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How can we keep paying for incompetence

The only way forward is going backwards. That’s how I explain the current situation of Byron Shire Council. The...

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Rail and community consultation

The first stage of the Casino to Murwillumbah railway was opened in 1894 and shortly after the line was...

It’s Scam Awareness Week

Quick thinking and strong scams awareness from a bank branch manager has prevented a woman from losing almost $10,000 to an impersonation scam.

Disastrous levels of sexism and misogyny in Australian schools

Monash University has conducted the largest Australian survey of teachers to examine their experiences of sexism, misogyny and sexual harassment in schools.

Labor and Liberal join forces on multiple fronts

Last week, government and opposition found themselves singing from the same song sheet in parliament on a range of issues, from the NDIS to ASIO, and big tech to gambling advertising. 

Artist attempts the impossible at Lismore gallery

How do you grab hold of a horizon? Artist Lottie Consalvo has decided to have a crack.

Brisbane band awake in Byron

Don’t let the name fool you – Vancouver Sleep Clinic (VSC), who are returning for their first Australian show in half a decade, are not Canadian!

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NSW Farmers on Bondi: ‘put hatred, rushed firearms changes and procedural failures under the microscope’

NSW Farmers demand scrutiny on Bondi atrocity saying any state or federal Royal Commission must put the causes of hatred, rushed firearms changes and procedural failures under the microscope.

Police and courts to get greater powers to combat Nazism and racial hatred in NSW

The Minns government says it is introducing amendments into the NSW parliament cracking down on public displays of Nazi ideology, by giving police and courts greater powers to hold extremists who express these abhorrent views to account.

Industrial relations reform bill passes parliament

New industrial relations laws have passed NSW parliament today, which the government says will create the structure needed to deliver meaningful improvements to wages and conditions for hundreds and thousands of workers in the state.

Violet Coco released on good behaviour bond

It was a long wait from April 2022 until December and an even longer wait from then until this week for climate activist Violet Coco who was released on a good behaviour bond after being sentenced to 15 months jail in December for blocking the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

Hurst MP says Berejiklian Government’s decision condones animal cruelty

Animals activists are standing fast in the fight for equal rights for all earthlings and that often means going against main stream by protesting and protecting the voiceless.

Greens urged to back pathway to end native forest logging

Some of NSW’s most respected and long-standing forest campaigners and scientists have today urged the Greens not to support the Nationals' attempt to disallow the Improved Native Forest Management (INFM) method.

Ballina Council makes decision on Ross Lane

With the absence of all four of its progressive councillors for various reasons, Ballina Council pushed ahead with its agenda at yesterday's monthly meeting, including a decision which is likely to close Ross Lane for months while the road is upgraded.

Mullumbimby puts new governance models first, and now wants to build it

Imagine Northern Rivers says Mullumbimby is the only community across the region to rank new models of governance and decision-making as the number one element of its preferred future, and last week locals gathered to work out how to make it real.

Appeal to locate man missing from Broadwater

Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate a local missing man.