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Ballina 16C Therese Crollick

CANDIDATE AFFILIATION: INDEPENDENT Therese Crollick Current occupation and background: Retired medical scientist and now casual swimming instructor. How long in the ward community? 40 years in Northern Rivers, 10 years...

Ballina 10B Kiri Dicker

MAYORAL AND COUNCIL CANDIDATE AFFILIATION: THE GREENS Kiri Dicker Current occupation and background: Community Impact Manager at the Northern Rivers Community Foundation. Twenty years' experience on community development...

Ballina 13B Tom Berry

CANDIDATE AFFILIATION: INDEPENDENT Tom Berry How long in the ward community? A Skennars Head resident for more than 29 years. Community involvement? Twenty-nine years of patrolling membership in Lennox Head-Alstonville...

Ballina 15 C Simon Chate

CANDIDATE AFFILIATION: GREENS Simon Chate Current occupation and background: I am a musician and music teacher at Alstonville High School, choir director and Ballina Shire Ward C councillor...

Ballina 8B Alexander Sharky

CANDIDATE AFFILIATION: THE GREENS Alexander Sharkey Current occupation and background: Owner of Value Imagery, a media production company. How long in the ward community? Having lived in Ballina Shire for...

Ballina 1A Erin Karsten

CANDIDATE AFFILIATION: THE GREENS Erin Karsten Current occupation and background: Retired, after a 25-year career in construction and corporate real estate. How long in the ward community? My partner is...

Ballina 2A Kay Oxley

CANDIDATE AFFILIATION: INDEPENDENT Kay Oxley Current occupation and background: Retired. My career has been predominantly in NSW state government holding senior roles in the planning, environmental assessment, regulation...

Ballina 12B Sharon Cadwallader

MAYORAL AND COUNCIL CANDIDATE AFFILIATION: INDEPENDENT Sharon Cadwallader I have been serving the Ballina Shire community as a councillor for more than 20 years. I am currently...

Ballina 5A Mark Paterson

CANDIDATE AFFILIATION: INDEPENDENT Mark Paterson Mark Paterson was born, raised and educated in Adelaide where he met and married, Michelle, in 1985 – shortly after they moved to Brisbane...

Ballina 3A Kevin Loughrey

MAYORAL AND COUNCIL CANDIDATE AFFILIATION: INDEPENDENT Kevin Loughrey Current occupation and background: Owner-builder (designed and built my present home). Thirty-two years' military service. Owner of three companies involved...

MBH digital edition, September 6

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MBH digital edition, August 30

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Bridge secures crucial link

THE new Ridgewood Bridge outside Clunes was officially opened to traffic this week, providing a safer route for motorists. The original bridge was built in...

Ballina calls for more police in Lennox Head

BALLINA councillors will request a greater police presence in Lennox Head after a motion to donate land for a police station was defeated. Councillor Eva...

MBH digital edition, August 23

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Viking Fly Free Sale

Councils come together to make Rail Trail happen

LISMORE and Byron Shires are joining forces in an attempt to build three sections of the Northern Rivers Rail Trail. Lismore City council and Byron...

Raes on Wategos set to grow

ICONIC Byron Bay hotel Raes on Wategos is expanding, with plans to add ten more suites in a nearby property. The boutique hotel – which...

Lismore Council has new flood portfolio

TO HELP with the restoration work following the 2022 floods, Lismore City Council established a dedicated unit called the Flood Restoration Portfolio. The council's executive...

Councillors bid farewell

THREE Lismore councillors gave their farewell addresses to the Lismore Council Chambers on Tuesday night. Elly Bird, Peter Colby and Darlene Cook will not contest...

Lismore Business Awards

JOEL Jensen received a standing ovation when his construction company was named the Business of the Year at the 2024 Lismore Business Excellence Awards...