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Interviews with Richmond candidates 2022: Independent Terry Sharples
Terry Sharples is a retired accountant living in the Tweed Shire and running as an Independent for the federal...
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It’s National Volunteer Week
Volunteering Australia says volleys are the backbone of the country in times of crisis and emergency.
Health
I heard on the radio this morning (1 May) that a man spent ‘a record 48 hours’ in a...
Lennox Longboard ‘One Dayer’ going ahead
The organisers of the 2022 Rip Curl Lennox Longboard 'One Dayer' are hoping it will be third time lucky after their event was postponed due to COVID and then catastrophic flooding. The event is now scheduled for this Sunday, 15 May.
‘Unprecedented’ but not unpredicted – we are now suffering from our failure to listen to scientists’ predictions of the impacts of climate change 30...
As Australians head into another election season just as many parts of the east coast are recovering from ‘unprecedented’ flooding since February, and the national psyche is still reeling from the trauma of the ‘unprecedented’ Black Summer bushfires before that, it is critical now more than ever to vote according to your environmental conscience and fear for the future.
Flood recovery 2022 must be community led and flexible
The recent news that our mighty NSW State Government are going to step into the Northern Rivers as a sort of Mary Poppins and over-arch their solutions into an umbrella of several councils via the Northern Rivers Reconstruction Corporation (NRRC) was met with cheer and skepticism.
Interviews with Richmond candidates 2022: Independent Terry Sharples
Terry Sharples is a retired accountant living in the Tweed Shire and running as an Independent for the federal...
Stories about "Magistrates Court":
Environmental activist sent to prison
Frontline Action on Coal reps say that environmental activist Kyle Magee has been denied bail today in the Bowen Magistrates Court and remanded in custody.
Science Goes Viral
Releasing the chokehold on Australia’s water
What the trading of 40 gigalitres of water from the Barmah Choke means for the Murray Darling Basin.
Local News
COVID-19 update: May 16
The Northern NSW Local Health District says that to 4pm yesterday, 15 May, 384 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in the District, including 82 positive PCR tests and 302 positive rapid antigen tests.
Sustainability
‘Unprecedented’ but not unpredicted – we are now suffering from our failure to listen to scientists’ predictions of the impacts of climate change 30...
As Australians head into another election season just as many parts of the east coast are recovering from ‘unprecedented’ flooding since February, and the national psyche is still reeling from the trauma of the ‘unprecedented’ Black Summer bushfires before that, it is critical now more than ever to vote according to your environmental conscience and fear for the future.
Local News
2022 Community Building Partnership Program
Lismore MP Janelle Saffin is encouraging local not-for-profit groups and councils to apply for their share of $400,000 in grants under the 2022 Community Building Partnership Program.
