Around 12.30pm, on Friday 27 June, a Westpac Rescue Helicopter was tasked by NSW Ambulance to a person injured in an e-scooter accident at Terranora, northwest of Kingscliff.

Who funds repairs to the 2022 landslip at Terranora is up for debate again at today’s Tweed Shire Council meeting. 

Northern Rivers communities and beyond were in various stages of emergency recovery and alert Monday morning as impacts of ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred, since downgraded to a tropical East Low, continued.

Bilambil Heights, Terranora and parts of Banora Point on boil water alert free drinking water from a temporary water refill station.

Residents of Terranora and some areas of Banora Point are urged to boil their tap water for drinking purposes until further notice after Tweed Shire Council issued a boil water alert for the suburb.

Strict emergency water restrictions are now in force in four localities in the Tweed Shire, as power outages and asset failures at several water treatment plants and pump stations threaten the water supply.

A childcare centre for up to 109 children will be built opposite Terranora Public School, under plans approved by Tweed Shire Council last week.

A 40-year-old Northern Rivers man faces multiple charges after allegedly drink-driving a lawnmower on Saturday night.

Tweed Council is warning motorists that koalas are on the move and is asking drivers to take extra caution through new koala zones marked on Terranora Road, following several sightings and two accidents involving the much-loved marsupials in recent weeks. 

Former Tweed Shire Council Mayor, Councillor Katie Milne, is seeking support from other councillors to object ‘in the strongest terms to the Exploration (Minerals) Licence Application ELA 6115 in the Tweed Shire’ at this afternoons extraordinary meeting.