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Nice day for a gay wedding

Punita and Nikki getting married during the same-sex marriage rights rally last Saturday.

Punita Boardman was marrying the love of her life, Nikki Witting, when a 'fake' policewoman arrived to arrest them.
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All things being equal

Editorial: There is no doubt Janelle Saffin has been a great local member over the past four years.
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The rise of the sea-changer

Like most of Australia’s east coast, everything’s got a price.

As one of the most popular sea change destinations in Australia, you've got to wonder why people choose to move to the Northern Rivers.
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Gillard woos farmers

NSW Farmer of the Year Ridley Bell with Prime Minister Gillard and Janelle Saffin.

Prime Minister Julia Gillard used the Wollongbar Agriculture Institute as the backdrop to announce a new carbon credit initiative for farmers.
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Coalition props up Leaning Tower

Ballina Coastguard deputy commander Joan Hurley and commander Norm Lannoy with Ballina Mayor Phil Silver, Senator Barnaby Joyce and Nationals candidate for the seat of Page, Kevin Hogan.

There seems to be some confusion between local and federal politicians about the state of the Ballina Coast Guard tower.

 

$2.5m promise gets Garrett a hug

Minister for Environmental Protection Peter Garrett is hugged by WetlandCare Australia general manager Nicci.

It's not often that an election announcement is met with genuine emotion.
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Fine fare for food and wine lovers

Our Kids fundraising officer Rebekka Battista (centre) with Andy Pierce from Howard’s Butchery and Mayumi Alexander from Zen Sushi, who are running master classes at the Lismore Wine and Food Fair this Sunday.

Two eateries are getting together to run master classes at this Sunday's Lismore Wine and Food Fair.

 

Positive attitude to waste

SCU’s Outstanding Alumnus of the Year Gordon Fraser-Quick on his recent trip to China.

On a trip to China recently, Gordon Fraser-Quick watched a mother and father pulling rubbish out of a pile of discarded material in a tip.

 

SCU at the cutting edge

Southern Cross University GeoScience co-director Richard Bush, Minister for Energy and Resources Martin Ferguson and Page MP Janelle Saffin.

In terms of climate change, Southern Cross University is at the cutting edge of finding answers.
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Let's keep it marginal

Pollie Waffle: They were running neck and neck into the final straight, but Janelle Saffin has given the ALP's election machine full throttle.
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Comparing Indigenous policies

Greens candidate for Richmond Joe Ebono, Aunty June Gordon and Greens candidate for Page Jeff Johnson at the policy launch on Friday.

Greens candidates Jeff Johnson and Joe Ebono demonstrated their commitment to a lower carbon economy by announcing their Indigenous policies.
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Campaign trail continues

In Kyogle last weekend, the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Tony Burke talks with Elise Dawson, editor of the ‘Talk About Woodenbong’ newspaper.

The federal Minister for Agriculture Tony Burke was in the Northern Rivers last weekend to support the re-election campaign for Page MP Janelle Saffin.
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Birthing film looks at reform

Rani O’Keeffe’s film Throwing Out the Lies with the Birth Water is being screened in Mullumbimby this Friday.

A film looking at the impact of recent health reforms surrounding home birthing and midwifery will be screened in Mullumbimby.
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Landholders meeting on draft LEP

A public meeting is being held to help rural landholders make submissions about Lismore City Council's draft Local Environment Plan (LEP).

 

Lismore's football centre

Steve Mackney, Peter Lee, Margot Sweeney, Craig Foster, Page MP Janelle Saffin and Federal Minister Simon Crean.

The dream of Socceroos legend Craig Foster to see the North Coast become the leading football education centre in Australia could soon become a reality.

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New South Wales News

Woolgoolga crash baffles police

Woolgoolga crash baffles police

POLICE still don't know why a teenager's car crossed to the wrong side of the road and hit a truck head-on in a fatal accident on the Pacific Highway this week.

 

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National News

Autopsies for PNG crash victims

Autopsies for PNG crash victims

THE bodies of the four victims of this week's plane crash in Papua New Guinea will be transported to Brisbane for autopsies, being released by a PNG coroner.

 

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