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Tweed Council rejects Casuarina disability viewing platform
Issues of queue jumping, the allocation of Tweed Shire Council’s resources in both time and money, and responding to...
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Bringing down the heat in our ‘hood
How well we survive the future depends on our vision for our towns and suburbs – and on how we bring that vision about.
Jaimini hut
Margot Hays, Bangalow
I would like to voice my opinion regarding the hut structure at Belongil where Jaimini sits and...
A name by any other
Rod Murray, Ocean Shores
An extract from Turning the Tide, the latest Australian Marine Conservation supporter newsletter:
‘Last year the Adani...
Cartoon of the week – 24 February, 2021
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Craig Kelly quits Liberal Party
Federal Member for Hughes Craig Kelly has resigned from the Liberal Party, technically throwing Scott Morrison's government into minority as it grapples with scandals from within and without.
Family Court scrapped
Despite overwhelming opposition from Australia’s family law specialists and advocates, the federal Liberal-Nationals government and cross benchers scrapped the Family Law Court and subsumed it into the circuit courts last week.
Stories about "Indigenous incarceration":
Imprisonment of Aboriginal women ‘national crisis’
The over-imprisonment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women is a growing national crisis that is being overlooked by all levels of government in...
Casino Aboriginal assailant faces circle sentencing
A Casino woman charged with a serious assault, assaulting police and resisting arrest will face local Aboriginal elders in a circle sentencing process.
Young Indigenous men highest suicide rate in world: report
The rate of suicide among young Indigenous men is the highest in the world, according to a new report.
Reporting for the ABC, Siobhan Fogarty...
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Bringing down the heat in our ‘hood
Aslan Shand - 1
How well we survive the future depends on our vision for our towns and suburbs – and on how we bring that vision about.
Byron Echo
Resilience through biodiversity and awareness
The Byron Shire Resilience and Regeneration Roadshow will be in Brunswick Heads this Saturday, as part of a series of events across the region tackling the question: ‘How do we create more resilient communities in 2021?’
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Housing affordability on agenda at Ballina
David Lowe - 1
With the housing crisis worsening in Ballina and across the Northern Rivers, councillors agreed that something had to be done about the problem at their meeting yesterday.
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Final stage of Lismore Base Hospital gets underway
The redevelopment works commenced in late 2016 and the final stage is now getting underway to complete the Lismore Base Hospital refurbishment.