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Bundjalung host Byron Shire Survival Day
Main Beach Park in Cavanbah – Byron Bay, was the place where both Indigenous and non-Indigenous people gathered yesterday to celebrate the longest-living culture in the world – people who are now living on unceded land.
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Missing woman, Elanora
Police have charged a 30-year-old man with multiple domestic violence offences as the search continues for 61-year-old Wendy Sleeman,...
Ballina Shire Council Australia Day Ceremony
Ballina Shire Council is hosting an Australia Day ceremony at Lennox Head Cultural Centre, Park Lane, Lennox Head from 9am–11am.
Man charged over sexual assault – Bondi Beach
NSW Police say that after a report was made in the Tweed/Byron district, a man has been charged following an investigation into an alleged sexual assault in Sydney’s east last year.
Largest slaughter of wildlife
The kangaroo is at risk of annihilation. Since European settlement, six Macropodidae species have already become extinct. The roo...
Tweed Council celebrates citizens new and old
Yesterday Tweed Shire Council celebrated members of the community, old and new, with an award ceremony. The Citizen of the Year award went to refugee advocate Joan Henderson of Urliup.
Man dies after being pulled unconscious from surf near Crescent Head
A Queensland man has died while swimming at a beach near Crescent Head yesterday afternoon.
Stories about "Larry Anthony":
Labor calls for probe into Larry’s lobbying for big coal
Richmond MP Justine Elliot has joined her federal Labor colleagues in calling for an investigation into National Party president Larry Anthony’s lobbying firm, which profits from big energy and mining firms.
Richmond MP not happy with Larry’s mining interests
The gloves are well and truly off for the federal election campaign in Richmond for the poll tipped for later this year, with sitting MP Justine Elliott attacking her former political foe Larry Anthony, who is making a surprise tilt at the seat again.
Coal-consultant Anthony to be appointed Nats president
The NSW Greens have slammed the appointment of former Richmond MP Larry Anthony, a paid lobbyist for giant Chinese coal-mining company Shenhua, as the National Party’s federal president.
Former pollies and staffers mine a rich vein for new jobs
There is a revolving door between mining and government, writes NSW Greens MP and mining spokesperson Jeremy Buckingham. The length of the list will make you weep.
Anthony failed to declare fees: court
A Brisbane court this week heard how former Richmond MP and ABC Learning Centres director Larry Anthony quietly received hundreds of thousands of dollars...
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Ballina’s Citizens of the Year announced
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Ballina Shire Council announced its Australia Day Awards yesterday at the Lennox Head Cultural Centre. The awards were presented by Sandra Jackson and netballer Liz Ellis, with music by Katie Rutledge and Levi Maxwell. The event was also livestreamed.
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Lismore City Council’s awards ceremony
Sophia Watt was named Lismore City Council’s 2023 Citizen of the Year at an awards ceremony held at the Goonellabah Sports & Aquatic Centre yesterday.
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Police find body of missing Elanora woman
Detectives attached to taskforce Victor Arum investigating the disappearance of 61-year-old Elanora woman Wendy Sleeman have recovered a body and vehicle at Wilston on Brisbane’s inner north yesterday.
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Tweed Council celebrates citizens new and old
Yesterday Tweed Shire Council celebrated members of the community, old and new, with an award ceremony. The Citizen of the Year award went to refugee advocate Joan Henderson of Urliup.