Ballina Shire Council has taken a critical step forward in delivering two new bridges to improve flood evacuation routes and remove traffic bottlenecks on crucial approaches to Ballina Island. At a rare extraordinary meeting held today, councillors voted...
Ballina’s business community put on its best for the annual Business Excellence Awards — a night that recognises the passion, resilience and ingenuity of local enterprises across the shire. Held at Ballina RSL, the gala event showcased everything from small...
Ballina Shire is set to become home to a landmark cultural institution at the heart of Bundjalung Country, as the Bundjalung Tribal Society (BTS) marks its 50th anniversary with a landmark new beginning. Construction has officially begun on a new Aboriginal...
Ballina is the baseline of the most significant flood prevention initiative in Australian history — and now locals are being urged to step up to make sure it’s delivered. The CSIRO has unveiled a shortlist of 15 major flood mitigation projects across the Richmond...
Alstonville Fire Station — the second busiest in the Northern Rivers — has unveiled its long-awaited $2 million upgrade, with the freshly rebuilt facility now serving as a blueprint for future fire station upgrades across NSW. Responding to an average of 700...
Ballina Shire Council has unanimously agreed to name a previously unnamed road in the airport precinct after the town’s very own aircraft — the locally designed and built Lightwing. The decision came after Mayor Sharon Cadwallader tabled a special Mayoral Minute,...
Ballina’s Biggest “community focused” Morning Tea happened at L.J. Hooker this week. There was a large amount of people wandering in and out of the Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea at LJ Hooker in River Street yesterday, with satisfied smiles on their...
Two-times Nationals candidate for Richmond, Kimberly Hone has thrown her support behind the Coalition parties going their seperate ways for now, saying it will ultimately benefit them both and the broader community. Hone, who has indicated she intends to seek...
A fishing tradition dating back to Indigenous times has once again endured in Ballina, despite fears that murky river conditions following Cyclone Alfred would jeopardise this year’s catch. To the surprise and relief of local fishermen, the mullet have arrived,...
Nationals Deputy Leader Kevin Hogan will take a 25 per cent pay cut after his party walked away from a formal Coalition agreement with the Liberals. Speaking on Tuesday night just hours after the announcement, the newly installed Deputy Nationals Leader from...
Ballina has at least seven streets named after foreign aircraft—including Boeing, Cessna and De Havilland. The most recent, Hercules Avenue, was added last month to honour the American military workhorse. But one aircraft has been left off the map: the locally...
