The free-for-all on Tamworth’s Boulevard of Dreams is over. Here’s how buskers will be allocated their spots for the 2027 Country Music Festival, and the new sound rules they’ll need to follow.
RK Crosby
Posted inCasino, Feature, Regional Development, Sport
Casino rugby league clubhouse reopens with flood-resilient rebuild
Casino’s rugby league clubhouse, wrecked in the 2022 floods, has reopened as a $1.6 million flood-resilient rebuild.
Posted inCoffs Harbour, Good News, Local politics
New faces bolster three Coffs Harbour committees
Four locals, including a recent regional tourism award winner, have joined three City of Coffs Harbour committees covering tourism, disability access and ageing.
Posted inFeature, Local politics, Long Read, Moree Plains Shire, Politics
Three strikes and still not out: the weak council rules unable to deal with populist politicians
They run the same playbook as Pauline Hanson and Donald Trump: turn every sanction into persecution. Inside the NSW rules that still can’t make badly behaved councillors stop.
Posted inCoffs Harbour, Community development, Consultations and feedback, Feature
Coffs Harbour eyes $60 million car park fix for CBD squeeze
Coffs Harbour is short on parking, and it’s only going to get worse. Council is weighing up a $60 million fix, and wants to know what locals think first.
Posted inEmergency management, Feature, Housing, Lismore, NSW Politics, Regional Development
Northern Rivers rebuild delivers first homes, unlocks flood-free land
Four relocated homes are in. Seventy-six more lots are coming. The Northern Rivers rebuild is picking up pace, and officials say it’s changing lives on the ground.
Posted inCoffs Harbour, Community development, Feature, Public Transport
Coffs Harbour bus interchange upgrade to ease city centre crush
A $1 million upgrade is about to transform one of Coffs Harbour’s busiest transport hubs, with new crossings, shelters and a traffic-calming redesign. Construction starts within weeks.
Posted inFeature, Fundraiser, Health, Lismore, What's on
Lismore fun run set for biggest one yet this Sunday
Elvis impersonators, gorillas and a Where’s Wally have all crossed the line before. This Sunday, Lismore’s biggest fun run returns, and organisers say it could be the biggest yet.
Posted inEconomy, Feature, Immigration, NSW News
NSW growth to ride almost entirely on migration
NSW’s entire population growth for the next 40 years will come from overseas migration, and then some. A new report shows just how much the state’s future rides on it.
Posted inAgriculture, Crime, Oxley Island
Christmas oyster heist leaves local producer reeling
A local producer still rebuilding after the floods has lost his entire Christmas stock, 400,000 oysters worth $350,000, in what is suspected to be a professional theft.