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Building hei(s)(gh)ts
I also strongly agree with David Gilet and Paul McCarthy on the creeping cancer of increased building heights/heists in...
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Concerns raised over heritage demolition proposal in Byron
The Byron Bay Historical Society has supported concerns raised by residents around a DA that proposes to demolish a home listed in a heritage area.
Energy policy a priority, says Elliot
Reflecting on the recent win for federal Labor, local MP, Justine Elliot, says that without a doubt, Australians wanted change.
Housing essential and not addressed in Budget say MPs Tamara Smith and Janelle Saffin
Support for women and families and solid investments in infrastructure in the Ballina electorate were welcomed yesterday by local...
Lettuce to the Editor
As a writer you never really know what is going to strike a chord with your audience. What will inspire them? Make them think? Make them change their mind? Make them angry? After more than two decades of publishing I am still surprised by what rocks a reader’s boat. About a week ago I discovered that a lot of people have strong opinions on the humble iceberg. I’m not talking about the one that took out theTitantic. I’m talking about the one that has been sinking wallets at the supermarket.
Public scrutiny?
Byron Council has magicked away from public scrutiny and risk analysis its own submission detailing imperative details on the...
Yacht ran aground inside Ballina bar
On Saturday afternoon at around 2.15pm a yacht ran aground just inside the Ballina bar with three people on board.
Stories about "sea snakes":
Australia Seabird Rescue needs help
A massive influx of injured birds, turtles and sea snakes over recent weeks has pushed Ballina's Australian Seabird Rescue to the edge of capacity, and needing extra assistance from the community.
Can you help the Sea Turtle Hospital?
The Ballina Byron Sea Turtle Hospital, at Australian Seabird Rescue HQ in Ballina, is seeing more sick and injured sea turtles come into care than ever before.
Letters
Palestine’s ‘terra nullius’ and children’s body armour
Firstly, the Zionist regime of Israel is an apartheid regime. It is based on the dispossession, expropriation, expulsion and oppression of the Palestinian people.
This...
Local News
Lismore council flirts with ‘koala-killer’ status
The fate of one of the state’s last koala populations appears to lie in the hands of the Lismore City Council after an extraordinary meeting Thursday afternoon.
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Suspected Tweed Heads meth lab dismantled
Specialist police units along with NSW Fire and Rescue have been dismantling an alleged meth lab in Tweed Heads this morning, police said.
Local News
Hydro cannabis bust in Tweed
Police have confiscated equipment they say was being used for a hydroponic cannabis station set up in a Tweed Heads garage.
