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A racial slur or a just a tree name?
Changing the name of a local street because it is derived from a racist slur might seem a simple decision at first glance.Â
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Rescission does nothing to sway team Krieg on waste
An Extra Ordinary Meeting of the City of Lismore Council was held last night to respond the a request for a recission on last week’s Waste Operation Review which saw a majority of Lismore Councillors vote to outsource the service and work to private enterprise.
Urgent aid required to ensure future of endangered species
The Maalan Cloud forest is specifically suited to a range of endangered species and if the forest is not saved, they will become extinct.
Does Tweed’s time capsule have a message for you?
Former members of the discontinued Murwillumbah branch of community service organisation Apex Australia alongside the Tweed Shire Council came to the tough decision to open the three 50-year-old time capsules in a controlled environment due to public health concerns.
Community rallies for Timmy’s recovery
There is nothing like the warm embrace of community to provide healing, and that’s certainly been the case for local Timothy Hanley.Â
Screening: The last two weeks at Longlee
Susie Forsters’ film about palliative care is showing again at the Mullumbimby Drill Hall on Thursday, November 30 at 7pm.
Minister Stephen Kamper – it’s time to talk about the Dirawong Reserve
Dear Minister
I am writing this Open Letter to you as Minister responsible for Crown Lands. Previous letters to you...
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Bulga State Forest logging protesters get good behaviour bonds
Yesterday, 22 February three activists who had been arrested at the Bulga State Forest action site faced court. All had pleaded guilty to the offences.
Secret report reveals government ignored advice to stop logging after Black Summer fires
Following a leaked report it has become clear that independent advice to the NSW government to stop logging areas hardest hit by the Black Summer bushfires was ignored.
Time to turn Australia, and the world, around on deforestation
Australia has signed the Glasgow Leaders’ Declaration on Forest and Land Use, committing the nation to halting and reversing forest loss and land degradation by 2030. It appears to have its work cut out for it based on current behaviour.
Natural Resources Commission using ‘propaganda’ to log koala feed trees sat NEFA
The North East Forest Alliance says that the assertion by the Natural Resources Commission report that logging of koala feed trees doesn’t have any impact on koalas is ‘dangerous propaganda’.
Call to halt new logging in bushfire impacted areas
MLC Justin Field has called on the NSW government to give an undertaking to NSW coastal communities that new approvals for logging in the state’s badly burnt public state forests will not be approved until a review by the state’s Independent NRC is completed. Natural Resources Commission (NRC)
Are you prepared to stand up to protect old-growth forests?
Are the states forests, protected for the last 20 years, still worth protecting? This is the question that the North East Forest Alliance (NEFA) is asking.
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3G networks phased out Dec 15
The peak lobby group representing Australia’s telecommunication industry announced last week it will phase out 3G networks in the region on December 15.Â
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NSW Planning Panel unanimously rejects controversial development on Ballina floodplain
Yesterday the NSW Planning Panel unanimously rejected Gemlife’s proposal for a major 'seniors living' development on a flood prone site on Burns Point Ferry Road, West Ballina.
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Editorial: The best democracy money can buy
Last week, The Juice Media published a YouTube video, Honest Government Ad | How to rig elections.
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Taste the delights to come your way as part of the Northern Rivers Food Harvest Food Trail
Today saw the first of a series of special tasting events by the 'Taste The Harvest’ in collaboration with Byron Visitor Centre with the giving away complimentary breakfasts.