An entomology professor says authorities are likely to eradicate a Red Imported Fire Ant outbreak in the Tweed Shire but the invasive species will reach the Northern Rivers again.

There were information sessions this morning for local businesses and industry members impacted by the detection of Red Imported Fire Ants (RIFA) at South Murwillumbah, with the opportunity to find out more information about the strategy that the Department of Primary Industries (DPI) are using to contain and eradicate the fire ants.

The NSW SES advises people in Murwillumbah, South Murwillumbah, Condong and Tumbulgum to STAY INFORMED about predicted dangerous moderate flooding on the Tweed River.

The NSW SES are advising people in Murwillumbah, South Murwillumbah, Condong, and Tumbulgum to STAY INFORMED about predicted dangerous moderate flooding on the Tweed River.

There is a high chance of Flash Flooding along the Tweed and & Byron Coasts from Sunday.

South Murwillumbah and Dunbible are no longer required to boil their drinking water as of today, Saturday 5 March. The Uki boil water alert remains in place. 

A number of South Murwillumbah businesses devastated by the 2017 flood have put their hand up to move their operations to flood-free land, as the result of a $3 million land swap arrangement funded by the NSW Government.

Tweed mayor Katie Milne took to the air in a police helicopter on Saturday to see the flood damage across the Tweed from the air.

A man accused of murdering his father at his home in South Murwillumbah in June last year shed tears during his brief appearance at Lismore Local Court yesterday.

The son of a man killed in a home invasion at South Murwillumbah last year has appealed for justice as police released details of a car they think may be connected to the murder.