Tag: lismore
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LISMORE WORKERS FURIOUS AFTER BEING EXPOSED TO DEADLY ASBESTOS
Employees at Lismore’s Recycling and Recovery Centre are seeing red, after being exposed to asbestos on seven different occasions in the past week. The toxic fibre was illegally dumped at the site, leaving council to try and track down the offenders.
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BRIGHT FUTURE AHEAD FOR GRACE PARSONS
Caniaba cricketer Grace Parsons is making her mark on the sport. The 12-year-old has captained a number of sides, and just represented New South Wales at the national School Sport Cricket Championships.
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COUNCIL CONSIDERING THE FUTURE OF BLAKEBROOK QUARRY
Those on the market for a new quarry could be in luck, with Lismore Council conisdering how Blakebrook Quarry will be operated in the future. While selling the site isn’t its preferred option, council hasn’t ruled it out – if a lucrative offer were to be made.
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MAN CHARGED OVER 2014 BREAK IN FREED ON BAIL
A man charged over a break in at a Lismore home in 2014, has been freed on conditional bail. The 29 year old appeared before Lismore Local Court this morning charged with aggravated break and enter and armed robbery He’s accused of entering the High Street home and confronting a young woman with a knife,…
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KNITTING NANNAS READY FOR FIGHT FURTHER SOUTH
After ridding the Northern Rivers of coal seam gas mining, protestors have shifted focus. They’ve now set their sights on Santos’ Pilliga CSG operations, while also lending a hand to campaigners overseas.
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WORLD’S BEST GO HEAD-TO-HEAD AT SPEEDWAY
Some of the best drivers from Australia, New Zealand and America will go head to head this weekend, in the final rounds of the World Midget Car Championship. Among them, Sydney’s Nathan Smee – who’s sitting in third position.
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PEZZUTTI AVOIDS PILE-UP, WINS ‘MODIFIED MASTERS’
V8 dirt modified driver Andrew Pezzutti has made light work of his opposition at Lismore Speedway last night. The former Australian champion comfortably defeated Scott Cannon, while Toowoomba’s Ray Klarich filled third place.
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TWO ARRESTED AFTER POLICE SEIZE CASH AND PROHIBITED DRUGS NEAR LISMORE
Two men have been charged, after drugs were seized from a house near Lismore yesterday. About 5pm, police searched a home on Wenga Drive at Alstonvale. During the search, police allegedly discovered cannabis seeds, MDMA powder, illicit mushrooms, cash and 1.15kg of cannabis, with an estimated street value of $25,375. A 24-year-old man was arrested,…
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EXTRA POLICE ON THE BEAT OVER AUSTRALIA DAY
Double demerit points will apply from midnight, as police begin the final leg of Operation Arrive Alive. Extra officers will be on the beat, cracking down on drivers doing the wrong thing.
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KNITTING NANNAS TAKE FIGHT TO PILLIGA
Two anti-CSG campaigners from Lismore have been charged after a protest at Santos’ Narrabri gas project. Theresa Mason and Angela Dalu, both from a group known as the ‘Knitting Nannas’, chained themselves to the gates of the site’s wastewater treatement facility, before they were escorted away by police. The pair will front Narrabri Local Court…