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Move Beyond Coal turning up heat on government
Move Beyond Coal says it will be staging protests at Labor MP offices around the country over the next week to 'turn up the heat' on the government to stop approving climate-wrecking coal and gas projects.
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Koalas losers in legal fight; their forests to be denuded
Since July, legal action has stopped the Forestry Corporation logging nationally important koala habitat in Braemar and Myrtle State Forests, south of Casino. However, logging can now resume despite evidence of significant impacts on koalas.
Getting lost in NYE time
Get ‘Lost in Time’ on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day at the Beach Hotel! As the year draws to a close, the Beach Hotel invites you to bid farewell to 2023 in style at the ‘Lost in Time’ New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day events.
NSW Planning Panel unanimously rejects controversial development on Ballina floodplain
Yesterday the NSW Planning Panel unanimously rejected Gemlife’s proposal for a major 'seniors living' development on a flood prone site on Burns Point Ferry Road, West Ballina.
3G networks phased out Dec 15
The peak lobby group representing Australia’s telecommunication industry announced last week it will phase out 3G networks in the region on December 15.
Eltham Hotel, noise complaints and cancelled shows
Balancing the needs of a diverse community is always a challenge but it is one that owners of the Eltham Hotel Matt Rabbidge and Luke Sullivan, just 15 minutes from Lismore, are determined to do following complaints about loud music at the pub.
Does Tweed’s time capsule have a message for you?
Former members of the discontinued Murwillumbah branch of community service organisation Apex Australia alongside the Tweed Shire Council came to the tough decision to open the three 50-year-old time capsules in a controlled environment due to public health concerns.
Stories about "war":
Israel. Palestine. Gaza.
There is a beautiful apocryphal story I heard shortly after the Twin Towers were attacked in New York.
Wollongbar-Alstonville win another first-grade premiership
WAR have continued their dominance of Far North Coast rugby with a 23-13 win over the Byron Shire Rebels.
Mandy Nolan’s Soapbox: Peace 2.0
Are we heading towards war? According to some media outlets, a war with China could be as little as three years away. Politically, banging...
Who is Australia’s enemy?
As the Anzac myth spreads its strange, schizophrenic glow over the country, in which war is not glorified but stone soldiers on plinths are honoured with music and prayers by the religious and secular alike, it’s a good time to consider our enemies, then and now. Because without enemies, war is impossible.
Churchill’s role in Gallipoli
Anzac Day is always a solemn day for Australians and New Zealanders – and for good reason.
Anzac Day in Ballina
A large crowd braved intermittent showers and squally winds to commemorate Anzac Day in Ballina yesterday.
Memorial Bravery Garden dedication in Ballina
Dozens of community members along with special guests gathered at St Andrew's Village in Ballina on Saturday for the Australian Bravery Association's re-dedication of a war memorial garden and the unveiling of a plaque – a reminder of those who served.
Flood ravaged Mullum a paradise for some
Being in post-flood Mullum at the moment is no walk in the park, but for recent Ukrainian arrival Igor Zorkin, Mullumbimby has been, for the last week, a paradise.
War The Bloody Hell Are You?
When faced with potential conflict, why are we abandoning the strategy that’s worked in the past for one that will definitely fail?
Planet Watch: War and the environment
War is probably as old as humanity. The natural world is much older, of course, but it's been damaged and affected by human conflicts since we first started killing each other.
National News
Industrial relations reform bill passes parliament
New industrial relations laws have passed NSW parliament today, which the government says will create the structure needed to deliver meaningful improvements to wages and conditions for hundreds and thousands of workers in the state.
Local News
Fire ant update in the Tweed
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There were information sessions this morning for local businesses and industry members impacted by the detection of Red Imported Fire Ants (RIFA) at South Murwillumbah, with the opportunity to find out more information about the strategy that the Department of Primary Industries (DPI) are using to contain and eradicate the fire ants.
National News
$15 million to subsidise habitat destruction?
The recently-released NSW Forestry Corporation’s annual report, which shows that taxpayers will again be asked to spend $15 million to subsidise native forest logging, has today been labelled ‘a damning indictment on our state’.
Local News
Lismore Council unveils latest upcycled Christmas tree
Lismore City Council has unveiled its iconic sustainable city Christmas tree. This is the eighth year of Lismore’s upcycled Christmas tree being proudly displayed on the corner of Keen and Magellan streets, following a one-year hiatus after the 2022 flood disaster.
