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The Coraki community came out in their droves to celebrate in Australia Day and partake in celebrations to welcome new citizens and recognise existing ones.
Richmond Valley Council’s celebrations welcomed four new citizens to Australia while awards were also given out for Citizen of the Year, Young Sportsperson of the Year and Volunteer of the Year.
Rowena Innes, Jinapat Munro, Afrel Newman and her son John Libiran were presented with their Australian Citizenships. Afrel Newman and her son, John Libiran after getting their Australian Citizenship. Photo: Adam Daunt
Afrel Newman and her son John Libiran have been in Casino for seven years after immigrating from the Philippines.
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Subscriber only Northern Rivers residents have expressed their disappointment after Lismore City Council announced it would resume paid parking for staff and visitors at the Lismore Base Hospital on Monday, January 18. People took to social media to share their feelings and frustration about the end of free parking at a time when COVID-19 testing facilities in the region were under increased pressure. Comments ranged from suggestions that council charge their own staff for parking at chambers, through to comments about our elected representatives that we are unable to publish. Here s a selection comments posted online: Sharon Lee - Very disgusting! Staff shouldn t be paying for parking. So much greed ‒ these male and female hospital workers are doing a compassion service for our community. Think very hard what you are doing.
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Subscriber only Northern Rivers residents have expressed their disappointment after Lismore City Council announced it would resume paid parking for staff and visitors at the Lismore Base Hospital on Monday, January 18. People took to social media to share their feelings and frustration about the end of free parking at a time when COVID-19 testing facilities in the region were under increased pressure. Comments ranged from suggestions that council charge their own staff for parking at chambers, through to comments about our elected representatives that we are unable to publish. Here s a selection comments posted online: Sharon Lee - Very disgusting! Staff shouldn t be paying for parking. So much greed ‒ these male and female hospital workers are doing a compassion service for our community. Think very hard what you are doing.
Illegal camping is again in the spotlight as Byron Shire Council has revealed it issued more than 1454 infringements during a nine-day period. Byron s acting mayor has slammed vanpacking freeloaders who continue to illegally camp in the shire s streets. Camping on the streets of the Byron Shire is prohibited and illegal and yet we have experienced unprecedented numbers of people arriving in their vans and blatantly camping overnight in our towns and our streets and out the front of our houses these holidays, acting mayor Michael Lyon said. Last year was a challenging year and I understand we are not experiencing a normal holiday