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Mental health explored at Ballina symposium
250 people attended the first free Community Mental Health Symposium last Thursday at Ballina RSL, with a range of expert speakers from various organisations explaining the dimensions of the problem and how best to move forward.
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A voice for koalas: Vale Olivia Newton-John
The Rainforest Information Centre has expressed its deep condolences to the family and close friends of Olivia Newton-John who was literally the voice of the koala.
Editorial – Bye bye, Prince St froggies
It’s worth pausing to reflect on the mass frogacide that just happened on Prince Street, Mullum, which was led by unquestioning Byron Shire councillors and Resilience NSW.
Fuel stolen from farmer
The cost of fuel continues to be a major consideration in the budget, particularly in country areas where distances travelled are inevitably further for your average daily needs like accessing shops, schools and other activities.
‘We’re back!’ Homecoming for The Channon market
The reverberations of the February and March floods reached far beyond things most people expected – one of those things was the state of Coronation Park at The Channon where every second Sunday of the month one of the biggest and best markets on the Far North Coast is held.
Tweed Council refuse aged care facility Tweed Heads
The proposed aged care facility at Caloola Drive Tweed Heads (DA20/0712) was refused at the Tweed Shire Council meeting last Thursday.
Lismore Council on gender equity in management
Last night Lismore Council met for their monthly meeting and Councillor Big Rob asked a question about gender equality in the upper echelons of Council.
Stories about "Tweed Byron crime":
Drugs, gems, ammo seized in raid on Eureka home
A man has been refused bail following a police raid on a Eureka home last week that uncovered a cache of diamonds. In a separate incident, on Saturday, police arrested a man in Cudgen for offences including possessing an AK47 rifle.
Four charged after weapons located in stolen vehicle – Kingscliff
Police have charged four people after weapons were allegedly located in a stolen vehicle at Kingscliff yesterday.
Man arrested in Tweed had knife down front of pants
When police arrested a man who was wanted on warrants in Tweed Heads on Saturday, they said he kept 'reaching down the front of his pants', prompting them to search him, discovering he was concealing a large knife.
Two men charged with police assault in separate incidents
Police officers were assaulted in a two separate incidents at Brunswick Heads and Tweed Heads over the weekend.
Theft, drugs and driving unlicensed in Murwillumbah
Police had a busy time arresting people in Murwillumbah over theft, drugs and unlicensed driving offences last week.
Man charged after drugs, weapons, kids found in car at Tweed Heads
A man will appear in court today after a vehicle stop resulted in police allegedly locating drugs and weapons, all while the man’s two children were in the car in Tweed Heads yesterday.
Tweed-Byron the state’s most dangerous place to drive
Tweed/Byron police charged 19 drink-drivers over the weekend with another 86 drivers testing positive to drugs.
The three day operation saw the region retain its...
Schoolies, domestic violence, burglaries and drugs on police beat
Tweed-Byron police dealt with Schoolies drinking in a Byron Bay alcohol-free park, drug supply, burglaries and domestic violence during a busy weekend on their beat.
Tweed Heads intruder caught with knife down pants
A man will appear in Local Court today after being arrested at a Ducat Street, Tweed Heads, property on Friday night rummaging through property in the resident's carport.
Crime rates down on north coast
Tweed and Ballina were the safest places to live on the north coast last year, with crimes committed either at or below the state average in almost all areas. But Lismore and Byron still have stubbornly high incidents of domestic violence and sexual assault.
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Have your say on aged care facility in Kingscliff
The developers of new $150 million redevelopment ‘designed to meet the growing and evolving needs of seniors in the region’, are inviting Kingscliff residents to take part in community consultation.
Byron Echo
Fuel stolen from farmer
Aslan Shand - 0
The cost of fuel continues to be a major consideration in the budget, particularly in country areas where distances travelled are inevitably further for your average daily needs like accessing shops, schools and other activities.
Byron Echo
Developer proposes light industrial in Federal
Paul Bibby - 0
Tasteful, reasonable and useful? Or noisy, oversized and intrusive? This is the question at the heart of the debate over a light industrial development that has been proposed for the heart of Federal.
Local News
‘We’re back!’ Homecoming for The Channon market
Eve Jeffery - 0
The reverberations of the February and March floods reached far beyond things most people expected – one of those things was the state of Coronation Park at The Channon where every second Sunday of the month one of the biggest and best markets on the Far North Coast is held.
