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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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Long awaited flood report released
The CSIRO has released its final report for the Northern Rivers Resilience Initiative (NRRI) on flood mitigation which used complex modelling to investigate the impact of water detention projects on river levels during flooding in the Richmond River catchment. Utilising data from the 2008, 2017 and 2022 floods and information from Northern Rivers residents, the…
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Circular Timber
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Australia has an opportunity to lead the way in recovering valuable building materials, according to a new research report from Living Lab Northern Rivers, Circular Timber. The report shows that carefully deconstructing buildings – rather than demolishing them – can save high-quality timber, reduce waste and create local jobs, and recommends national guidelines so the…
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RDT is a wicked weapon in the drug war
I have more contact with Legalise Cannabis’s NSW MP Jeremy Buckingham than any of our other elected politicians. Possibly because I’m in his state, but also he’s the most hippie of the four. He has a piece of paradise in the Bellingen valley and could easily be there picking oranges in his orchard and doing…
