Visual artist Jennifer Boyle has combined her love of horses and of early history to create a unique photographic exhibit for Southern Cross University’s Exit 06 Visual Arts exhibition, opening at 5.30pm this Friday, November 3.
Jennifer, from Bangalow, is one of the 53 graduating students whose work will be on display at the University’s Visual […]
The NSW Labor Government’s plan to entice public servants to regional areas with an annual $5000 bonus and home buying help does not go far enough to address falling regional staff numbers, Shadow Minister for Regional Development Don Page said today.
Mr Page said that while he supported the initiative, the NSW Government needed to be […]
Independent News & Media (INM) is looking to increase its stake in Australia’s APN News Media, and has confirmed that it has made an offer to buy out minority shareholders.
APN publishes a host of Australian provincial newspapers, including this area’s local daily, The Northern Star, and associated local weeklies.
INM said it had approached the board […]
Professor Paul Clark, pictured, suspects that like himself, most men think they are bullet proof.
But Southern Cross University’s Vice-Chancellor realised what a very tenuous grasp on life we all have when he was diagnosed with prostate cancer last year. He has since had treatment and the cancer has not spread to other parts of his body.
“It […]
Our weekly surf reports are becoming repetitive — about the only things that change are the strength of the northerlies and the size of an ever-diminishing swell.
Today the wind is howling from the north and the swell is virtually non-existent — the same pattern we’ve been reporting on for what seems months now.
So much for […]
The NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) and tourism groups, Tweed Tourism and the Rainforest Way, agree that Mt Warning (Wollumbin) remains open for tourism.
Both groups support the new sign at the base of Mt Warning as a step forward in recognising the importance of the mountain to the Bundjalung people, and in promoting […]
Ballina Shire Council today voiced its opposition to a proposed seven-storey development on the riverbank just west of the RSL Club.
The council voted to advise the Department of Planning that the Ballina Gateway project be amended to comply with the Ballina Local Environment Plan (LEP) and the Combined Development Control Plan (DCP).
Parts of the Gateway […]
A teenage boy is expected to appear in court next month following an alleged home invasion which left two males injured at Suffolk Park on Tuesday.
Police said that about 6.30pm on Tuesday, a group of males allegedly attended a residence in Suffolk Park where they entered the house and assaulted two males inside.
The group ransacked the house […]
Well-established local business Bennett Hire’s general equipment arm has been acquired by Coates Hire.
Coates Hire is Australia’s largest equipment hire business, with more than 115 years in the industry.
Bennett Hire has bases in Ballina and Lismore. The business hires a range of equipment suitable for small handyman jobs right through to equipment for large constructions.
Coates […]
Southern Cross University’s Centre for Children and Young People is celebrating National Children’s Week with a Kids’ Art Exhibition, featuring the work of local children, at the Lismore campus.
The Member for Page, Mr Ian Causley, will be visiting the Centre on Thursday (October 26) to view the exhibition and hear more about the work being […]
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