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Good riddance to bad rubbish idea
It was with great relief at the 19th June extraordinary council ‘budget’ meeting that the majority of councillors walked back from the brink of forcing a regional landfill (“mega dump”) on the Blakebrook community. What a relief! What a victory! Let’s celebrate! At this meeting, the 2026-2027 budget included a ~$1.3 million line item to…
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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…
