A group of Ballina Electorate athletes has been awarded grants under the 2006 NSW Country Athletes Scheme, Member for Ballina Don Page said today.
“I am pleased to announce 11 local athletes received total funding of $10,300 under the Country Athletes Scheme,” Mr Page, pictured, said.
The successful recipients are:
· Zali Fung, Athletics NSW
· Amanda Jennings, Little Athletics […]
Mid-year admission information sessions for prospective students are being held at Southern Cross University’s Lismore campus, in the campus central building near the Military Road entrance, on Wednesday, May 31, from 4pm until 8pm.
SCU says staff will provide information on how to gain entry to university, course options, application processes, associated costs of university study […]
As the annual humpback whale migration gets under way along Australia’s east coast, fears are mounting over the future of whale conservation, according to Southern Cross University’s Whale Research Centre.
The centre, which last year completed a comprehensive population estimate of the humpback population, has echoed concerns by the Federal Environment Minister and the International Fund […]
Ned Kelly has been found, and Alison James is one happy woman.
We reported earlier this month (see http://www.ballina.info/blog/2006/05/05/ned-kellys-gone-missing-and-alison-wants-him-back/) how Alison’s Ned Kelly-shaped letter box had gone missing from her Rifle Range Road home.
Well, Ned was found last weekend at the Wyrallah Road golf practice range. Alison was informed and gleefully went to pick him up.
“Just […]
A new study has found floods in the Richmond and Clarence rivers are having a significant impact on dolphin populations, prompting calls for changes to agricultural and flood management practices.
Southern Cross University Whale Research Centre PhD candidate Christine Fury has spent the last two-and-a-half years studying the habitat use and behaviour of Bottlenose dolphins in […]
Sport coaches on the North Coast are set to benefit from a coaching conference being held on June 3 and 4 at the NSW Sport and Recreation Centre at Lennox Head, according to the North Coast Academy of Sport.
“Sponsored by local community credit union BCU, and named Smarter Coaching 2006, the conference will involve an […]
Sections of Bundjalung National Park will be closed this week as part of a campaign to eradicate bitou bush, a plant which was introduced from South Africa and was used to stabilise sand dunes after sand mining.
And ironically, an Australian plant being choked by bitou bush which was introduced to South Africa for the same purpose of […]
NSW Sport and Recreation has teamed up with Surfing NSW to offer an accredited Level 1 Surf-Riding Coaching Course in Lennox Head in June.
Lennox Head has a world renowned reputation for its right point break and has been selected as one of only two regional venues for this year’s National Coaching Accreditation Scheme (NCAS) throughout […]
The NSW Government’s plan to offer school-based apprenticeships to HSC students in Sydney highlights Labor’s lack of interest in the skills shortages facing rural and regional areas, Shadow Minister for Skills Development and Training Don Page said today.
Mr Page, the Member for Ballina, said that the announcement of the creation of 10 trade schools in […]
Today’s Senate Estimates hearings have confirmed that Telstra’s fibre to the node broadband plans currently being discussed with the ACCC are limited to the five mainland capital cities, according to the Australian Labor Party.
The ALP says that as it stands, major regional cities like Hobart, Newcastle, Ballarat and Townsville will all miss out on the […]
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