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Labour’s fracking plans
The Minns Labor Government pressed go on their plan to bring gas fracking back to NSW at the end of April, and to try and attract Santos and friends to the table. Labor decided to reduce the cost of gas exploration licences by 98% – another government hand out to the corporate fossil fuel industry.…
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Report slams performance of post-flood programs
The NSW Reconstruction Authority (RA) has begun rolling out a new series of targeted information and industry sessions to help flood-impacted residents in the Northern Rivers move from the planning phase into active construction and relocation. This comes in the wake of the NSW Auditor-General’s scathing report on the performance of the $880 million Resilient…
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Locals walk for stolen children, land and lives
Disappointed by the result of the voice to parliament, Geoff Reid decided to do something to draw attention to a sad part of indigenous history. He set out on a ‘Walk 4 Stolen Children Land and Lives’ from Ballina to Myall Creek, stopping at several massacre sites along the way. His intention was to walk…
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Monumental win for North Lismore Plateau Protection Association
It may seem difficult to keep up with the epic battle for Banyam Biagham, the North Lismore Plateau. Surely it’s all sorted by now? So you might think, but the fight to protect Aboriginal heritage is often a long hard one. There are many envious eyes turned to high ground around Lismore, and rightly so.…
