Police seize $7.5m worth of cannabis during Eradication Program
January 21, 2012
Police have seized $7.5 million worth of cannabis in Richmond Local Area Command during the second group of raids in the 2011-2012 Cannabis Eradication Program.
Strike Force Hyperion comprises detectives from the Drug Squad’s Cannabis Team, with assistance from the NSW Police Air Wing, Police Dog Unit, Radio Electronics Unit and officers from Richmond Local Area Command.
During the past week, Strike Force Hyperion officers targeted more than 60 cannabis crop sites throughout Richmond Local Area Command, including Kippenduff, Rappville, Clearfield, Busby Flat, Mummulgum, Bulldog, Drake, Nimbin, Blue Knob, Kyogle and Tabulam.
A total of 3734 plants were located and seized by police during the operation.
World Rally Championship and its impact on the Coffs Coast
December 20, 2011
The economic impact of the World Rally Championship on businesses on the Coffs Coast varied widely, according to Southern Cross University Postdoctoral Research Fellow Arianne Reis (pictured).
Dr Reis, attached to the School of Tourism and Hospitality Management, was commissioned to do the study by the four councils in which the rally was conducted including Coffs Harbour, Clarence Valley, Bellingen and Nambucca shires.
Energy White Paper ‘a document for the last century’
December 15, 2011
The 100% Renewable Community Campaign has strongly condemned the Energy White Paper, released on Tuesday by Energy and Resources Minister Martin Ferguson, as a backward-looking document that ignores the benefits of renewable energy and locks Australia into a future of ever continuing power price rises.
“The White Paper is a document for the last century, unable to see that the world is investing strongly in renewables and that we will be left behind,” said Tony Gleeson, Ballina Climate Action Network (BCAN) and the 100% Renewable community campaign spokesperson.”
Go to Hell for the Helicopter!
August 17, 2011
Mountain bike enthusiasts have until this Friday, August 19 to secure a place on the 2011 Westpac Life Saver Rescue Helicopter Yellow Pages Hell on Wheels Cycle Tour.
Tour Director and event founder Tony Keogh said the Tour truly is Hell on Wheels.
Police investigate crash – Kyogle
August 8, 2011
Two teenagers have been injured following a single vehicle crash in the state’s far north last night.
About 8.20pm (Sunday 7 August 2011), a red Nissan Navara utility was travelling west on Anzac Parage, Kyogle, when it left the road and slid onto the opposite side of the roadway, before crashing into a power pole.
Police and emergency services attended the scene and released both occupants from the vehicle, and they were taken by helicopter to Lismore Base Hospital.
The 17-year-old male driver suffered facial lacerations and head injuries.
The 17-year-old male passenger suffered facial lacerations and suspected head and spinal injuries.
Anyone who witnessed the crash is urged to contact Kyogle police or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
Shannon Walker leaves Titans to play Rugby Sevens for Australia
August 5, 2011
The Jetstar Gold Coast Titans have granted requests to release rugby union-bound duo Shannon Walker (Australian Rugby Sevens) and Joseph Tomane (ACT Brumbies) from their existing contracts with the club.
The Jetstar Titans have opted to grant both players an immediate release from the final month of their respective contracts in order to allow them to commence preparations for their code switches to rugby union.
Walker, a former Kyogle junior, will join the Australian Sevens Squad for training this weekend, while Tomane will join the Brumbies through one of their affiliate clubs, Uni Norths, this weekend.
Walker has played four NRL matches since making his debut for the Titans in 2008 while Tomane has played 14 NRL games since joining the club from the Melbourne Storm in 2010.
$100,000 to help local small businesses hit by natural disasters
July 6, 2011
Page MP Janelle Saffin has announced that the Lismore-based Northern Rivers Business Enterprise Centre (NORBEC) had been awarded a $100,000 grant to provide advisory services to local businesses affected by major flooding earlier this year.
Ms Saffin said many small businesses in urban centres and rural areas of her electorate were adversely affected by the floods last December and in January this year.
“The Clarence Valley was hit particularly hard by this flooding, as were parts of the Kyogle Shire and Richmond Valley,” Ms Saffin said.
“In addition, across the Northern Rivers, many small businesses in the tourism sector experienced significant loss of income from cancellation of bookings.
SES members respond to requests from communities
June 13, 2011
As rain continues to fall in northern NSW, the SES has so far responded to more than 250 requests for assistance.
Most of the calls have been for leaking roofs and roof damage but there have been five flood rescues completed.
“With more weather on the way, it is really important that people stay out of floodwater.” Incident Controller Scott Hanckel said.
“If people come across a flooded road, we are urging that they turn around and find another route. It just isn’t worth the risk to people and their families.”
The Bureau of Meteorology has advised that further rain is predicted in the area and there are still four Flood Warnings, a Severe Weather Warning and a Flood Watch in place.
Queensland Police issue child abduction alert
May 16, 2011
The Queensland Police Service is seeking urgent public assistance to help locate a 5-year-old girl Kayla Rogers who was abducted from a residence at Robina overnight.
The girl was last seen at a residence on Arbour Avenue at Robina but is now missing and police hold concerns for her safety.
The car, believed to be driven by a man, is described as being a 2006 silver Holden Viva station wagon with Queensland registration 965JFC and is believed to be in the northern NSW area, near Casino or Kyogle.
Please see Queensland Police facebook site for images.
Ring 131 564 to provide information about this abduction.
Please ring 000 for life threatening information about this abduction.
Police are also investigating the deaths of a man and a woman whose bodies were located in a unit at Robina this morning.
The bodies were discovered in the Arbour Avenue unit around 8am today.
Three injured in crash near Kyogle
April 25, 2011
A teenage girl is in intensive care in Lismore Base Hospital after a single-vehicle crash south of Kyogle yesterday.
The crash happened shortly before 4.30pm on Hillyards Road, Boorabee Park, when a 2007-model black Mitsubishi Colt sedan left the gravel road and hit a tree, then slid down an embankment, coming to rest in a paddock.
A 15-year-old female passenger was airlifted by the Westpac Rescue Helicopter to Lismore Base Hospital where she underwent surgery overnight for serious internal injuries. She remains in Intensive Care in a stable condition.
The two other victims were taken by ambulance to Lismore Base Hospital for treatment.
The 17-year-old female driver suffered broken ribs, internal bruising and a possible head injury. She remains in hospital in a stable condition. Both younger girls are from Geneva, south-west of Kyogle.
An 18-year-old woman, from the Gold Coast, was treated at hospital for minor injuries and released.
The cause of the crash is being investigated by Kyogle Police.
