Lismore City Council is seeking rural representatives to strengthen community input into flood risk management and resilience planning across the region.
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Posted inNational News, Phone and Internet
Left behind: rural Aussies relying on century-old tech
With no mobile coverage to make a call, some rural Australians are turning to century-old technology and using two-way radios to communicate.
Posted inMidCoast
Penfold welcomes end of Manning Valley mining exploration
Federal Member for Lyne Alison Penfold has welcomed MCi Carbon’s decision to abandon mineral exploration in the Manning Valley.
Posted inCoffs Harbour, Grants and funding, Sawtell, Woolgoolga
Coffs Harbour funds a softer landing for basketball, and a Meals on Wheels comeback
A padded landing for basketball players, a pickleball court upgrade and a Meals on Wheels comeback in Sawtell, eight projects are sharing $150,000 in Coffs Harbour council grants.
Posted inAnimals, Clarence Valley, Environment, NSW Politics
Local MP demands government halt aerial horse cull in Yuraygir National Park
Nationals MP Richie Williamson says the government has kept locals in the dark over plans to shoot horses from the air in Yuraygir National Park, and wants it stopped.
Posted inCrime, Woolgoolga
Woolgoolga rallies around local teen as three charged with violent assault
A baseball bat, a fractured elbow and a video the whole town is talking about. Three charged over an alleged Woolgoolga assault, as locals rally to stop the footage spreading further.
Posted inBellingen Shire, Environment, Local politics
Bellingen Shire smashes climate target five years early
Bellingen Shire just cut its emissions by 69 per cent, smashing its 2030 target five years early. Solar panels, electric vehicles and a landmark power deal are behind the numbers.
Posted inScience and Research, What's on
Undercount on census night could distort more than just funding
A university researcher says an inaccurate census count doesn’t just cost councils funding, it could distort the independent research regional Australia relies on to understand itself.
Posted inCrime, Kempsey
Push for police drones to patrol Mid North Coast skies
Kempsey Shire has the second worst motor vehicle theft rate in NSW, and Michael Kemp wants police drones overhead. Turns out the state may already have Kempsey in its sights.
Posted inIndigenous, Scotts Head
Fire returns to Country at Scotts Head for the first time in decades
Fire returned to Scotts Head for the first time in decades, as Traditional Owners and the RFS carried out a cultural burn along an ancient songline stretching back to Guyra.