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Did you try to vote with iVote in the LGA elections?
The NSW Electoral Commission says they are aware that some iVote users were unable to gain access to the system to vote on Saturday.
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Master Mariner Bill Fenelon looks to the future of Tweed Shire
Bill Fenelon, who has called the Tweed Valley home since 2009, is heading up Group A and is running...
Fake Greens
This is a strange election.
Michael Lyon, Jeanette Martin (and retired Simon Richardson) all rode the Greens ticket to get...
Firefighters receive lifetime membership
During the 2019–20 Black Summer fires, we were reminded what a vital and important role the volunteers of the Rural Fire Service (RFS) play both in fighting fires, and bringing the community together.
Lismore Council elections
I’m somewhat bemused by the candidates for the Lismore Council election. One ticket has 14 candidates, when there are...
Time to ride the election cycle
Bicycle advocacy is vanishingly rare in our community. Amid all the noise about net zero, my search for bicycle advocate candidates to vote for on Saturday only turned up vague references to ‘reducing our reliance on cars’ and ‘increasing public transport connectivity’. The closest thing to policy was: ‘It’s time to create bike paths all over the Shire.’
Want to make your own nest box and help with bushfire recovery on Friday?
Conservation Volunteers Australia are running a nest-building workshop in one of Australia’s most biodiverse hotspots, the Nightcap Range, ‘to create homes and hope for wildlife’.
Stories about "traffic":
One-way traffic trial for the Byron Arts and Industry Estate
The trial is described by the council as a 'quick-win action' from the Byron Arts and Industry Estate Precinct Plan.
Bangalow blackspot puts school children at risk
Will action ever be taken to protect school kids getting on and off the bus on Lismore Road, Bangalow as trucks fly by at 80km/h?
Byron’s new road: the good and not so
After more than 30 years of talk, debate, disagreements, tears and political gridlock, Byron Bay has a new road to divert traffic from the CBD to the southern end of town.
Councillor pushes for Shire-wide traffic focus
Cr Alan Hunter will present a motion at this Thursday’s meeting for a ‘requirement to have all Council traffic and movement related committees adopt a policy to have one minute per kilometre average inter-village journey travel time in the Shire as a part of an overall vision’.
Major Murwillumbah road works start next week
Wollumbin Street, from Riverview Street to Byangum Road, Murwillumbah, will be reduced to one lane from Monday 1 October for drain-pipe upgrades.
Accident causes traffic snarl at Byron exit
A truck accident has caused long queues on Pacific Highway at the Byron exit.
Pacific Highway reopened at Urunga
The Pacific Highway has now reopened Urunga after the wreckage caused by a two-car accident near Newry Street has been mopped up.
Dangerous traffic at Wilsons Creek School
Sharon McGrath, Mullumbimby . I have witnessed first-hand the traffic danger posed to children, parents and staff directly outside both the Wilsons Creek Public School and the adjacent preschool.
Major traffic jam on Pacific Highway at Ewingsdale
Motorists heading home after the Easter break are advised to exercise caution and patience as they navigate a very congested highway.
Tugun tunnel reopens after police operation
Traffic has returned to normal on the M1 at the Gold Coast after the northbound lane of the Tugun tunnel was closed yesterday afternoon due to a police operation.
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And just like that the border opens (next Monday)
In a Ministerial press release, Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has announced Queensland borders will re-open to domestic hotspots from 1am, Monday December 13.
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Minister causing ‘serious and irreversible harm’ in State forests
North East Forest Alliance have accused the Ministers for Environment and Foresty, Matt Kean and Paul Toole, of dereliction of duty for failing to implement the minimal changes recommended by the Natural Resources Commission.
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Dunghutti artist wins Koori Mail Indigenous Art Award
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Dunghutti artist and elder Gus Kelly has won the first Koori Mail Indigenous Art Award with his powerful drawing Nobody Told Me There’d Be...
Science Goes Viral
Pedalling towards better health
A new study estimates that millions of lives could be extended if people rode bicycles rather than driving cars.
