After almost six months of publishing — during which more than 70,000 readers viewed over 160,000 pages of our stories — Ballina News Daily is taking a short pause from daily publishing. But let us be clear: we’re not going away. We’re using this time to build and...
A multi-agency search for a missing catamaran and its two crew has ended safely overnight after the vessel was located drifting well south of its intended route. The Mangrove Jack, an 8.4-metre white catamaran, left Yamba Harbour about 8am on Saturday and was due...
Ballina’s business community is riding high after a triumphant showing at the Northern Rivers Business Awards — and the Mayor has used the moment to demand long-overdue attention from Sydney. Mayor Sharon Cadwallader said Ballina’s wins, coupled with new data...
At just 10 years old, Lennox Head schoolboy Kai Kanyaro is about to take on the best young drivers in the world — becoming the youngest-ever Australian to compete at the prestigious T4 Nations Cup World Karting Championship in Spain. As he packed his bags to head...
Ballina Byron Gateway Airport has become so costly and risky for ratepayers that even the Greens are now suggesting privatisation may be the only way forward. In what one councillor described as “not something we do very often,” Greens Cr Kiri Dicker broke with...
Police are appealing for public assistance to locate a man wanted on an outstanding warrant in northern NSW. Amena Celua, aged 48, is wanted for outstanding offences and is known to frequent the Lismore area. Celua is described as being of Pacific Islander/Maori...
Ballina Shire Mayor Sharon Cadwallader will today join more than 200 local government leaders at the Australian Mayors Summit Against Antisemitism. Hosted on the Gold Coast by Mayor Tom Tate and funded by Jewish community organisations, the conference will showcase...
A seven-year-old boy from Casino who helped save his mother’s life has been recognised alongside veteran paramedics and aircrew officers at a ceremony in Ballina celebrating courage and decades of service. In February, Elijah Phillips calmly dialled Triple Zero...
A couple escaped with only the clothes on their backs after a fire gutted their Hayman Street home late Sunday night. Flames were spilling out windows and through the roof when firefighters arrived, with the blaze believed to have been sparked by an electrical...
Ballina Players – 31/08/2025 Review by Graham Whittingham, photos by Tim Mulholland Spamalot, lovingly ripped off from the classic 1975 film Monty Python and the Holy Grail, is a raucous, irreverent, and utterly delightful musical. It delivers belly laughs,...
Soft musical harmonies greeted visitors at Ballina’s Community Connections Expo on Saturday — a gentle reminder of the extraordinary range if work done quietly by volunteers across the Shire. More than 250 groups filled the Ballina Community Centre for council’s...
