As an initiative to bring the Far North Coast residents a better standard of interactive online news the team here at Ballina Info are proud to announce the launch of the Far North Coaster.
The Far North Coaster has been put together in a blog format that is designed to encourage the local community to get […]
Daylight saving ends this Sunday, April 6, and the NSW Fire Brigades (NSWFB) reminds all NSW residents to change their smoke alarm batteries when they change back their clocks.
In 2007 the fire services recorded just under 11,000 residential fires nationally resulting in 70 deaths, 22 of those deaths occurred in NSW.
NSWFB Commissioner Greg Mullins said […]
Next week is National Youth Week, and the Ballina Youth Interagency will celebrate with an unplugged music event.
The event will be at the BDCSA Youth Activity Centre, 32 Swift Street, Ballina, on Tuesday, April 8, from 3.30pm-6pm.
Performers will include Ballina’s The Jaywalks, Anoesis and female duo, Playford and Green. The event will be supervised by […]
Seniors Week activities in Ballina next week promise to be informative — and a lot of fun!
The Rotary Club of Ballina is hosting a two-day 50s-plus expo at Ballina RSL Club on Monday, April 7, and Tuesday, April 8, with more than 40 exhibitors.
Promising to be a lot of fun is the Mobility Scooter Derby […]
Licensed venues in the Richmond Local Area Command are being warned to adopt strict responsible service of alcohol, security and ID checking procedures after a covert operation detected unacceptable levels of intoxication and other liquor law breaches.
The NSW Office of Liquor, Gaming and Racing’s Strategic Enforcement Branch and police from the Richmond LAC inspected 10 […]
Police have arrested and charged a man with the murder of a woman, found dead at Alstonville this morning.
About 3.40am today, police from Richmond Local Area Command attended a house in Deegan Drive, where they discovered the body of a 48-year-old woman.
She had sustained injuries to her upper body.
A crime scene was secured at the […]
The Child Support Agency (CSA) is holding a free Community Information Session on 9 April 2008 at 6:30pm for separated parents in Lismore and the surrounding region.
“Representatives from Centrelink, Medicare Australia, Legal Aid, the Commonwealth Ombudsman, Family Relationship Centres and other local community service providers have been invited,” Page MP Janelle Saffin said.
“This information session […]
NSW Premier Morris Iemma’s recent comments that he is prepared to look at political donations reform has received support from an unlikely quarter.
Ballina MP Don Page says he has again reaffirmed his support for the abolition of all political donations from developers, associations and unions.
“The current public perception is that corporations and organisations can buy […]
The North Coast Nationals MPs Don Page, Thomas George, Steve Cansdell and Geoff Provest, are calling for a tick crisis meeting following an outbreak of deadly cattle disease in Alstonville and Burringbar this week.
Clarence Nationals MP Steve Cansdell said the meeting should be held in the region’s beef capital Casino as soon as possible.
“We want […]
Members of Australian Seabird (and Sea Turtle) Rescue celebrated another successful sea turtle rehabilitation this week in Byron Bay.
The magnificent Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) was found by Ballina Shire Council employee James Brideson, stranded and distressed in thick polluted storm foam on Angels Beach on January 11. Suffering from severe Float Syndrome, “Angel” was […]
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