Ballina Information Blog

Exercise can slow the rate of dementia and improve the day-to-day lives of dementia sufferers, a new study by Southern Cross University has found.
Dr John Stevens and Mark Killeen, from SCU’s Department of Nursing and Health Care Practices, conducted a randomised trial involving 75 residents of six aged care facilities on the North Coast of [...]

Ballina Seagulls have found their best form, beating Northern Rivers Regional Rugby League competition leaders Cudgen 26-22 today at Kingsford Smith Park, Ballina.
After losing their first three games of the season, the Seagulls have won three on the trot, beating Byron Bay, Mullumbimby and Cudgen.
Brenton Cochrane, the lightning-fast centre, scored three tries to pave the [...]

A small south-east swell has provided moderate conditions this week and the trend looks set to continue over the weekend, with moderate south to south-east winds forecast.
North Wall at Ballina and Flat Rock have been popular, with the Wall, as usual, picking up the biggest of the swell– waves over a metre have kept surfers [...]

National Palliative Care Week (May 21-27) is a time to focus on the vital support role played by healthcare professionals, family members and carers in supporting local people in need of palliative care, according to the North Coast Area Health Service (NCAHS).
The NCAHS says more than 132,000 Australians die each year, about half from diseases [...]

A previous entry on Ballina Info reports that Ballina is set to become the Richmond-Tweed area’s third major regional centre behind Lismore and Tweed Heads under the State Labor Government’s draft long-term strategy.
“NSW Planning Minister Frank Sartor says the planning strategy will guide the region’s growth for the next 25 years and support the creation [...]

Yesterday’s visit to Ballina High School by the Deputy Leader of the Federal Labor Party, Jenny Macklin, proved that the Labor Party was more interested in playing politics than helping to establish an Australian Technical College (ATC) for Northern Rivers students, Federal Nationals Member for Page, Ian Causley, said.
Mr Causley said that Ms Macklin’s claim that [...]

The Northern Rivers area was desperate for trades training, there was a massive shortage of carpenters, bricklayers, plumbers and electricians and teenage unemployment in the local area is at 34 per cent, Deputy Leader of the Opposition Jenny Macklin said after she visited Ballina High School yesterday to discuss the Lismore/Ballina Technical College.
Ms Macklin says [...]

NSW Police and the Australian High Tech Crime Centre (AHTCC) have today issued a warning to internet banking customers following a rise in the number of ‘phishing’ attacks.
‘Phishing’ involves the sending of spam emails which purport to be from a bank. The emails look real and ask customers to log on to their bank site [...]

Former Alstonville High School student Robert Smithson, who now is Southern Cross University’s Invercauld House chef, has been given a big challenge.
He has only today to prepare a banquet – using ingredients sourced from local growers – for a party of 80 guests attending the conference centre tomorrow for a regional cuisine tour.
The banquet will be [...]

Ballina Shire Council has prepared its draft Management Plan for the financial year 2006/07 and the plan includes a proposal to apply to the Minister for Local Government for an increase in rate income of 3.72 per cent above the NSW rate pegging limit.
The council says the draft Management Plan outlines items such as:

The proposed [...]