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21: Lee Rhiannon Speaks At Building Global Peace Forum At Bangalow

Last Tuesday evening at Bangalow Catholic Hall the Greens hosted a Global peace forum. Invited guests included Lee Rhiannon Greens MP, and Greens NSW Senate candidate whose topic was Should Australian troops be in Afghanistan? and Janelle Saffin MP Federal Member for ...
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Posted: 12Oct2009 10:47   Similar items

22: Greens And Community Protest Ballina-Byron Cyclepath Route

NSW and Ballina Greens united forces with community groups on Wednesday 7th to tell Ballina Council that the proposed cycleway along the dunes and headlands is unacceptable to the local community.

There was a great attendance at the rally, including peopl...
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Posted: 9Oct2009 10:20   Similar items

23: Labor Backlash Threatens To Derail Rees Rail Selloff

The Rees Labor Government is facing a backlash from the ALP about its plan to rip up rail tracks throughout NSW. Labor MPs and officials have spoken against legislation that will threaten key regional lines.

The federal Labor MP for the north coast seat ...
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Posted: 3Oct2009 06:46   Similar items

24: Railway Rip Up Crisis! NSW Govt Wants To Sell Off Unused Railways

The NSW Government is set to introduce legislation into state parliament that would give them the power to rip up disused rail lines and sell off the land without needing special legislation for each particular line (as is the present case).

Currently lin...
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Posted: 20Sep2009 06:00   Similar items

25: Bob Brown Claims Traveston Impact Report Is Being Kept Secret

Greens leader Bob Brown says the Queensland Government is keeping secret about a draft report on the impact of the proposed Traveston Crossing dam in south-east Queensland....
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Posted: 18Sep2009 05:52   Similar items

26: Geoff Moxham Advocator Of Biochar Dies In A Freak Accident

Advocater for biochar and inventor, Geoff Moxham, died in a freak forest accident on Thursday 27th August. Geoff was interviewed by Giovanni Ebono on this site earlier this year....
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Posted: 3Sep2009 02:46   Similar items

27: Tweed Group Lodges Federal Court Injunction To Stop Repco Rally

Tweed Groups have lodged a federal court injunction in a last minute bid to halt the Repco Rally in the Tweed shire.
A representative of a group opposed to the rally confirmed yesterday that a Sydney-based Senior Counsel had been appointed and would argue the ra...
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Posted: 26Aug2009 02:23   Similar items

28: Repco Rally Generates Community Outrage

A motor rally is planned to roar through The Tweed from Kingscliff to Murwillumbah, Uki,
Kyogle and beyond on 3-6 September. It also involves a race around the streets of Murwillumbah, along rural roads, through villages and into national Parks. Incredibly the NS...
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Posted: 9Aug2009 23:26   Similar items

29: Ballina Council Votes To Buy Land In 'Secret Meeting'

BALLINA Shire Council held an extraordinary meeting on Monday 3rd August with only one item on the agenda, that being a land acquisition matter. The meeting was held behind closed doors to avoid any public scrutiny. The meeting resolved to go ahead with secret plans to ...
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Posted: 8Aug2009 02:13   Similar items

30: Ballina Coastal Cycleway Cops Flak

Ballina Council have recently had their much anticipated 'preferred route' cycleway on public exhibition. The cycleway has received funding from the NSW Government as part of an ambitious project to have a continuous cycleway from Victoria to Queensland....
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Posted: 23Jul2009 16:10   Similar items