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Go Thistles!
Lismore Thistles Soccer Club has launched the Thistles Acceleration Program, in the process becoming the city’s only player development academy.
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Mother and Daughter Stop Logging in Yarratt Forest
Two women who grew up in the Manning Valley are currently suspended from trees with ropes connected to, and stopping, logging in Yarratt Forest north of Taree.
Better outcomes start with teachers who believe in inclusive education
For all students – particularly those with additional needs – a teacher who doesn't believe in inclusive education can be harmful.
Saint Bob of the Greens in Lennox Head
With hardly a vacant seat in the auditorium, Bob Brown kept the party faithful’s eyes, ears and hearts glued...
The greater good
Byron Council has ratified the International Charter of Human Rights, complete with fine legal minds that developed a Charter...
Indigenous cricketers go head-to-head
Regional teams came together at Ballina’s Fripp Oval for an Indigenous cricket challenge carnival on January 26, last week.
The...
TELSTRA – The end of the line?
I live in a valley that was ravaged by flood last year. Telegraph poles were swept out of the...
Stories about "NSWRFS":
Get ready and prepare for fires
While the rain can make us feel safe from the threat of fire, and floods are the more recent disaster in our memories, it is important to prepare your home and property for the fire season.
A fun day out for local RFS members
Recognising the unpaid dedication of their RFS members and their families the NSW Rural Fire Service Association (RFSA) has run a series of seven family days across the state for RFS members and their families including one at Knockrow Macadamia Castle near Ballina last Saturday.
Charges laid over allegedly deliberately lit fires – Burringbar and Mooball
An RFS volunteer has been charged following an investigation into several, allegedly deliberately lit, fires in the Burringbar and Mooball areas.
Total fire ban for Far North Coast – Friday
A total fire ban is in place for the Far North Coast today (Friday, 25 September) with the fire danger being rated as ‘Very High’.
Editorial – Value our volunteers
There have been no shortage of challenges in Australia in the last few years – drought, fire, flood, and now COVID-19. And we are already heading back into fire season with local crews currently on the ground in Duranbah and Stokers Siding.
Local RFS recruits getting hands on during training
The RFS is back on track training new recruits for the Rural Fire Service (RFS) as they prepare for the next fire season.
Driver dies after vehicle careens off steep road in Main Arm
A person has died after a vehicle careened off a steep in Main Arm.
Festival tents headed for Cobargo
Inspired to help after fires raged through Cobargo on the NSW south coast, youth worker Nicqui Yazdi has assembled a crew to assist impacted residents.
Fire masks for RFS volunteers under the spotlight
While many brigades and communities have started raising funds to purchase P3 masks that have two stage filter systems an operational brief from the RFS raised concerns that crowd funding pages were being established ‘without the appropriate authority’.
Join the RFS – Byron Brigade running info sessions
Byron Bay Rural Fire Brigade is calling for people in their area to come along and find out what it means to join the RFS and get involved.
Byron Echo
Pothole protest gets immediate results
Psst: want to get Council staff to do something about the appalling state of roads in your neighbourhood?
Organise a protest outside Mullum’s Council Chambers!
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Entertainment News
What’s Love Got to Do with It?
Art imitates life in What’s Love Got to Do with It? a 2022 British romantic comedy-drama film directed by Shekhar Kapur, from a screenplay by Jemima Khan.
The precis reads: ‘Set between London and Lahore, a filmmaker documents her childhood friend and neighbour’s arranged marriage to a bride from Pakistan.’
Local News
We’ve had the rain bomb, is a fire bomb next?
We had the Black Summer fires and then the floods and NSW Farmers says time is running out to prevent more mass bushfires at the end of this year.
Entertainment News
A smorgasbord of flicks
This year’s smorgasbord of over 40 incredible short films are handpicked from a record 3,200 entries received for Flickerfest’s Academy® and BAFTA Qualifying short-film festival screened recently in Bondi, and Northern Rivers audiences are the first in Australia to experience the best of Flickerfest on tour.
Highlights enjoying their Northern Rivers premiere include recent Academy® nominees and much-loved festival award winners alongside exciting, fresh, local talent.
