A weekend of celebrating diversity in Australia’s Green Cauldron
August 29, 2010
The UNITY festival and the Caldera Artfest may share the same weekend – and a common goal of celebrating the amazing diversity within Australia’s Green Cauldron – but organisers say that each provides an exceptional insight into the uniqueness and complexity of region.
The UNITY festival on 2 October at the Murwillumbah Showground is all about celebrating the dance, music, cuisine and culture of the Tweed’s diverse heritage.
Man charged with numerous break and enters – Tweed/Byron
August 20, 2010
A man will appear in court today charged after numerous alleged break and enters in the state’s north.
Tweed Heads police have been investigating a number of alleged break and enter offences around Tweed Heads and Murwillumbah over the past few months.
As a result of DNA tests police allegedly identified a 20-year-old man of no fixed abode who they wished to speak to.
On Monday 16 August police attempted to arrest the 20-year-old after a motor vehicle collision at Tumbulgum. However, the man jumped in the Tweed River and escaped.
Three killed in Tweed crash
August 20, 2010
Police investigating a crash which killed three people last night have determined only two vehicles were involved in the incident, not three as first thought.
The crash happened about 7.50pm on the Tweed Valley Way at Stotts Island, near Tumbulgum, and involved a southbound silver Mitsubishi sedan and a northbound white Nissan Navara tray top utility.
A bicycle found at the crash site had been dislodged from the rear of the utility during the collision.
A 34-year-old woman from Murwillumbah, the driver of the sedan, died at the scene, as did the driver of the utility, a 27-year-old Yamba man.
The passenger of the utility, a 36-year-old man from the Clarence area, was ejected from the vehicle and also died at the scene.
Volunteers sought for Unity Festival at Murwillumbah
August 18, 2010
This year’s UNITY Festival is celebrating diversity through global music, exotic dance, international food and market stalls and creative workshops on Saturday 2 October at the historical Murwillumbah Showground.
Over 80 volunteers are needed to roll out this exciting community event. Most jobs are required on the day of the event, with a smaller number of jobs required prior and post event.
Missing hikers found on Mount Warning
August 9, 2010
Emergency services personnel have found four hikers who went missing in bushland in the Mount Warning National Park west of Murwillumbah yesterday.
About 1:30pm, Sunday 8 August, a group of 30 international tourists set off on a walk to the summit of Mount Warning.
Police have been told four members of the group, consisting of a 20-year-old woman, and two men aged 18 and 23 who are all from the USA, and a 19-year-old Englishman, left the summit at 4.30pm to head for the car park at the base of the mountain but never arrived.
The remainder of the group trekked to the car park and contacted police at 8.30pm after they were unable to locate their friends.
Police, SES volunteers, National Parks and Wildlife Service personnel and the Volunteer Rescue Association attended the scene and conducted a search of the area but were unable to locate the four missing hikers.
Police search for four missing hikers at Mount Warning
August 9, 2010
Police will resume a search for four hikers who went missing in bushland in the Mount Warning National Park west of Murwillumbah yesterday.
About 1:30pm, Sunday 8 August, a group of 30 international tourists set off on a walk to the summit of Mount Warning.
Police have been told four members of the group, consisting of a 20-year-old woman and three men aged 18, 19 and 23, left the summit at 4:30pm to head for the car park at the base of the mountain but never arrived.
The remainder of the group trekked to the car park and contacted police at 8:30pm after they were unable to locate their friends.
Man charged over armed robbery at Murwillumbah
August 3, 2010
A man has been charged after the alleged armed robbery of a service station at Murwillumbah yesterday.
About 10am a man entered a service station on the Tweed Valley Way, Murwillumbah. He allegedly had his face partially covered with a hooded jacket and had a scarf around his mouth.
The 25-year-old man allegedly demanded money and cigarettes from the female attendant whilst holding his hands in his pockets as if he had a weapon.
The man escaped the scene with an amount of cash and cigarettes.
Late last night a man was arrested while sleeping in a car at Mt Warning.
Drug charges laid after parcel intercepted
July 15, 2010
A man is due to appear in Murwillumbah Local Court next week charged after allegedly attempting to courier cannabis interstate.
Police from Tweed/Byron Local Area Command intercepted a package bound for north Queensland on Tuesday. Police will allege it contained more than half a kilo of cannabis.
Following inquiries, police arrested a 65-year-old man after executing a search on a property in Rolands Creek Road, Uki, yesterday afternoon.
The man was taken to Murwillumbah Police Station where he was charged with:
• Cultivate a commercial quality of a prohibited drug (hydro/enhanced)
• Cultivate an indictable quantity of a prohibited drug
• Supply a prohibited drug, and
• Possess a prohibited drug
Two men charged after car stolen, parts found fitted to another vehicle – Murwillumbah
July 14, 2010
Police on the NSW-Queensland border have arrested and charged two men after parts from a burnt-out stolen car were found fitted to another vehicle.
Just before 1am on Monday (12 July), a silver-coloured 2008-model turbo Ford Falcon sedan was allegedly stolen from Wharf Street, Murwillumbah.
The owner reported the alleged theft a short time later and police from Tweed/Byron Local Area Command attended the scene and commenced inquiries.
Late on Monday night, the $55,000 vehicle was found burnt-out on Wardrop Valley Road at Murwillumbah.
Community Infrastructure Funding announced
July 7, 2010
Richmond MP Justine Elliot has announced that the Federal Government has opened applications and released funding amounts for all local governments on the Far North Coast under Round Three of the Regional and Local Community Infrastructure Program (RLCIP).
“Across the community, the Government has delivered record funding for a range of great community projects in our area including the Tweed Heads Visitor Centre, extension of the Burringbar-Mooball Cycleway, installation of CCTV in Murwillumbah, Byron Sports and Cultural Facility and upgrades to Ambrose Brown Park and Kingscliff Foreshore,” Ms Elliot said.
“Now, each and every local government will receive new funding for community infrastructure in our area.”
This includes:
- $551,000 for Tweed Shire Council
- $263,000 for Byron Shire Council
- $450,000 for Lismore City Council
- $305,000 for Ballina Shire Council
