Lismore's mayor Isaac Smith has this morning been granted an interim protection order against Big Rob, the man who ran against him in the last local government election.
The Gonski Bus, which promotes needs-based funding to schools, will be visiting Kingscliff today and Lismore tomorrow to show support for to a union campaign to get the Federal Government to commit to Gonski funding.
A Gold Coast surfer has been left ‘stinging’ after a close encounter with a leaping dolphin at the Tweed's renowned surf break at Duranbah Beach.
NSW Premier Gladys Berijiklian is without a parliamentary secretary after the shock resignation of Lennox Head-based Liberal MLC Catherine Cusack.
Malcolm Price, president, Creative Mullum Inc. We philosopher kings of Creative Mullumbimby, although to be fair we are philosopher kings and queens, are committed to creating public art that tells local stories about people and place, that employs our many artists who are such an integral part of our community.
Cr Catherine Coorey. The Byron Shire Echo (1/3/17) reported that I voted against moving forward with Byron Shire Council's Draft Residential Strategy that included measures for delivering ‘affordable' housing. I fully support measures for low cost housing to ensure that Byron is a broad demography, not just an enclave of well-heeled retirees and refugees from the city scattered among empty holiday let houses. Disclosure: I am a refugee from the city.
The bright metallic blue-green dragonfly zigzags throughout the front garden. For the quarter hour I could track it, this insect never pauses.
The young bloke has no shirt and is wearing pants so low, the bush of his pubic hair sits above the belt-line like a desert plant burnt brown by a still-fierce autumnal sun and tenuously rooted in the pot of his shorts.