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I also strongly agree with David Gilet and Paul McCarthy on the creeping cancer of increased building heights/heists in...
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Regional Wollumbin Art Award open to young and old
People from every walk of life are being encouraged to enter the Wollumbin Art Award (WAA), especially First Nations and young artists.
Great foodie weekend end of July
The annual Harvest Food Trail on the weekend of 30–31 July allows locals and visitors the much needed opportunity...
Missing person: Kirra Sayers – Tweed Heads/Gold Coast area
Police are appealing for public assistance to locate 13-year-old Kirra Sayers. She was reported missing from Tweed Heads on Sunday 19 June 2022.
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.
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.
Is Wilsons Creek contaminated?
Do the cars that ended up in Wilsons Creek pose a significant health risk owing to leaching toxins?
Stories about "Short Term Rental Accommodation (STRA)":
Peer review questions holiday letting impacts
Byron Council’s planners are calling on councillors not to include an unfavourable Economic Impact Assessment with their submission to the State government that seeks to cap holiday letting to 90 days for most of the Shire.
Tweed Mayor tries for 180 short term holiday letting limit
At the Tweed Shire Council (TSC) meeting (October 7) a late Mayoral Minute by Tweed Shire Mayor Chris Cherry (Independent) sought support from other...
HLO responds to victims of holiday letting (VOHL)
The peak local holiday letting industry organisation has refuted claims from residents adversely impacted by the activity, specifically around its legality.
Residents want regulation for Airbnb and holiday letting
The impact on local communities of short term holiday letting on platforms like Airbnb has come under the microscope in northern NSW with a recent study clearly identifying a need for regulation.
A closer peek at Byron Shire Council’s holiday letting policy
Residents have until January 30 to have their say on Council’s short term holiday letting policy that will aim to regulate holiday letting through platforms like Airbnb and Stayz.
Short-term-holiday-letting: Byron’s opportunity to lead on policy
Todays ministerial direction has given Byron Shire Council the opportunity to bring a proposal to the state government to modify their short term holiday letting rules. But it is not all up for negotiation – but a minimum 90 days holiday letting for absentee landlords is still required.
Byron gold – holiday accommodation
The state government is set to undermine councils and residents as residential zones are effectively turned into business zones by new short term holiday letting laws.
Save your community from short term holiday letting
Get your voice heard on how short term holiday letting is effecting your community.
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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.
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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.
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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.
