The announcement that Murwillumbah's Safe Haven would be closed this week due to the end of funding arrangements has been greeted with shock by locals who have come to rely on the mental health support services the facility provided.

Northern Rivers locals and flood-impacted residents will gather in Lismore this Saturday to demand the NSW Reconstruction Authority stop demolishing heritage homes and deliver on broken promises, as community anger at the failed flood recovery reaches a new peak.

It is rumoured that local Northern Rivers activists were involved in the latest Rising Tide action in Newcastle, once again having a close call with police.

Around thirty protesters, including members of Northern Rivers For Palestine, said this morning they’d occupied the electorate office of Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers.

Spirits and voices were nearly as high as Sunday’s rain clouds over Lismore when people took to the streets calling for greater forest protection.

Environmental activists say they’ve temporarily stopped logging in Cherry Tree state forest near Casino today by locking onto machinery.

As some Lismore and Ballina councillors seek to prevent further protections for local koala habitat, ruling out extensions to the Great Koala National Park, Northern Rivers Guardians have announced two public events focusing on forests, happening later this month in Lismore.

Activists from new group Defend Peace Djilang locked on at Defence Minister Richard Marles’ electoral office in Geelong this morning, demanding the minister stop approving export permits of F35 parts to Israel.

The Law Enforcement Conduct Commission says it expects some time will be required to receive and assess a ‘very substantial volume of material from the public and the NSW Police Force,’ as part of its investigation into police conduct in Sydney earlier this month.

A flash mob of people in Valentines Day red outfits sang and danced in warm Byron waters on Saturday as part of a global campaign against gendered violence.