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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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Highwayman’s Winter Whisky Feast

Highwayman’s Dan Woolley has been working with whisky for over 20 years, and started to fill his own barrels...
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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.
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Facing the River in chapters

Tweed Shire Council is telling the full story of how the Tweed community has rebuilt since the 2022 floods, and further damage from the 2024 floods and Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred.
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NT Intervention

I refer to the NT Intervention article, Echo page 4, 17 June. Recent events in the Northern Territory (NT) would...
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New bus services for Tweed and Murwillumbah

From 29 June, 175 additional weekly bus services will be added to Tweed and Murwillumbah routes.
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Winter Warmer fundraiser for homelessness

The annual Winter Warmer Homelessness Relief campaign, hosted by Dharma Care, will return for 2026 with cabaret at Salt, Kingscliff, on Thursday 2 July, headlined by comedian Mandy Nolan, interactive performance artist The Space Cowboy and the Kinship Doobai Dancers, with a Welcome to Country from Aunty Jackie.
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Measles alert for Lismore area

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Northern NSW Local Health District is advising people to be alert for signs and symptoms of measles after being notified of a confirmed case who was unknowingly infectious while visiting Lismore Base Hospital.
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Hospitals under pressure across Northern Rivers

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Hospitals across Northern NSW Local Health District (NNSWLHD) continued to experience high emergency department and planned surgery activity, according to the latest figures from the Bureau of Health Information (BHI).
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Empowering Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women – Yarn Up coming to Tweed Heads

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Feeling empowered to take charge of your health and wellbeing as well as helping your family and community is essential for everyone and Yarn Up is empowering Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women to do just that. 
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What should the health priorities be for our region?

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The community has the opportunity to contribute to what the health priorities should be over the next five years for Northern NSW by providing feedback on the draft Strategic Plan 2025 – 2030, launched this week.
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Surgery wait lists improving at Northern NSW hospitals

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Waiting lists for planned surgeries across the Northern NSW Local Health District (NNSWLHD) continued to improve during the April to June 2024 quarter, amid sustained high activity at public hospitals, according to the latest Bureau of Health Information (BHI) Healthcare Quarterly report.
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Local public hospitals deliver amid record demand

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Public hospitals across Northern NSW Local Health District (NNSWLHD) continued to provide high quality, safe care throughout the first quarter of 2024, despite unprecedented demand for emergency care.
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Kids and families can get healthy with free after school program

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Working out how to get, and stay, healthy will be made that much easier for primary school kids and their families with a free...
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COVID-19 related death reported in Lismore

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Someone in their 80's from Lismore died with COVID-19 in the latest official reporting period, health authorities said Friday.
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Another COVID death in Northern Rivers

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There were 291new cases of COVID-19 reported in the Northern NSW Local Health District (NNSWLHD) in the 24-hours to 4pm 22 February. 
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Two deaths and four in ICU in Northern NSW

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One person in their 90s and on in their 70s died in the Northern NSW Local Health District in the 24-hours to 4pm 9 February.
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Appeal to locate missing woman

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Police are appealing for public assistance to locate a woman missing from the Kempsey area.
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Citizen science last line of defence for threatened species

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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.
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Site confirmed for future high school at Pottsville

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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.
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Eleven winners at Byron Bay Herb Nursery

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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.
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