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Tweed Council to write to government for more housing support
With a shortage of affordable housing in most areas of the Far North Coast, it is not surprising that Tweed is also feeling the pinch and Council has declared a housing emergency in the area owing to a lack of availability and affordability.
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Over population
Boyd Kellner, Newrybar
‘Over population’ is seen by some as the main destructive driver causing many crises besetting the planet today. From...
Death for koalas
Maria Paola Torti, Italy
I’m Maria Paola Torti. I live in Italy, and I’m very concerned with the NSW coalition government’s...
Pottsville policing forum asks the hard questions
Members of the Pottsville and Tweed Coast community say that in response to an increase in criminal activity in the area and their request for increased police presence, they were hosting a police presentation at Pottsville.
Decisive handling
Keith Duncan, Pimlico
It’s great to see popular Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews rehabilitating well and on-track to return to work. His...
Upside down river
Richard White, East Ballina
I was going to deride the various government departments and agencies (DPI, DPE, OEH, EPA etc) that...
Affordable myth
Patricia Warren, Brunswick Heads
There is a ‘myth of affordable housing’ in Byron Shire.
Well may councillors lament the lack of ‘affordable...
Stories about "Vissla NSW Pro Surf Series":
Soli becalmed in NSW Pro surf series
Local surfer Soli Bailey has finished in second place at the Mad Mex Maroubra Pro World Surf League Qualifying Series event held at Sydney’s Maroubra beach last weekend.
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Simon Richardson steps down as Byron Shire Mayor
In an eventful day for Byron Shire Council, pot-stirrer Fast Buck$ was ejected from the council chambers yesterday and later Cr Simon Richardson announced that he will be stepping down as mayor from the end of next week.
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Pay parking for Lennox Head?
David Lowe - 0
Yesterday's Ballina Shire Council meeting saw councillors raise the spectre of paid parking at Lennox Head, and possibly elsewhere in the shire.
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They will not be forgotten…
In the wake of the pandemic restrictions, ANZAC Day will be commemorated in a COVID safe fashion and some areas will ask residents to...
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East Ballina Lions desperately needs new members
East Ballina Lions Club has given over thirty years of service to numerous community programs and initiatives, but if it doesn't get more members soon, it will have to close.
