About: soniacaeiroalvarez
June 16, 2025
Silver award for Tweed Shire Council reporting
TWEED Shire Council has won a Silver Australasian Reporting Award for its 2023–24 Annual Report — the second year in a row it has...
June 15, 2025
Tweed Sustainability Awards open for entry
NOMINATIONS are open for the Tweed Sustainability Awards, recognising local champions working to protect the environment and promote sustainable living. The biennial awards began in...
June 15, 2025
New exhibitions and the Archibald in Lismore
THREE new exhibitions are opening at the Lismore Regional Gallery in the coming weeks, with a double opening event on Friday, June 27. The twin...
June 15, 2025
Parli-Flicks short film award now open
THE Parliament of NSW has opened the 2025 Parli-Flicks Short Film Award and is inviting young creatives to enter the annual competition about democracy. Aimed...
June 14, 2025
Slava and Sharon Grigoryan tour Our Place
THE golden couple of Australian classical music, guitar virtuoso Slava Grigoryan and acclaimed cellist Sharon Grigoryan, return to the region with their Our Place...
June 14, 2025
Seven local artists named Olive Cotton Award finalists
THE Tweed Regional Gallery has announced the 65 finalists for the prestigious Olive Cotton Award for Photographic Portraiture, which includes seven artists from the...
June 13, 2025
The rise of Amber Rose
BURRINGBAR musician Amber Rose is bringing a special set of new music to the Great Northern when she opens for Thelma Plum on June...
June 13, 2025
Pete Murray on his first ever solo tour and a year of firsts
SINGER-SONGWRITER Pete Murray is bringing the first solo acoustic tour of his career to the Tweed on July 10. The mammoth 56-date solo tour features...
June 12, 2025
No new caravan park for Pottsville
THE Northern Regional Planning Panel has rejected plans for a $30 million caravan park at Pottsville. The development application proposed a caravan park at 1183...
June 12, 2025
New date for Environment Day festival
ORGANISERS have rescheduled the World Environment Day festival in Murwillumbah to Sunday, July 13. The June event was postponed due to unprecedented rainfall, rendering the...
June 12, 2025
Mark Gable on the Choirboys and the golden era of Oz rock
ROCK and roll icons the Choirboys are bringing the band's tour Run to Paradise: Great Australian Rock 'n' Roll Stories to Tweed next month. Billed...
June 11, 2025
EPA funds $250k for regional circular waste solutions
A NEW reuse initiative in the Northern Rivers has received more than $250,000 in EPA funding to help local businesses move away from single-use...
June 10, 2025
Youth voices in the spotlight
YOUNG people across the Northern Rivers are being encouraged to raise their voices through a series of free slam poetry workshops running in June...
June 10, 2025
Now or Never: Building Resilience in the Midst of Climate Chaos at M|Arts
THE Politics of Life: This Stuff Matters June event will delve into the deeper details of resilience in an era of severe climate change...
June 9, 2025
New croquet clubhouse for Tweed
THE long established Tweed Heads Croquet Club is undergoing a major makeover and is in the process of building a new, inclusive, and flood-resilient...
June 9, 2025
An evening with author Jess Hill in Lismore
JOURNALIST and author Jess Hill will speak in Lismore on June 26 as part of an evening exploring gender-based violence and cultural change. The Star...
June 8, 2025
De Ziah and Date – the eternal tradition
THE De Ziah and Date duo will return to the Tweed with a double event in Murwillumbah on June 22, featuring a documentary screening...
June 8, 2025
Works starts on new Tweed Council depot
TWEED Shire Council has begun building its new flood-safe depot in South Murwillumbah, replacing the Buchanan Street site damaged in the 2017 and 2022...
June 7, 2025
Saffin urges locals to take bowel screening test
JANELLE Saffin is urging Northern Rivers residents to complete the free bowel cancer screening test, with more than 60 per cent of eligible locals...
June 7, 2025
Birth stories on stage
A UNIQUE story-sharing event celebrating personal stories of life and childbirth is coming to Murwillumbah later this month. Birth Stories on Stage features 13 local...
June 6, 2025
Back on the road with Things of Stone and Wood
THINGS of Stone and Wood will return to the Northern Rivers next month as part of a select regional tour. The Melbourne band cracked the...
June 6, 2025
Resonator Music reopens as regional music hub
RESONATOR Music has reopened in Ballina with a renewed focus on music education, performance, and community support, celebrated with a launch event last week. More...
June 6, 2025
Refugee ride brings powerful message to Northern Rivers
PHOTOGRAPHER and refugee advocate Muzafar Ali received a standing ovation in Murwillumbah on Sunday night, arriving soaked and exhausted after a 12-hour ride from...
June 6, 2025
Katie Noonan returns with songs of healing
KATIE Noonan will return to the Northern Rivers on July 4 with an intimate show at Brunswick Heads, featuring new music created in the...
Latest News
Jun 28, 2025
Byron’s Zali Black earns Matildas call-up
Jun 28, 2025
La Bohème brings opera to Murwillumbah
Jun 28, 2025
