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Tweed Council refuse aged care facility Tweed Heads
The proposed aged care facility at Caloola Drive Tweed Heads (DA20/0712) was refused at the Tweed Shire Council meeting last Thursday.
Other News
The Healthy Minds Club are busy as!
The Lennox-based (and fast-expanding) young men's mental health group are continuing to change lives and inspire the wider community with activities across the region.
Festival goer dies with meningococcal disease
Late last night thousands of Splendour in the Grass ticket holders received an email alerting them that NSW Health has been notified of two cases of meningococcal disease in people who attended the festival.
Bruns underground car park reconsidered
Byron Council’s decision to approve a controversial mixed-use development in Brunswick Heads that would include the town’s first underground car park could be overturned at this week’s meeting, with a group of councillors moving a rescission motion.
Only real farmers and real food at Byron Farmers Market
Later this year, Byron Farmers Market will celebrate its 20th birthday. An impressive feat given that when it first...
Domestic v Wild
Tragically so much of our natural wildlife is at risk. ‘Dead’ zones along New Brighton Road, Old New Brighton...
Top tips for feline friends this International Cat Day
Some silly humans think that it's money that makes the world go around – we all know it's cats!
Stories about "rabbits":
Bunnies Beware! Tweed Council to cull feral rabbit population with release of calicivirus
The Tweed Shire's feral rabbit population is facing a bleak future with the council set to release the rabbit-eradicating calicivirus next month.
Local News
Evans Head, Iron Gates DA public planning meeting coming
Aslan Shand - 0
The current development application (DA) for the flood and bushfire-prone site of the Evans Head, Iron Gates development will go before the Northern Rivers Planning Panel (NRPP) on 30 August.
Local News
Council acknowledges desire for house relocations, buybacks and land swaps
Eve Jeffery - 1
Last night Lismore Council looked at House Relocations, Land swaps and Buy Backs when Councillor Adam Guise’s moved a motion that “Council acknowledges flood impacted ratepayers' desire for house relocations, buybacks and land swaps."
Local News
Bruns underground car park reconsidered
Paul Bibby - 0
Byron Council’s decision to approve a controversial mixed-use development in Brunswick Heads that would include the town’s first underground car park could be overturned at this week’s meeting, with a group of councillors moving a rescission motion.
Byron Echo
Good news for the Sepik people
Ken Golding - 0
The proposed Frieda mine Papua New Guinea with its huge tailings dam, would be built on the Frieda River at the headwaters of the Sepik River – an earthquake-prone area – creating the risk of repeating one of the worst environmental disasters.
