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Tweed development wave continues with $5.2m unit block proposal for city centre
Developers are proposing to build a $5.2m apartment complex near the centre of Tweed Heads as the recent wave of development applications in the town continues.
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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.
Bruem’s balloon amendment burst as Ballina Council votes to protect wildlife
Ballina Shire’s balloon ban is to stay in place after a failed attempt by at least one conservative councillor to weaken rules aimed at protecting wildlife and reducing litter.
Eltham Hotel, noise complaints and cancelled shows
Balancing the needs of a diverse community is always a challenge but it is one that owners of the Eltham Hotel Matt Rabbidge and Luke Sullivan, just 15 minutes from Lismore, are determined to do following complaints about loud music at the pub.
Move Beyond Coal turning up heat on government
Move Beyond Coal says it will be staging protests at Labor MP offices around the country over the next week to 'turn up the heat' on the government to stop approving climate-wrecking coal and gas projects.
Erring on the side of kindness
There is one thing we can all do in these wretched times of powerlessness and overwhelming sorrow. Give.
3G networks phased out next week
The peak lobby group representing Australia's telecommunication industry announced last week it will phase out 3G networks in the region on 15 December.
Stories about "Ocean Shores Art Expo":
20th Ocean Shores art show
The Ocean Shores Art Expo celebrated its 20th anniversary with the appropriate theme ‘Celebration’. This year there were 172 art works entered in the open category from over 150 artists.
Festival of the imagination
It is all happening in Ocean Shores on Saturday August 25 at the Ocean Shores Festival of the Imagination.
The Ocean Shores Art Expo celebrates being a teenager
Celebrating being a teenager the Ocean Shores Art Expo has invited Juan Carlos Camacho to bring a little extra verve into this years celebrations.
Ocean Shores Art Expo wraps
The fourteenth Ocean Shores Art Expo was another huge success, co-organiser and artist Rosie Kaplan says, with 50 art works sold by local artists, 16 up from last year.
Culture Roundup: Wednesday 17 August, 2016
Art about What Matters
If you want to see the most innovative art in the region, don’t miss the Ocean Shores Art Expo. This exciting...
Ocean Shores Art Expo nourishes community soul
Ri Fraser, president Ocean Shores Art Expo. If the twelfth Ocean Shores Art Expo is anything to go by, creativity magically connects our community with heart and imagination.
Wild things abound at Ocean Shores Art Expo
Hundreds of people admired the latest works by local artists, young and old, at the annual Ocean Shores Art Expo at the weekend.
Ocean Shores Art Expo opens tonight
The annual Ocean Shores Art Expo opens tonight and organiser Mary Bernard says ‘it’s going to be really wild’. That’s because the theme of this year’s event is titled Wild Things and artists of all ages have been invited to ‘unleash the wild within’.
Science Goes Viral
Abuse and falsehoods erode the public square of science
As the world faces existential problems such as pandemics and climate change, Australian scientists are facing a dilemma about the best way to connect with the wider public.
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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.
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Tweed fire ants may be eradicated but more will come, says professor
An entomology professor says authorities are likely to eradicate a Red Imported Fire Ant outbreak in the Tweed Shire but the invasive species will reach the Northern Rivers again.
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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.
