Incoming US President and convicted felon Donald Trump delivered on his promise to be a dictator on day one of his second presidency, defying his own country's laws and rejecting the institutions of international allies as he sought to 'Make America Great Again'.
Christmas is a time for visiting, and boy, did we visit. Up in humid hills around Nimbin, a few sunsets on a MO near Main Arm, long long lunch/dinner/breakfast at a grass castle at Wilsons Creek, dinner in strata-titled Billen Cliffs, then to a couple of long-established communities a bit south in sandy Clarence country near the coast.
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New research released today reveals that more than half of primary school children are now driven or accompanied to and from school by another adult, with only a third of parents allowing their kids to travel to school unaccompanied or with other kids.
A licence bonus has been delivered to million drivers who remained offence-free on the road over the past 12 months. The reward for their contribution to safety on the roads is a demerit point scrubbed from their licence.
The NSW Land and Environment Court has upheld the conviction and sentence imposed on the owner and operator of a macadamia farm in Brooklet in northern NSW.
Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews are currently battling a significant fire at the Nambucca Heads Leagues and Sports Club, on the state's mid-north coast.
The Albanese government, which committed to ‘no new extinctions’ in 2022, approved more than 25,000 hectares of threatened species habitat to be destroyed in 2024 – more than twice as much as the previous year, according to new analysis by the Australian Conservation Foundation.
Claims by Federal Member for Page Kevin Hogan that ‘Labor governments are creating a ghetto in our community’ in Lismore have been refuted by the local, grassroots, Lismore group Reclaim Our Recovery.
New research released today reveals that more than half of primary school children are now driven or accompanied to and from school by another adult, with only a third of parents allowing their kids to travel to school unaccompanied or with other kids.
