Blake Bambrook, a Year 12 student at Ballina High School, was recently honoured as one of 38 students to win a NSW Education Minister’s Award for Excellence. He was honoured again when he was chosen to give a speech of appreciation on behalf of the winners. This is his speech:
I would like to show my […]
Shadow Minister for North Coast and Member for Ballina Don Page slammed the NSW Labor Government for using its numbers in Parliament to shut down debate on the Casino to Murwillumbah rail line scheduled for last Thursday.
Mr Page said he had put forward a motion that condemned the Labor Government for axing the train and […]
Temporary signs have been placed at several beach locations between Ballina and Evans Head warning people to be aware of nesting pied oystercatchers, the General Manager, Crown Lands Division of the Department of Lands, Graham Harding, said.
“Threatened species of pied oystercatchers are currently in the midst of their annual breeding season which occurs from July […]
NSW Fishing Monthly editor Tony Zann’s weekly fishing report …
Bruce at Dave’s Bait Shop says the lower Richmond is clearing well on the rising tide after the fresh and there have been some great bream to 1.4kg caught.
There are also good whiting, flathead and still a few blackfish on the edge of the dirty water. […]
The Law Enforcement Torch Run, which is promoting next month’s Special Olympics National Games on the Gold Coast, will come to Ballina on Tuesday, September 26.
Eight New South Wales police officers are running with the torch from Sydney to Tweed Heads, where they will hand it over to their Queensland counterparts.
The Ballina section of the […]
The State Labor Government is jeopardising the future of community facilities in the Ballina electorate by significantly increasing rent on Crown Land, Member for Ballina Don Page said.
In a speech to the Lower House, Mr Page condemned the Iemma Labor Government for threatening the viability of several vital community facilities by imposing commercially based rents.
“Ballina […]
Our run of poor weekend surfing conditions continues, with a small northerly swell and strong north winds.
And it looks like there’s little chance of improving conditions over the weekend, with northerlies forecast.
The protected spots such as north Flat Rock and South Wall could have small waves. Best of luck …
Ballina RSL general manager Bill Coulter is one of eight former Southern Cross University students, in fields ranging from business to sports science, who are in the running to be named the Alumnus of the Year at the University graduation in Lismore on Saturday (September 23).
The Alumnus of the Year award, first introduced in 2004, […]
NSW Fishing Monthly editor Tony Zann’s weekly fishing report …
Bruce at Dave’s Bait Shop says there is a fair bit of a fresh in the Richmond, pushing everything downstream around the walls and the last reach of the river.
Bream, whiting and blackfish have been caught around the walls and the Porpoise Wall.
A little sea is […]
The swell is small and the wind is onshore, so it looks like another weekend of ordinary surf.
South-east to easterly winds are forecast. The best bet will be an early start in the hope of getting a beach break somewhere.
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