Independent analysis says a looming pesticide fee hike could shrink farmers’ access to new products and push grocery prices even higher. Here’s the industry’s warning.
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Posted inFeature, Grants and funding, North Coast Surrounds
Active ageing grants open across Northern NSW
Community groups and organisations across Northern NSW can apply for grants of up to $30,000 to help older people stay active, socially connected and independent.
Posted inGrants and funding, Local News
Nine North Coast towns share in rural grants boost
Nine North Coast towns, from Alstonville to Wilsons Creek, have landed a share of $290,986 in rural community grants.
Posted inFeature, Grants and funding, Housing, Toormina
Northern NSW hemp home builder secures $2 million in state funding
A Northern NSW startup building homes from hemp has landed $2 million to scale up its Toormina manufacturing facility, for what it says will be Australia’s first large-scale hemp SIP plant.
Posted inDomestic Violence, Feature, Grants and funding, NSW News
$40m boost for family violence program
A $40 million funding boost means all 52 Staying Home Leaving Violence services in NSW will get a 50 per cent budget lift, helping more women and children stay safely in their own homes.
Posted inAlstonville, Feature, Grants and funding, Health, Indigenous
Alstonville healing service wins $20,000 cultural grant
A new healing service for Northern Rivers women and children just got a $20,000 boost, part of a statewide push to fund Aboriginal-led cultural projects.
Posted inKyogle Shire, Local politics, Money
Kyogle Council’s decade-long waste levy fight finally pays off
A decade of lobbying, one unfair tax scrapped for good. Kyogle ratepayers are set to save up to $400,000 a year after the state finally agreed the levy should never have applied to them.
Posted inCoffs Harbour, Community development, Grants and funding
Coffs Harbour locks in $8 million funding plan for Jetty Strip makeover
Half a billion dollars in development is heading for Coffs Harbour’s Jetty Strip, and council has just locked in how it’s going to pay for the upgrade to match.
Posted inBusiness, Grants and funding, NSW News
NSW opens $6 million fund to help manufacturers adopt new technology
NSW manufacturers can now apply for grants of up to $50,000 to help them adopt new technology, under a new $6 million state government fund.
Posted inGrants and funding, Nambucca Heads, Youth
Grants open for youth safety projects
Grants of up to $40,000 are on offer for community groups tackling youth crime and building safer communities, with a Nambucca Heads project already among those benefiting. Applications close 11 September.