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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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New laws to tackle crime profits and encryption
The premier has announced new police powers and ‘tougher penalties’ for money laundering and unexplained wealth in NSW.
Ballina’s balloon ban in support of wildlife
Balloons are to be banned outside in the Ballina Shire from next year after a unanimous council vote Thursday morning.
Vale Bruce Kent
Bruce Kent (22.8.29–8.6.22) was one of the greatest compassionate advocates for disarmament and humanity:
• General Secretary 1980–85 CND (Campaign...
Helping hand – have you seen the tinny?
At the height of the floods my lovely young neighbour, Brian, was all over the place helping people. Also,...
‘Affordable housing’ Lot 22 kiboshed
Despite considerable staff time spent in preparing plans to develop low-lying open space in Mullumbimby for ‘affordable housing’, councillors last week decided to ‘Not progress the Planning Proposal for Lot 22’.
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.
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Nimbin’s Aquarius Festival interviews now available
Seventy-five hours of interviews with Nimbin locals about the 1973 Aquarius Festival have been released online, with a plea to 'digital volunteers' to help transcribe them.
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...
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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.
