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After a successful program last year, Operation Backpack is on again.
In the lead-up to first term 2021 the community partnership between Lismore Shopping Square and St Vincent de Paul Society is again set to help families with primary aged children to receive essential back-to-school supplies through the generosity of shoppers.
This is the third such collaboration between the complex and Vinnies, but this year there will be a few changes because of the need for COVID-19 precautions.
Shoppers are being asked to make financial donations for the purchase of school supplies such as stationery, uniforms and backpacks from Lismore Shopping Square retailers.
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Subscriber only DESPITE hefty fines of up to $4000 and surveillance cameras being installed, 120kg of rubbish was dumped at charity stores over Christmas in Lismore alone. Despite the number, Lismore City Council was still pleased, as the number was the lowest in years. The council issued a warning late last year that hefty fines of up to $4000 applied for anyone caught on camera dumping at charity stores, and it seems the message hit home. Lismore s Deputy Mayor Neil Marks said based on reports from charity stores, only 120kg of unusable items had been illegally dumped over the Christmas/New Year period.
Illegal dumping in Lismore.
At a time of year when there is traditionally more rubbished dumped where it’s not supposed to be, Lismore City Council would like to say a big thank you to the local community with illegal dumping at charity stores at record lows over the Christmas/New Year period.
Council issued a warning late last year that hefty fines of up to $4,000 applied for anyone caught on camera dumping at charity stores, and it seems the message has hit home.
Lismore’s Deputy Mayor Neil Marks said that based on reports from charity stores, only 120kg of unusable items had been illegally dumped over the Christmas/New Year period. He said this is the lowest volume reported to Council in recent years.
Arthur Boyd, Shoalhaven as the River Styx c1996, oil on canvas. Boyd Family Collection Arthur Boyd: Landscape of the Soul will feature at the Tweed Regional Gallery and Margaret Olley Art Centre from January 8 to February 28, 2021. The touring exhibition from the Bundanon Trust explores a lifetime of landscape paintings by renowned Australian artist Arthur Boyd. Curated by Barry Pearce the exhibition is drawn principally from Bundanon Trust s own collection of the artist s work. Presenting a number of never-before-seen works created by Boyd as a teenager, the exhibition offers the first in depth look at the artist s powerful early grasp of the landscape as a subject.