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Cameras installed for better river crossing safety

November 17, 2008 13:36:00

New South Wales Waterways Minister Joe Tripodi says safety cameras at Brunswick Heads and Yamba will make bar crossing a safer exercise.[MORE]

Tags: maritime-accidents, emergency-planning, states-and-territories, ballina-2478, brunswick-heads-2483, lismore-2480, yamba-2464

Iemma warned to heed power privatisation opposition

May 5, 2008 07:29:00

New South Wales Premier Morris Iemma is being warned not to take the decision of his state Labor Party conference lightly.[MORE]

Tags: electricity-energy-and-utilities, states-and-territories, brunswick-heads-2483, lismore-2480

Police call off search for trawler skipper

February 28, 2008 22:16:00

Police have given up the search for a man missing at sea off the New South Wales north coast.[MORE]

Tags: community-and-society, disasters-and-accidents, accidents, maritime-accidents, missing-person, australia, nsw, brunswick-heads-2483, byron-bay-2481, lismore-2480, north-lismore-2480

'Grave concerns' for missing trawler skipper

February 28, 2008 18:12:00

Police hold grave fears for a skipper's safety, after a fishing trawler sank in the sea off the New South Wales north coast yesterday morning.[MORE]

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, accidents, maritime-accidents, missing-person, australia, brunswick-heads-2483, byron-bay-2481, lennox-head-2478, lismore-2480, north-lismore-2480

Rescued fisherman's survival 'astounding'

February 28, 2008 15:24:00

Doctors say a man who spent about 30 hours in the water after being swept off a trawler on the New South Wales north coast is in remarkable condition.[MORE]

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, accidents, maritime-accidents, emergency-incidents, missing-person, nsw, ballina-2478, brunswick-heads-2483, byron-bay-2481, lennox-head-2478, lismore-2480, mullumbimby-2482

Fisherman alive after 30 hours in water

February 28, 2008 09:25:00

A second survivor of a fishing boat accident off the New South Wales north coast has been found after spending about 30 hours in the water clinging to an esky, rescuers say.[MORE]

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, accidents, maritime-accidents, emergency-incidents, missing-person, australia, nsw, ballina-2478, brunswick-heads-2483, lismore-2480, mullumbimby-2482, qld

Qld SES join hunt for missing fishermen

February 28, 2008 08:29:00

Specialist crewmen from the State Emergency Service (SES) in Queensland have been called in to help in the search for two fishermen missing off the far northern New South Wales coast.[MORE]

Tags: maritime-accidents, nsw, brunswick-heads-2483, lismore-2480, mullumbimby-2482, new-brighton-2483, qld

Two men missing after trawler sinks

February 27, 2008 18:22:00

Police are searching for two men missing off the New South Wales far north coast after their fishing trawler sank early this morning.[MORE]

Tags: community-and-society, disasters-and-accidents, accidents, maritime-accidents, missing-person, nsw, brunswick-heads-2483, mullumbimby-2482, new-brighton-2483

Time running out for say on Brunswick Heads plan

February 14, 2008 08:34:00

The New South Wales Government will accept submissions for another week on plans to upgrade Crown land around Brunswick Heads on the state's north coast.[MORE]

Tags: urban-development-and-planning, states-and-territories, brunswick-heads-2483, lismore-2480

Scientists fear flooding could affect dolphin population

January 21, 2008 13:08:00

Marine scientists are concerned how the dolphin population on the New South Wales north coast will cope with the impact of the floods.[MORE]

Tags: floods, endangered-and-protected-species, ballina-2478, brunswick-heads-2483, byron-bay-2481, lismore-2480

Rescue chopper finds missing yachties

August 17, 2007 08:24:00

Two men have been found clinging to an upturned catamaran three nautical miles off Brunswick Heads in northern New South Wales.[MORE]

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, accidents, maritime-accidents, emergency-incidents, brunswick-heads-2483, lismore-2480, coolangatta-4225

Police crack down on school zone driving

May 23, 2007 12:28:00

Police and rangers from Byron Shire Council are joining forces to target drivers behaving badly near local primary schools.[MORE]

Tags: police, bangalow-2479, brunswick-heads-2483, lismore-2480

Man to front court after New Year's Eve brawl

January 23, 2007 10:43:00

An 18-year-old man is due to face court next month charged over a wild brawl on the north coast on New Year's Eve.[MORE]

Tags: crime, courts-and-trials, police, brunswick-heads-2483, lismore-2480

Search resumes for missing NSW swimmer

January 20, 2007 11:21:00

The search for a swimmer missing off the coast of Brunswick Heads, in northern New South Wales, since yesterday afternoon is continuing today.[MORE]

Tags: accidents, brunswick-heads-2483

Police appeal to parents after Brunswick Heads trouble

January 5, 2007 11:03:00

Senior police say parents have a role to play in helping to maintain order around the trouble spot of Brunswick Heads in northern New South Wales.[MORE]

Tags: youth-issues, police, brunswick-heads-2483, lismore-2480

Police investigate second Brunswick Heads brawl

January 4, 2007 12:00:00

Senior police on the New South Wales north coast say those responsible for a brutal bashing at Brunswick Heads earlier this week are monsters.[MORE]

Tags: crime, police, brunswick-heads-2483, byron-bay-2481, qld

Drunken mob attack Qld holiday makers

January 4, 2007 08:00:00

Police on the New South Wales north coast are investigating an attack by a drunken mob on a Queensland family earlier this week.[MORE]

Tags: crime, police, brunswick-heads-2483, byron-bay-2481, qld, southport-4215

Speedster caught with unrestrained child in car

January 3, 2007 07:31:00

Police say they are horrified to discover a man caught speeding on the New South Wales north coast overnight had an unrestrained four-year-old child in the back of his car.[MORE]

Tags: law-crime-and-justice, brunswick-heads-2483, pottsville-beach-2489

Wait for beds at Tweed Heads

November 21, 2006 16:32:00

Emergency department patients at Tweed Heads are being forced to wait up to 48 hours for a hospital bed, says the Nationals candidate Geoff Provest.[MORE]

Tags: health, doctors-and-medical-professionals, healthcare-facilities, health-policy, health-administration, australia, nsw, brunswick-heads-2483, tweed-heads-2485, tweed-heads-south-2486, tweed-heads-south-dc-2486, tweed-heads-west-2485

The local cost of climate change.

November 20, 2006 12:49:00

Climate change could cost consumers on the New South Wales Far North Coast more than 10-million dollars over the next 25 years, says a local water authority.[MORE]

Tags: environment, dams-and-reservoirs, gardening, water, alstonville-2477, ballina-2478, bangalow-2479, brunswick-heads-2483, byron-bay-2481, casino-2470, casino-west-2470, lismore-2480, north-lismore-2480