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Local police are asking the public for help identifying a driver accused of performing burnouts in Ballina last week.
With a report released by CSIRO outlining how future flood levels can be reduced through hydrodynamic modelling, federal Member for Page Kevin Hogan (Nationals) is calling on Labor to act.
Death & Dying Expo took place on Saturday at Mullumbimby Civic Memorial Hall and was a great success, drawing a large, ...
A development application (DA) for a $9m extension and renovations of Feros Village Bangalow residential aged care home has been lodged, says Feros Care.
In the same week that Donald Trump and his pet Republicans went to war against their own poor huddled masses with the passing of his Orwellian Big Beautiful Bill, Australia's Minister for Foreign ...
A pedestrian has died after a fail-to-stop crash in Bangalow this morning. The vehicle left the location prior to police ...
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Labor delivers
The Minns Labor government’s budget has delivered a record $3.4 billion investment in TAFE and skills funding, as part of its plan to tackle the housing crisis head on. They are investing $40.2 ...
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Power not speed
One reason I stopped selling e-bikes was that illegal over-speed e-bikes became available and preferred. The 25km/h speed limit was rarely policed. It’s a pity that wattage (power) was also limited to ...
Mullumbimby’s Stewart’s Menswear has won the Gold Award for Retail Rockstar of the Year at the 2025 Roar Awards, held ...
A study by McNaugh and Inwood from University of Sydney’s University Centre for Rural Health (UCRH) agrues that, based on ...
In the interests of public safety and with upcoming traffic diversions from Road, a public warning is needed for the old Tunnel Road (now Coolamon Scenic Drive) between and Ocean Shores. That road is ...
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Gas-free homes
At last councils and governments in Australia are making steps to stop the burning of gas in homes. This major fossil fuel, when burned inside a house, is the equivalent of passive smoking and a ...