The NSW Government is moving to introduce a minimum age for e-bike riders and adopt tougher European safety standards, in reforms set to affect families and young riders across the New England.
Yasmin Catley
Posted inHealth, Lismore
New mental health support teams hit the ground in Lismore
Lismore residents will have expanded access to crisis mental health care, with a new mobile suicide prevention team launched and a specialist clinician embedded with local police under the PACER program.
Posted inGeneral News, Local News
NSW Government issues urgent plea to motorists to drive safely throughout summer holidays: Double demerits in force
The State Government has issued an urgent plea for motorists to drive safely ahead of the busy holiday period, as traffic volumes increase across New South Wales and double demerits come into force.
Posted inLocal News
North Coast police ranks boosted by record-breaking class of recruits
Communities across the NSW North Coast are set to see a boost in frontline policing, with 65 new probationary constables joining the Northern Region as part of the largest graduating class in more than a decade.
Posted inCrime, Local News, News, NSW Politics, Politics, Social issues and services
Regional crime inquiry gets green light
National Party politicians have been congratulating each other on the establishment of a new inquiry into community safety and crime in regional NSW this week.