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Harvest time
News May 17, 2012, 3:25 p.m.
AN OUTDOOR festival, in the middle of winter, in Lismore. It could be a recipe for disaster, but the Lantern Parade and its ever-expanding spin-off events bring thousands of people out into the streets every year to...
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Rous says ‘No!'
News May 17, 2012, 3:25 p.m.
Rous Water has voted unamimously to oppose all CSG exploration, mining and associated activities on Rous Water-owned land and the entire catchment area. A motion was put forward by Lismore's David Yarnall and amended...
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Another Olley masterpiece
News May 17, 2012, 3:24 p.m.
LISMORE has always claimed Margaret Olley as a child of the town, and indeed she was born here but left in her early years and was educated in Brisbane. That being said, art afficionadoes everywhere and especially in Lismore loved her work, and Lismore keenly felt the disappointment when the...
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Rocking against gas mining
News May 17, 2012, 3:21 p.m.
IT WAS a celebration, it was a festival, and it was an anti-coal seam gas mining rally that circled the CBD block. The Rock the Gate rally and concert last Saturday (May 12) brought a crowd of 7000 people from Clarence...
Magical miscellany upstairs
News May 17, 2012 3:20 pm
WHAT do the Queen of England and a poisonous jellyfish have in common?
Coles drops plans to expand
News May 17, 2012 3:19 pm
COLES will not expand its premises at Alstonville Plaza, much to the relief of several business owners.
Council waiting for quarry payment
Council News May 17, 2012 3:13 pm
Champions Quarry Pty Ltd – that's former Lismore mayor Jeff Champion's operation – has launched new legal proceedings against Lismore City Council.
Our carers rally
Council News May 17, 2012 3:12 pm
BALLINA Mayor Phillip Silver said he still had nightmares about his time at the Morris Home for Incurables in Adelaide in the late 1960s.
Bringing the joy of a swing
Council News May 17, 2012 3:10 pm
FLYING on a swing through the air, feeling as free as a bird, is something that most children take for granted.
More dancing in the streets
Opinion May 17, 2012 3:10 pm
Editorial: It seems I was about the only person in Lismore who didn't attend last Saturday's anti-CSG rally.
Celestial event starring Venus
News May 17, 2012 3:09 pm
IS IT possible that if not for the rare celestial event of Venus moving across the face of the sun, Captain Cook may not have noticed Australia?
Business
Bumper season for cotton farmers
THE largest cotton harvest in Australia’s history will deliver enough material to create more than one billion pairs of jeans.
Entertainment
LMFAO big winners at Billboard
ADELE and LMFAO were the big winners at the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas on Sunday.
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