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Gort claims singles tennis title at Mullumbimby
Mullumbimby Tennis Club Championship finals were held last weekend and culminated with the open men’s singles where Steve Gort...
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4WD restrictions at South Ballina beach to stay
Moves towards use of a smart phone app to help control 4WD access to South Ballina’s beach have failed in a recent Ballina Shire Council meeting.
Pianos delivered, for the people!
Following the devastating 2022 floods, Pianos for the People answered the call to bring music to the people of the Northern Rivers.
NSW SES continues its efforts on International Volunteers Day
NSW SES volunteers continue to assist flood impacted communities across inland NSW as extensive flooding moves to downstream locations.
Medal storm for locals at pickleball tournament
Thirty Northern Rivers pickleball players won medals in the first ever NSW regional doubles tournament last weekend in Ballina.
The...
Waste solutions
Australia has a waste problem. Take plastic for example. Australians throw away around 179 million empty bottles of shampoo,...
Global Ripple Op Shop in Byron destroyed by fire
The much-loved Global Ripple Op Shop in the Byron Arts & Industrial Estate has suffered major damage in a fire that also struck Byron Bay taxis and the Suby pop up cafe.
Stories about "poverty":
Northern Rivers rental crisis worsens
Those advocating for people suffering from housing stress, homelessness, and poverty housing across the Northern Rivers region, say there is an urgent need for the federal government to invest in social housing.
Local company Sharing the DigniTEA
Global figures are astounding with an estimated 500 million women and girls are living each month in period poverty – it is also estimated that in Australia, that figure is over 1 million.
More than a quarter of kids in Ballina, Bruns and Ocean Shores in poverty
Around a fifth of people living in various parts of the Northern Rivers are living in poverty, including up to one in four children.
Home is where the poverty is
Is it a coincidence that national Anti-Poverty Week starts on the calendar the week right where Responsible Gambling Awareness Week finished off? Or that the week where we look at homelessness also falls the week after Mental Health week?
Poverty more widespread in the northern rivers
While our region accounts for only four per cent of the NSW population, some 20 per cent of the state’s rough sleepers are here in the northern rivers, according to Tony Davies, CEO of Social Futures.
Govt must reduce disadvantage: ACOSS
The Australian Council of Social Service has urged Australian governments to develop an effective jobs plan as part of a strategy to reduce poverty and inequality,...
A rewarding PNG journey
A recent mission to supply villagers in Papua New Guinea with basic needs has been hailed such a success that the organisers had to say ‘no more!’ to donations.
Government policies driving youth into poverty
Byron Shire Cr Paul Spooner. More than half a million young people could need emergency assistance to pay for food and shelter because of the proposed changes to unemployment benefits for those under 30.
Affordable housing vital to participation and productivity: ACOSS
The Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) last Friday welcomed Kevin Andrews's first speech as federal housing minister and called on the new government...
Climate change hits poorest hardest: CARE
International aid organisation CARE Australia has warned there is no time to lose in dealing with climate change, which is already undermining and reversing...
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Medal storm for locals at pickleball tournament
Thirty Northern Rivers pickleball players won medals in the first ever NSW regional doubles tournament last weekend in Ballina.
The local club secured nine gold,...
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Local waterpolo team thriving on friendship
The Byron Bay Bullsharks women’s waterpolo team have played their way into second place on the Far North Coast competition ladder after bagging five...
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The Menu
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Do chefs wield too much power in this world? The power over life and death in fact? In The Menu, Julian Slowik (Ralph Fiennes),...
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Your Witches are Back!
It’s the longest day and the shortest night: 22 December is the summer solstice, a time to transition from action to nourishment. It’s a...
