One of Lismore’s few identified areas for future flood-free industrial development is moving through the planning system, as the city continues to grapple with where businesses can relocate away from the floodplain.

When around 300 screen practitioners gathered at Lennox Head last week for ScreenWorks' two-day Regional to Global Screen Forum, the setting was half the story. Here was a serious industry conversation happening a long way from Sydney or Melbourne, and after many successful years, nobody was treating that as a novelty.

For three days this weekend, the whistle at Lismore’s sporting precinct will signal more than the start of a footy match.

Four local charities received $80,000 raised through Northern Rivers Community Foundation Women’s Giving Circle on 3 September at the Brunswick Picture House.

Byron Shire Council (BSC) have won the international Green Apple Award for their Sandhills Wetlands project in Byron Bay.