Tag Uki
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Water mining is the new CSG: campaigner
A rally at Uki on Saturday succeeded in stopping in their tracks two tankers that organisers say were illegally carting water on the weekend. Organiser Scott Sledge said the issue is rapidly becoming 'the new CSG in the Tweed'.
21 days ago | Chris Dobney | 3 -
Telstra left locals near Uki with no phones for five days
The fact that John Donvito had to climb to the top of Mt Nardi in the dark to call Telstra to tell them the not only were their landlines down but the local Telstra tower was also out of order seemed to fall on deaf ears.
June 22, 2018 | Aslan Shand | 0 -
Raising funds for refugee friendship visits in Uki
The Uki refugee project continues to support refugees in Australia with regular refugee friendship visits for refugees to Uki and now is your chance to help raise funds to support the project.
February 20, 2018 | Aslan Shand | 0 -
Annual police cannabis raids on again
Growers beware. The dope squad is back in the air. As part of its annual cannabis eradication program, NSW police have once again sent their 'cannabis cowboys' into battle against the easiest of targets - the region's outdoor cannabis growers.
February 8, 2018 | The Echo | 10 -
Devilish tales raise money for refugees
Raising money for refugees the Uki Refugee Project is putting on a performance of A Devilish Tale in Murwillumbah on Saturday July 22.
July 14, 2017 | The Echo | 0 -
Group claims ‘agent orange’ stored at Uki spring water site
The group Tweed Water Alliance has made the startling claim that a shed adjacent to former Wran government minister Jack Hallam’s proposed spring-water site at Uki once stored the active ingredients of the now-banned defoliant Agent Orange.
February 9, 2017 | Chris Dobney | 7 -
Groundswell anger over Tweed Valley’s ‘water mining’
A public meeting at the Uki last night revealed a groundswell of widespread discontent around the Tweed Valley over proposals for large-scale extraction of water from bores for bottling for sale.
January 20, 2017 | Echonetdaily | 6 -
Uki residents to meet over water extraction plan
A public meeting is being held this evening at the Uki Hall to discuss a proposal from an ex state government minister to extract water from a bore on his property to sell to a bottling company.
January 19, 2017 | Echonetdaily | 1 -
Uki’s ‘rainbow bridge’ set to go landscape
The handrails of a bridge at the village of Uki in the Tweed Valley, which locals controversially painted in rainbow colours two years ago in memory of a youngster from the area who died at school, could become a permanent public-art installation.
May 19, 2016 | Echonetdaily | 0 -
Here & Now #135 Uki dancing
It's funny watching people dance. It's especially funny watching people do Latin dancing. It's doubly especially funny watching men do Latin dancing. Well, some men anyway.
December 10, 2015 | S Sorrensen | 8 -
Rainbow-bridge decision shows callous disregard
Menkit Prince, Uki. I am disappointed in Tweed Shire Council staff’s recommendation to repaint the rainbow coloured bridge on Kyogle Road bridge over Smiths Creek at Uki in honour of a child who died two years ago. In spite of a large survey response from the local community, council has disregarded the community’s wishes.
March 24, 2015 | Echonetdaily | 0 -
Uki’s memorial rainbow bridge to be repainted
Tweed Shire Council has decided to repaint a bridge at the entry to the village of Uki in the Tweed Valley painted in rainbow colours late last year by locals in memory of a youngster from the area who died at school a year before.
March 24, 2015 | Echonetdaily | 6 -
Teenager dies in hospital after Uki crash
A teenager whose mother was killed in a head-on crash near Uki on 22 January died yesterday in the Gold Coast Hospital.
January 29, 2015 | Echonetdaily | 1 -
Uki’s new ‘rainbow bridge’ creates a splash
The rainbow-coloured painting of a bridge at Uki last week by two dozen youngsters in memory of their classmate, a 9-year-old local boy who died at school just over a year ago, sparked an urgency debate among Tweed shire councillors soon after.
November 25, 2014 | Echonetdaily | 17 -
Uki pub’s landmark trees saved
A last-ditch effort to save landmark old trees earmarked to be chopped down as part of the new design plans to replace the historic Mount Warning Hotel at Uki which burnt down over a year ago has paid off.
April 15, 2014 | Echonetdaily | 2 -
Ukitopia Festival headliners return home on wave of success
Anyone in the audience the night Kalyani Mumtaz made her festival debut as a 13-year-old at 2010’s Ukitopia Festival would not be surprised to hear she is returning as a headliner for this year’s event on the back of a whirlwind couple of years.
November 15, 2013 | Eve Jeffery | 0 -
Art goes electric
Mandy Nolan Techa Beaumont has been the creative force behind the highly innovative Tekstar – an event that sees digital arts converge on Byron Bay. Kicking off last week at Kulchajam, the event concludes this weekend with a spectacular all-day... Read More →
June 18, 2013 | Echonetdaily | 1 -
Friday’s 4 the locals
She’s our own Lil’ Fi Lil’ Fi is one of the original roots music performers on the festival circuit today. Part blues, rockabilly, punk and jazz, all original, all Lil’ Fi – and now, our Lil’ Fi. ‘I live in... Read More →
May 24, 2013 | Echonetdaily | 1 -
Uki’s utopian festival
Uki is a little village with a big heart. Its annual festival is a reflection of the lifestyle it promotes: local and sustainable. Video documentary Sharon Shostak
November 20, 2012 | Echonetdaily | 0
