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Janelle Saffin holds the seat of Lismore
Janelle Saffin is in the lead for the seat of Lismore after yesterday's state election. Although preroll and postal votes are yet to be counted, it’s hard to imagine Saffin’s position changing.
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Lismore incumbent – Janelle Saffin MP
With just a few days until we head to the polls, The Echo asked the candidates for the seat of Lismore one last bunch of questions.
Solé’s on a mission to help local dingoes
A local advocate wants to tear down the myths about dingoes, and stop their treatment as wild dogs, which she says they are not.
Famous plant-based market food
Victoria Cosford
Arianne Schreiber has a confession. ‘I pretty much sleep with cookbooks’, she tells me – and I completely...
Political cosplay for fun and profit
Costume play is not just for Trekkies and Disney fans. If you want to get anywhere in Australian politics, cosplay needs to become a vital part of your skillset.
Free Julian Assange rally in Lismore
Supporters of Julian Assange gathered outside Lismore Baths on Saturday, the 20th Anniversary of the Iraq war, to add their voice to those who would see the journalist free.
Mandy Nolan’s Soapbox: Vape Culture
Tobacco companies are in your home and in your school. They are quite possibly in your kid’s school bag. They have their sights set on your children; your precious kids are their future. They need to groom your babies into addiction so that their shareholders can continue to suck in their grubby toxic profits. The lips of the tobacco industry are on the soft fleshy cheeks of your babies and they are sucking hard. They are vaping the life out of your kids.
Stories about "water restrictions":
New water restrictions for Tyalgum
The Tyalgum Water Supply area will move to level two water restrictions from midnight Sunday, 6 December.Tweed Shire Council announced on Wednesday
Water restrictions for Mullum lowered
Mullumbimby’s water restrictions have been reduced from Level 4 to Level 2 to align with the drought water restriction levels across the rest of Byron Shire and the region.
Ballina level 1 water restrictions from tomorrow
Ballina Shire Council has decided to enact level 1 water restrictions from Saturday the 7 December.
Water restrictions to be triggered sooner on North Coast
With fires, heatwaves and increased water consumption across the north coast up from last year, water utility Rous County Council are close to introducing Level 1 water restrictions across four local Shires, including Byron.
‘Room for more water carters’
Water utility Rous County Council says they are doing everything they can to help rural residents with access to water cartage as drought continues to impact the region.
The ‘new gold’-diggers: water ‘miners’, desperate farmers and thirsty councils
As local governments across the Northern Rivers announce increased water restrictions, more regional politicians are backing an end to water extraction for the bottled water industry.
Level 3 Water restrictions for Mullum
Following last weeks announcement of level 1 water restrictions for Mullumbimby it has now been upgraded to level 3 water restrictions.
Tweed could be next with water restrictions
Tweed Shire Council has announced residents are eight weeks away from level one water restrictions unless significant rain arrives in the meantime.
Level 3 water restrictions for Casino
With persistent drought conditions and falling river levels, level three water restrictions will be imposed from tomorrow in Casino and surrounds. Here's what you can and can't do - and when.
Tweed water restrictions lifted
Voluntary water restrictions on outdoor uses for Tweed town water have been lifted after Tweed Shire Council said it had ‘largely dealt with’ the effects of salt water entering Bray Park Weir last week.
NSW state election
Will Provest win the Tweed seat over Elliot?
It appears that Tweed MP Geoff Provest will retain the seat of Tweed but there are still plenty of votes to be counted.
NSW state election
Tamara Smith returned to Ballina’s Greens seat
Eve Jeffery - 6
Last night a packed Suffolk Park Hotel exploded with cheers at around 8pm when the ABC broadcast computer popped up a Green result for Ballina and the return of Tamara Smith to the seat she has held for the last eight years.
Local News
Rosebank’s Rainbow Temple referred to the Land & Environment Court
Lismore City Council say they have referred the Rainbow Temple in Rosebank to the Land & Environment Court after the owner repeatedly declined to submit a Development Application and associated documentation for the development.
Byron Echo
Solé’s on a mission to help local dingoes
Eve Jeffery - 7
A local advocate wants to tear down the myths about dingoes, and stop their treatment as wild dogs, which she says they are not.
