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NSW budget and the Northern Rivers

The Minns government says it's handed down a budget which locks in major funding for North Coast health infrastructure, alongside targeted cost-of-living relief designed for regional households and disaster recovery, as locals continue to face higher costs.

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Byron’s Winter Whales raise $43,000

The Byron Bay Winter Whales (BBWW) took to the ocean for the 39th time this year on the first Sunday of May and raised $43,000 for local organisations and charities.

Mandy Nolan’s Soapbox: Vagina-Maxxing

It’s a thing. It popped into my newsfeed as a story. I had to click. I mean, what new vagina fashion has come into play. Maxxing? Is this some new big vagina trend? Are our vaginas now not ‘big’ enough? Are we trying to create a spare room in our womb?

Greens say NSW budget ‘locks in pokies misery’

Cate Faehrmann MLC says the NSW government has knocked any hope of gambling reform on the head in yesterday’s state budget, with tax concessions to clubs with poker machines totalling $1.252 billion, while revenue from taxes on poker machine losses have been revised upward by a whopping $638.2 million over the forward estimates.

Film buffs flock to Bangalow

Nicholas Hope (left) who was Bubby in Rolf de Heer’s (right) groundbreaking movie of 30 years ago, Bad Boy Bubby, a film featuring clingfilm, which screened last Saturday at the Bangalow Film Festival. The fabulous festival continues until Sunday evening.

Citizen science last line of defence for threatened species

Native forest logging is again in the spotlight in NSW, following Monday night’s Four Corners investigation into Forestry Corporation NSW’s failure to protect nationally endangered species.

Less than 300 tickets left!

Following a sold-out inaugural event in 2025, Mullum Roots Festival returns bigger and bolder, taking over Mullumbimby with an expanded program, and an additional venue. The new space will host a Youth Battle Of The Bands and give more room for music lovers to gather, celebrate and connect.

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Appeal to locate missing woman

Police are appealing for public assistance to locate a woman missing from the Kempsey area.

Teen trio denied bail over Ballina break-ins and car thefts

Another two teenagers have had bail denied after alleged break and enters, as well as thefts of a Porsche and BMW, near Ballina leading up to New Years Eve.

Local SLSCs to get new jet skis

Surf Life Saving Clubs at Lennox Head, Kingscliff and Fingal Rovers, will benefit from the rollout of a fleet of 26 new rescue jet skis that will be patrolling beaches across the state this summer.

Urgent appeal to locate teenage girl missing last seen in Lismore

Police are appealing for assistance to locate a teenage girl last seen in the Lismore area.

Crescent Head murders remembered, 30 years on

NSW Police Force Acting Commissioner, Peter Thurtell APM, has reflected on one of the darkest days in the history of the NSW Police Force – the shooting murders of two officers at Crescent Head on the Mid North Coast, 30 years ago.

Vehicle stolen from Ballina in pursuit near Kempsey

A man and woman have been charged over alleged property and driving offences following a pursuit near Kempsey on Wednesday, January 28.

 Varroa mite detection near Kempsey

Beekeepers remain on alert  following two varroa mites being discovered during a mandatory alcohol wash at a bee colony near Kempsey. 

Second man charged over alleged armed robbery at Evans Head

A man will face Kempsey Local Court today, the second charged following investigations into an armed robbery that occurred on the state’s Far North Coast last year.

Residents want regulation for Airbnb and holiday letting

The impact on local communities of short term holiday letting on platforms like Airbnb has come under the microscope in northern NSW with a recent study clearly identifying a need for regulation.

Man charged with murder following death of man at correctional centre – Mid North Coast 

An inmate has been charged with murder following the death of another inmate at a correctional centre on the Mid North Coast earlier this month.

Appeal to locate missing woman

Police are appealing for public assistance to locate a woman missing from the Kempsey area.

Citizen science last line of defence for threatened species

Native forest logging is again in the spotlight in NSW, following Monday night’s Four Corners investigation into Forestry Corporation NSW’s failure to protect nationally endangered species.

Site confirmed for future high school at Pottsville

The NSW government says it has secured a site for a future high school in Pottsville, delivering on its commitment to future-proof public education for the growing Tweed community in the Northern Rivers.

Eleven winners at Byron Bay Herb Nursery

The Byron Bay Herb Nursery continues to create constructive pathways to achievement with twelve students from Byron Bay Herb Nursery’s disability support program recently graduating with a Certificate II in Horticulture.