Ballina Information Blog

The economic crisis and a theft have hit Australian Seabird Rescue.  ASR volunteers have been working overtime this summer rescuing a wide variety of marine wildlife, educating the public and cleaning up our waterways.  But economic times are tough, with a major sponsor being forced to halve funding to the organisation due to the financial crisis, [...]

Environmental fishing group ECOfishers has installed a device on a local creek which it hopes will prevent further fish kills during flooding of the Richmond River. The device is a ‘drum gate’, and the first one has been installed at Montis Creek at Broadwater. “Toxic water stored behind flood mitigation gates and in agricultural drains [...]

Former Ballina man Matt Hawkins will take another step towards his goal of refereeing in the NRL’s top grade when he controls the Under-20 trial match between the Gold Coast Titans and New Zealand Warriors at Oakes Oval, Lismore, on Saturday night. Hawkins, 25, has come a long way since he began refereeing in the Group [...]

Solicitor Sean Radburn (pictured with his family) is eagerly awaiting completion of his two-storey home within Lennox Head’s boutique residential estate, Elevation. “With three children we were impressed with the playground, the level building blocks, the sea breezes and views,” he said. The recent drops in interest rates and the increase in the first home [...]

It will be a big day in Ballina Shire on Sunday, with Clean Up Australia Day activities in the morning followed by a concert to raise funds for the Victorian bushire victims from noon at Missingham amphitheatre. Grab your hat, gloves, sturdy shoes, sunglasses, water and sunscreen and turn up at one of the following [...]

Building your ideal home in the Ballina and Lennox Head areas is now more attainable for those on a budget, a recent report has found. The report by PRDnationwide Queensland research analyst Aaron Maskrey provides an area overview of population, age structure and area characteristics while highlighting the housing market and outlook within the area. [...]

NSW Country Women’s Association President Margaret Roberts has thanked all 5124 shoppers who made a purchase last Friday at Ballina Woolworths as they have contributed to the $7,067,992 that has been raised nationally for Backing our Farmers Day. Last Friday’s profits from Woolworths and Safeway stores will be given to the Country Women’s Association (CWA) [...]

Great news for Alstonville residents and those who commute through the village — the bypass construction is about to start. Federal Member for Page Janelle Saffin today announced that the contract for construction work for the bypass has been awarded to Reed Constructions Australia. “The Rudd Government is getting on with the job of delivering [...]

Ballina Shire residents have joined with the rest of the nation in being overwhelmingly generous to the Victorian bushfire fund-raising efforts, but there’s even more to come. Northern Rivers musicians are uniting to hold a fund-raising concert for the bushfire victims. With the support of Ballina Shire Council and the Lions Club, bands, soloists and [...]

Ballina Shire shoppers can help farming families and communities across the country by shopping at Woolworths this Friday. Woolworths will donate the entire day’s profit to the Country Women’s Association (CWA) to aid farming families and communities. NSW Country Women’s Association president Mrs Margaret Roberts said that regional communities have been so generous with their [...]