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NSW police flooded with calls of potential child predators

DAILY alerts about potential child predators lurking around NSW neighbourhoods are being issued from the state’s police headquarters.

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Police seeking witnesses to Ballina Fair drama

POLICE are appealing to witnesses of Friday’s frightening knife attack on a 5-year-old girl at Ballina Fair to come forward.

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Motorcyclist who died in Tweed was no stranger to road

POLICE said a man who died in a motorbike crash on Friday had been an experienced rider.

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Police investigating after tattoo shop burnt to ground

ANOTHER tattoo shop has been gutted by fire on the Gold Coast.

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New street art appearing in Carrington St by Back Alley Gallery artist Julla.

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A round up of what's on trend in Lismore this week.

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SOUTHERN Cross University scientists are inviting Northern Rivers landholders to open their gates for science.

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Abbott claims Coalition will support 'objectionable' measure

A COALITION government would go one step further than the government and scrap the $2000 means-tested child payments to parents announced in last week’s budget.

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THE vast majority of the more than 7400 asylum-seekers who arrived in Australia by boat in the March quarter were genuine refugees.

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Stats show most asylum seekers deemed 'genuine' refugees

A 24-YEAR-old Thai man, charged with allegedly importing 10kg of heroin in suitcases, appeared in Sydney Local Court on Monday.

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Man in court over allegedly importing 10kg of heroin

THE five-year-old boy critically injured in a school fete ride fall got on the ride without his parents even knowing, a rescue crewman has revealed.

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'Little Paddy got on school fete ride before parents knew'

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MAX Employment managing director, Deborah Homewood, client Rosemary Brown and Target sales support manager, David Roctsey at the opening of MAX Employment’s new office in Ballina.

Keen ones get to work

AN EMPLOYMENT agency that opened a new office in the Ballina CBD yesterday will focus on finding jobs for people with disabilities.

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A REPORT submitted to Ballina Shire Council’s coming monthly meeting says tourism dollars spent promoting the Las Balsas raft would be better spent elsewhere.

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5:00 AM May 21st

Promoting Las Balsas has ‘limited’ benefit

LISMORE’s now-completed $15 million Southern Trunk Main has won an IPWEA Engineering Excellence Award.

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5:00 AM May 21st

Southern Trunk Main scoops an award

Health

Movement is key

Getting a height-adjustable desk may improve your posture and your health.

VERY HAPPY: Ballina Lighthouse and Lismore Surf Life Saving Club president Kris Beavis inspects the upstairs function area of the new surf club.

Surf club has it all

BEST VIEW: The patrol room at the new Ballina surf club.

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THE past six months have been a “living nightmare” for Betty Parrish.

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A nightmare!

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Children’s lives at risk

FOR Steve McAteer, his work as a jeweller and master craftsman is a “labour of love”.

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He’s a real gem

THANKS: Norwegian Mats Bergersen wants to say thanks to the Byron Bay surfer who saved his life at Main Beach last November.

Tourist wants to thank surfer for saving his life

NORWEGIAN tourist Mats Bergersen is looking for help to locate the surfer, named Andre, who last November rescued him from the surf in Byron Bay.

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A SMALL city sprung up on the out skirts of Byron Bay last Friday when the US television comedy drama CAMP set up for a day of filming.

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US comedy drama sets up camp in Byron Bay

IT IS believed a male motorbike rider crashed on the Tweed Valley Way just south of Crabbes Creek Rd. Ambulance media confirmed a person has died at the scene.

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Man in Tweed fatal crash has yet to be identified

BOB Dylan turns 72 this month and to mark the legend’s birthday, a stellar line-up of local musicians will play his songs at a fundraiser at the Byron Theatre.

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Locals sing Dylan’s praises

Businessman Garry Gnapp saves money on his phone bill by using internet-based calling software.

Bargain alert: Save on your mobile and home phone bills

PHONES can be extremely expensive, especially when you run a business.

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THERE was great cause for celebration at this semester’s Southern Cross University graduation ceremony.

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Students celebrate their degrees of success

TWEED Shire councillors lay their ideas on the line in regard to a possible rail trail along the old rail track between Casino and Murwillumbah.

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Rail trail a long way off being on track, say councillors

PARAMEDICS, police and firefighters headed to Murwillumbah East Primary School but there was no emergency.

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