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Bycatch from shark nets almost doubles in the second month of trials, with dolphins, turtles and rays caught and killed.
Topics: shark, endangered-and-protected-species, marine-biology, marine-parks, ballina-2478, evans-head-2473, lismore-2480
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The New South Wales Opposition is calling for an external investigation into the Ballina Hospital's emergency department.
Topics: healthcare-facilities, health-administration, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, community-and-society, ballina-2478, lismore-2480, nsw
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Topics: healthcare-facilities, ballina-2478
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The intense publicity generated by a series of shark attacks on the New South Wales North Coast this season is testing the resilience of communities that rely on tourism to the region.
Topics: shark, human-interest, animal-attacks, ballina-2478, byron-bay-2481, forster-2428, nsw, australia
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| UpdatedSurfers says the constant real-time monitoring of shark movements along Australia's coast has led to a more anxious mentality among surfers.
Topics: surfing, community-and-society, environment, shark, newcastle-2300, ballina-2478, sydney-2000, melbourne-3000, perth-6000
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| UpdatedNew South Wales tribute artist Craig Teys hangs up his flashy jumpsuit and microphone after crooning and gyrating like Elvis for his fans for the past three decades.
Topics: music, arts-and-entertainment, community-and-society, offbeat, human-interest, ballina-2478, south-bingera-4670, christmas-island, indonesia
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CCTV from the Ballina police station, in northern NSW, shows an incident in January 2011 that led to assault charges against several officers. The officers were subsequently cleared.
Topics: police, ballina-2478
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| UpdatedFour police officers accused of assaulting an Aboriginal man in custody on the New South Wales far north coast in 2011 are found not guilty.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, assault, crime, police, nsw, ballina-2478, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedMegan Haines, a nurse who murdered two elderly patients by injecting them with insulin, is sentenced to 36 six years in jail with a minimum non-parole period of 27 years.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, murder-and-manslaughter, ballina-2478, lismore-2480, sydney-2000
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It is surprising to see so many great white sharks off the New South Wales far north coast this late in the year, a senior research scientist from the Department of Primary Industries (DPI) says.
Topics: shark, marine-parks, science-and-technology, biology, marine-biology, ballina-2478, lennox-head-2478
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Topics: shark, marine-parks, science-and-technology, biology, marine-biology, ballina-2478
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Topics: shark, marine-parks, science-and-technology, biology, marine-biology, ballina-2478
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Bone broth chefs Andy Pierce and Peter Fleming in Cherry tree Kitchen, northern rivers NSW
Topics: food-processing, food-and-beverage, ballina-2478
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A so-called 'super food' with a host of healthy benefits, producers of bone broth are seeing an exponential growth in sales.
Topics: diet-and-nutrition, food-and-cooking, food-processing, beef-cattle, ballina-2478, casino-2470
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Topics: volunteers, ballina-2478, lismore-2480
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Charities and not-for-profit organisations are urged to tap in to the enthusiasm of Generations Y and Z as the world marks International Volunteer Day.
Topics: community-and-society, volunteers, ballina-2478, lismore-2480
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An animal activist tries to place a net over NSW Premier Mike Baird during an event to mark the installation of shark nets off the state's north coast.
Topics: government-and-politics, states-and-territories, animals-and-nature, environmental-management, ballina-2478
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| UpdatedAn animal rights activist attempts to capture Premier Mike Baird in a net during a clash between protesters and department staff as Ballina rolls out its first shark net.
Topics: shark, environmental-impact, environmental-management, surfing, oceans-and-reefs, ballina-2478
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| UpdatedPolice lied about what happened to a young man in custody at a north coast NSW police station, in an attempt to have him convicted of a crime he did not commit, a court hears.
Topics: police, crime, law-crime-and-justice, ballina-2478, lismore-2480, sydney-2000
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Shark nets will be rolled out along five beaches on the New South Wales far-north coast.
Topics: shark, ballina-2478, lennox-head-2478, evans-head-2473, lismore-2480
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Hundreds of people braved sweltering temperatures on the New South Wales north coast today to voice their support for a planned six-month shark net trial in the region.
Topics: shark, environmental-management, environmental-policy, environmental-impact, surfing, oceans-and-reefs, ballina-2478
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| UpdatedMegan Haines is found guilty of the murders of two elderly women who were injected with lethal doses of insulin at St Andrews nursing home in Ballina.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, ballina-2478, nsw
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| UpdatedAs northern New South Wales residents continue to debate the best way to deal with shark attacks in the region, we take a look at the pros and cons of the most popular options.
Topics: shark, marine-biology, lifestyle-and-leisure, community-and-society, human-interest, animal-attacks, environment, oceans-and-reefs, ballina-2478, evans-head-2473, lennox-head-2478
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| UpdatedThe deaths of two nursing home residents allegedly injected with fatal doses of insulin may not have been considered suspicious if they had happened in isolation, the NSW Supreme Court hears.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, ballina-2478, nsw