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Pottsville mobile tower approved despite concerns over the environment
A failure to provide the requested ecological assessment for the site of a potential telecommunications pole at Pottsville, following a previous refusal, has not proved a hindrance to the majority of Tweed Shire councillors now approving the proposal.
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Artisanal cheeses from Nimbin Valley
Paul Wilson is telling me about their new chilli garlic halloumi and how it’s ‘fantastic over summer served with a green paw-paw salad,’ and my imagination is fired. It’s a rare thing for this hinterland business – around for some 17 years now, Paul and Kerry at the helm – to introduce a new cheese as ‘we try to stay focused on traditionally hand-made cheeses.’ And their stable of 12 – best sellers the Nashua washed rind and Tintenbar triple cream – include both cow and goat milk cheeses.
Rally calls for ceasefire
A small but staunch group gathered at Main Beach Byron on Saturday to put their voices behind a call for a ceasefire in Palestine and an end to the Israel-Hamas war.
Ballina takes lead with anti-DV rally
More than five hundred people have rallied on the Northern Rivers along with thousands across the country calling for an end to domestic and family violence.
Protestors find endangered Gliders in active logging zone
Forest campaigners have today stopped work in Styx River State Forest north east of Armidale to protect a Greater Glider and its home.
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.
Labor’s hypocrisy on climate undimmed
Last week the Minister for Climate Change and Energy, Chris Bowen, delivered the Albanese Government's second annual Climate Change Statement, claiming major progress in emissions reduction while the numbers continue to scream that the opposite is true.
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Election 2023 – Clarence: Richard Williams
Richard Williams, a broadcaster on Radio 2GF in Grafton, is running as the Nationals' candidate for the seat of Clarence.
NSW Nationals elect Paul Toole and Bronnie Taylor as leader and deputy
The NSW National Party have elected Paul Toole MP as NSW Nationals Leader and Bronnie Taylor MLC as his deputy replacing NSW Deputy Premier...
NSW Liberals betray koalas and back down to National Party
Aslan Shand
The changes that the National Party have demanded to the Koala State Environmental Planning Policy (SEPP), that passed in the NSW Legislative Assembly...
Time to choose – protection or extinction for koalas?
While the National Party demands that no effective legislation is brought in to protect koalas and their habitat there is a significant risk that both State and Commonwealth legal obligations will be contravened if post fire logging continues under existing agreements.
What’s the fuss about koalas and the National Party?
Aslan Shand
The NSW National Party has decided to stay in the well paid pond of the NSW government following a tantrum over the Koala...
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Temporary closure of Fawcett Street and Fawcett Park tomorrow
Fawcett Street and Fawcett Park will have sections temporarily close tomorrow Thursday 7 December 2023, to reinstall steel sculptures within the park.
Byron Echo
Lismore City Council struggles to maintain staff and understand the Local Government Act
The most contentious items on Lismore Council’s agenda for the November meeting were a development application (DA) for the change of use of a...
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Bushfire risk and health warnings as it heats up across NSW
High heat warnings have been predicted for much of NSW over the coming days with above average temperatures predicted for Northern Tablelands, Central West...
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Rally calls for ceasefire
Eve Jeffery - 4
A small but staunch group gathered at Main Beach Byron on Saturday to put their voices behind a call for a ceasefire in Palestine and an end to the Israel-Hamas war.