines read 'More arrests follow new Glenugie lock-on'.
Glenugie CSG case dismissed
Magistrate David Heilpern yesterday dismissed charges against eight people who were arrested during protests at Glenugie in January against gas exploration company Metgasco.
Glenugie CSG charges ‘vexatious’
A magistrate has thrown out police charges against two protesters at Metgasco’s Glenugie test site, saying they were ‘innocuous’ and a waste of the court’s time. He considered there may have been political interference.
CSG campaigner’s charges dismissed
An anti coal seam gas campaigner whose actions in following a truck driver who had been dumping toxic drill mud from a Metgasco test...
Byron Echo
A new Mungo needed
A new Mungo is needed to investigate, report and comment, because the major media sure as hell ain’t!
When is the Australian Government (via the...
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Ballina’s Citizen of the Year announcement to be livestreamed
As COVID 19 continues to make life complicated for people on the Northern Rivers and beyond, Ballina Shire Council has decided to livestream its Australia Day event, including the Citizen of the Year announcement, from 9am on Wednesday.
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Validity of a visa
As a 90-year-old, I have travelled many years since I was 18 years of age; to America, the UK and Europe on a ‘visa’,...
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Tweed Shire celebrates Australia Day online
Tweed Shire Council says that in the interests of public health Council has rearranged its Australia Day celebrations on Wednesday, January 26.
