NEWS Corp Australia has announced today there will be significant changes to its Australian media titles. As a result, many of its NSW and Queensland mastheads will become digital only publications. The changes will involve numerous North Coast publications. These include major newspapers: Tweed Daily News, Ballina Advocate, Byron Shire News, Coffs Coast Advocate, Grafton Daily Examiner and Lismore Northern…

A new study by the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR) has found that Aboriginal people who participate in Circle Sentencing have lower rates of imprisonment and recidivism than Aboriginal people who are sentenced in the traditional way. Circle Sentencing is an alternative sentencing method for Aboriginal offenders, which is available in 12 NSW Local Courts. Under Circle…

From Friday we noticed some kind of change around town.  More businesses have been given the green light to open their doors ( of course making sure they stick to the guidelines in place around social distancing ) and over the next few weeks the restrictions will ease even more.  Unfortunately for the Grafton Chamber of Commerce we will need…

Two local businesses have set aside their own COVID-related challenges to give back to the Clarence Valley community. Clarence Kitchen Collective and Roches Family Hotel have combined efforts to put meals on the table for families doing it tough at the moment. Marijke VanderVlist and her team at the Clarence Kitchen Collective have been gathering donations from their customers to…