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How can we keep paying for incompetence

The only way forward is going backwards. That’s how I explain the current situation of Byron Shire Council. The...

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Traditional owners vs Adani’s mining operations

From bankruptcy to the Queensland government intervening and extinguishing their native title – Adrian Burragubba, a Wangan and Jagalingou Elder has continued the fight against Adani’s contentious mine.

Tweed Shire Council update

Tweed Council's latest meeting included motions on solar panel recycling, free speech, financial sustainability and Clarrie Hall Dam.

How to stop overdoses? Dr Will Tregoning has some thoughts

With International Overdose Awareness Day approaching on 31 August, NSW now has the evidence, the tools and record overdose deaths but lacks the will on permanent, community based pill testing.

Appeal to locate man missing from Broadwater

Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate a local missing man.

Swain on Station St

This morning at Ocean Shores Shopping Centre, a lovely lady by the name of Janet Swain was holding an...

Given up the ghost

We are informed that Byron Shire Council (BSC) has, in a sense, ‘given up the ghost’.  It has run...

Stories about "surgery":

Would you give a kidney to your life partner?

A remarkable love story is continuing to unfold this week in Sydney, following the decision of Julie Lee to give her husband Colin one of her kidneys. Col and Julie are both well known in Ballina for their long history of voluntary community work, particularly with Rotary. Their 51st wedding anniversary is this weekend.

Hospitals under pressure across Northern Rivers

Hospitals across Northern NSW Local Health District (NNSWLHD) continued to experience high emergency department and planned surgery activity, according to the latest figures from the Bureau of Health Information (BHI).

The blue tattoo, poo and you

Testing for bowel cancer uses a simple, at-home test called a faecal occult blood test (FOBT). This test looks for traces of blood in your poop which are invisible and could be a sign of bowel cancer.

Surgery wait lists improving at Northern NSW hospitals

Waiting lists for planned surgeries across the Northern NSW Local Health District (NNSWLHD) continued to improve during the April to June 2024 quarter, amid sustained high activity at public hospitals, according to the latest Bureau of Health Information (BHI) Healthcare Quarterly report.

Local public hospitals deliver amid record demand

Public hospitals across Northern NSW Local Health District (NNSWLHD) continued to provide high quality, safe care throughout the first quarter of 2024, despite unprecedented demand for emergency care.

Greens urged to back pathway to end native forest logging

Some of NSW’s most respected and long-standing forest campaigners and scientists have today urged the Greens not to support the Nationals' attempt to disallow the Improved Native Forest Management (INFM) method.

Ballina Council makes decision on Ross Lane

With the absence of all four of its progressive councillors for various reasons, Ballina Council pushed ahead with its agenda at yesterday's monthly meeting, including a decision which is likely to close Ross Lane for months while the road is upgraded.

Mullumbimby puts new governance models first, and now wants to build it

Imagine Northern Rivers says Mullumbimby is the only community across the region to rank new models of governance and decision-making as the number one element of its preferred future, and last week locals gathered to work out how to make it real.

Appeal to locate man missing from Broadwater

Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate a local missing man.