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How is RT-PCR used to diagnose COVID-19?
It’s fast, reliable and full of lines – but might look different to the PCR you learned about in school.
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What’s with the bollards?
I completely agree with Clive Jeffery when he points out that the new pedestrian crossing near the Commonwealth Bank...
Worried about COVID vaccine adverse effects? Here’s what’s happening each week
A breakdown of the weekly vaccine-side effects report from the Therapeutic Goods Administration.
Is all cannabis the same? How do its variations impact us?
Are you interested in learning more about the cannabinoids you use? Researchers from Monash University are asking both smokers and non-smokers to help research the variety of cannabinoids and their impacts.
Thank you Mayor Lyon
Thank you, Mayor Lyon for highlighting the risks in having visiting film crew, real estate speculators and the like...
Will Sydney’s trash be Richmond Valley’s ‘treasure’
Richmond Valley Council say they have welcomed an announcement by the Deputy Premier John Barilaro and the Minister for...
COVID choices
The virus isn’t going anywhere – it’s here to stay. There are three real solutions.
1. Let the virus run...
Stories about "Rotary Club of Ballina on Richmond":
Ballina’s local legend Danny Singh honoured
The Cove Restaurant's Danny Singh is now a Paul Harris Fellow. This award is named for the founder of Rotary International, 'in appreciation of tangible and significant assistance given for the furtherance of better understanding and friendly relations among peoples of the world.'
Rotary Downunder Baton handed over at Byron Bay
The Rotary Club of Byron Bay recently took the Rotary Downunder Baton to the most easterly point of Australia as part of its national journey. As well as being the national celebration of one hundred years of service by Rotary in Australia, the theme for the centenary is 'Rotary says no to domestic violence'.
Over 100 walk against domestic violence in Ballina
Early risers in Ballina on Saturday morning would have noticed a large group of people walking beside the river and over the bridge to the Marine Rescue Tower, many dressed in purple. This was Rotary Ballina's walk against domestic violence.
Ballina walk to say NO to domestic violence
The Rotary Club of Ballina-on-Richmond is commemorating 100 years in Australia with a public walk in Ballina on 27 March saying NO to domestic violence.
Ballina Rotary gives back to community
The Rotary Club of Ballina-on-Richmond did something special on Australia Day.
Ballina women’s and children’s refuge re-opens
With demand sadly higher than ever, the Ballina community has come together to renovate and re-open the local women's and children's refuge.
Ballina’s model raft seeks new home
A detailed scale model of a raft built to commemorate the historic Las Balsas expedition is looking for a new place to unfurl its sail.
Fundraiser buys new equipment for Ballina Hospital
Funds raised from Ballina Rotary's recent John Huegill Memorial Charity Barefoot Bowls Day has purchased new pain relief technology for Ballina Hospital's Emergency Department.
Healing hearts fundraiser at The Cove
There are a few tickets left for a special fundraising luncheon this Sunday, 6 December, to help victims of domestic violence in Ballina.
Ballina Rotary fundraiser for polio coming soon
The Rotary Club of Ballina-on-Richmond is holding a charity screening of the recent Helen Reddy biopic 'I Am Woman' to help eradicate polio.
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Queensland passes voluntary assisted dying laws
Dying with Dignity NSW has welcomed the passage of Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) laws in Queensland and is hoping that NSW Parliament resumes next month so that this issue can be addressed in NSW without further delay.
Byron Echo
Planning staff back Wilsons Creek DA, residents’ concerns downplayed
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Residents living near a proposed 15-lot housing development in Wilsons Creek say it will negatively impact a precious wildlife corridor on the site, exacerbate traffic safety problems on the surrounding roads, and damage the peaceful character of their quiet enclave.
Byron Echo
A moment of your life?
Six questions for Jehovah’s Witness doorknockers:
1. Are you aware that the 2016 Royal Commission into Institutional Handling of Child Sexual Abuse investigated 1006 alleged...
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Local mum features in documentary about the impacts and possible solutions around suicide
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Murwillumbah mum Ursula has lived every parents worst nightmare – her child, at the age of just 17, took his own life – and a lot of time and energy, questions and conjecture and finger-pointing can rumble around this, but at the end of the day Ursula’s precious boy is gone and he’s not coming back.
