Ballina Information Blog

ANZ and Southern Cross University have joined forces to provide increased opportunities for Indigenous students through a new $15,000 scholarship.
The ANZ Indigenous Undergraduate Scholarship was launched this week by Professor Bill MacGillivray, Southern Cross University Deputy Vice-Chancellor, as part of the NAIDOC Week celebrations at the Lismore campus.
The launch was followed by an address by [...]

Ballina.Info readers continue to tell us about how they were fined for speeding at St Helena, where it is claimed that the speed camera is faulty.
“I have had 2 speeding fines for that area … I’m aware of the limit as I’ve grown up there and often visit,” Andrew Addenbrook wrote.
“One such fine was when [...]

A new Federal Labor Party policy which would give the States complete discretion over how they spend Federal grants is a major threat to the North Coast, Page Nationals candidate Chris Gulaptis said.
“This proposal will not end the Canberra-Sydney blame game, but it will end any hope we have of getting our fair share of [...]

Ballina athlete Chris Hendry is counting the days until the start of the 2007 Special Olympics World Games in Shanghai, China.
Chris, who will compete in the 100m, 200m and relays, is one of a 166-strong team, the largest ever sent by Special Olympics Australia (SOA) to an overseas Games.
“This team will be the largest Australia [...]

This week marks Local Government Week across NSW, and Ballina Shire Council says it provides councils a focus to promote the importance of Local Government to the community.
“The theme for this year’s Local Government Week is A Climate for Change, which reflects not only the current interest in global warming and the issues arising from [...]