Minister for Police Michael Daley today announced that a $100,000 reward would be offered to help Police solve the disappearance and suspected murder of Lennox Head woman Bronwyn Winfield.
Mr Daley said there are grave concerns for the welfare of the 31-year-old, who disappeared 16 years ago.
“Ms Winfield was last seen at her Lennox Head home [...]
Water quality of a Third World country at our doorstep
Jancine Harrison lives alongside Rocky Mouth Creek at Woodburn, and holds great fears of another major fish kill in the Richmond River. She submitted these thoughts and pictures to Ballina Info …
In my opinion conditions are ripe once again for another fish kill in the Richmond [...]
The Far North Coast Canoe Club is running the 8th Paddle for Life – supported by local businesses and community organisations.
This year’s fundraising slogan is ‘$20,000 in Twenty Ten’ to be distributed equally between two local charities, Summerland Early Intervention and Southern Cross LADS.
Summerland Early Intervention Programme (SEIP) provides essential support for children from birth [...]
Recycling and reusing items in materialising artworks will be the focus of free art workshops to be held at the Northern Rivers Community Gallery during March.
Sculptor Teah Fort will be running two workshops sponsored by the Ballina Shire Council Waste Education Program on Saturday 13 March in conjunction with her exhibition, ‘Rare Plastics’.
The first session [...]
Kevin Purtill (38), of Blue Seas Parade, Lennox Head, was arrested for the murder of missing Byron Bay man John ‘Jack’ Garda (54) at Lennox Head on Monday, February 8. His brother Warren Purtill (46) of Byron Bay has been charged with being an accessory after the fact to murder.
The Byron Bay businessman went missing [...]
It’s Clean Up Australia Day on Sunday, March 7, and there are various locations around Ballina Shire where you can help out.
East Ballina Landcare will clean up the paperbark wetland next to Southern Cross School K-12, Links Avenue, East Ballina, from 8.30am to about 10am.
A clean-up will take place at South Ballina Beach Road from [...]
Two Far North Coast politicians are pushing for the return of mobile breast screening to local area.
Greens MP Ian Cohen will ask Health Minister Carmel Tebbutt about improving access for all Northern Rivers women to the new breast screen machines that are at Tweed Heads and Lismore, while Member for Ballina Don Page (pictured) has [...]
Ballina Shire residents who work out of their town of residence could save on costs involved in getting to work by being a part of Australia’s first regional carpool network, to be launched on Thursday.
Ballina Shire Council is one of the six local councils helping to fund the network.
Already, partner organisation Southern Cross University has [...]
The Minister for Education and Deputy Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, and the Federal Member for Page, Janelle Saffin, visited Ballina Public School today to inspect progress on Building the Education Revolution (BER) projects.
Ballina Public school received $2.35 million under the Primary Schools for the 21st Century (P21) initiative for a new school hall and covered [...]
The Rotary Club of Ballina’s annual Bookfest is on again.
This year it will be located at 166 River Street, right next door to Brumby’s.
The sale starts at 9am on Monday, February 15, and runs until Saturday, February 20.
Thousands of books have been donated from right across the Ballina Shire, so there will be something for [...]
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