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LANGUAGE BACKGROUND Bundjalung (also spelt Bandjalang or Banjalang) belongs to the Pama-Nyungan family of Australia languages. Gold Coast

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Bundjalung of Lismore is represented by the Widjabul Wia-bal, the Bandjalang clan and the Galibal. The Bundjalung territories and homelands extend across Northern NSW to Southeast Queensland with the Logan River as the northern boundary and the southern boundary is the Lower Clarence River.

We as sovereign first peoples have shaped our unceded territories and country, it is in the stories, the language, the songs, the dance, and today the arts. Lismore – NGULINGAH Local Aboriginal land Council Street address: 53 Conway Street, Lismore NSW 2480 Phone: 02 6621 5541 Lismore – Bundjalung Tribal Society Phone: 02 6621 6992

At the time of the first contact with Europeans in the mid1800s, there was up to 20 dialects of Bundjalung. ‘Bundjalung’ has been used as a general term for the whole language (covering all the different dialects) and also as a term to refer to certain individual dialects. However, each dialect has a specific name of its own. Dialects include Wahlubal (also known as Western Bandjalang), Yugambeh, Birrihn, the Barryugil dialect, Bandjalang, Wudjebal, Wiyabal, Wuhyabal, Minyangbal, Gidhabal, Galibal and Ngarrahngbal. Many of these names point to some characteristic peculiar to that dialect. For example, Gidhabal means ‘those who say gidha (all right)’, while Wiyabal means ‘those who say wiya (you)’. It is thought that the term ‘Bandjalung’ was originally used to describe the dialect spoken around Bangawalbin Creek and that this name was later used to cover all dialects. Although the Bundjalung people slowed the stealing of tribal lands by European settlers, the European invasion had a severe impact on the population, settlement and inhabitation of traditional areas, and on cultural practices, including language use. The use of Bundjalung was actively suppressed, and English emerged as a common language. Despite the forces working against Bundjalung, some dialects were still actively and widely used as late as the 1950s.

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TRADITIONAL COUNTRY The Bundjalung language was spoken in an area that included the north-east corner of New South Wales and the south-eastern corner of Queensland. This area stretches from Grafton on the Clarence River in the south, to the Logan River in the north and inland as far as the Great Dividing Range at Tenterfield and Warwick. It includes the regional centres of Lismore, Casino, Kyogle, Woodenbong, Byron Bay, Ballina, Coolangatta-Tweed Heads, Murwillumbah, the Gold Coast, Beaudesert and Warwick.

Various people, including researchers, have been writing down information about the Bandjalung language since the late 1800s. A few Bundjalung dialects have been recorded in some detail, while for others there are limited records, or no record at all. A large collection of audio recordings of Bundjalung speakers, and researchers’ field notes are held at the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies in Canberra. There is now an electronic version of the Bundjalung-Yugambeh Dictionary available online here. www.bundjalung.dalang.com.au/ plugin_wiki/index.html

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A Dream Come True! Behind the First Nations gown at Australian Fashion Week How a boy from remote Northern Territory took his passion for Country, nature and 1950s glamour all the way to the nation's biggest fashion event. Marrithiyel designer Paul McCann was part of history this month. He got to see the gown he designed and made strut down the runway of Australian Fashion Week, and become something of a legend.

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The biggest dress I have ever created.... So proud to see it go down the runway today! This gown consists of 21 meters of fabric to make, the organza skirt has 12 meters of fabric with six meters hand-painted connection to Country design with embroidered gum leaves, dripping with over 60 handpainted gumnuts throughout the gown.

It was simply beautiful, and touching, and moving for Indigenous and non-Indigenous people to witness. “I'm so grateful for that.” He was helped in that respect by the dress's model, Gamilaroi and Dunghutti drag queen Felicia Foxx. While the dress itself eschewed the genderless designs of some other works for a more traditional silhouette, its presentation by a proud queer Black man was a radical moment. "Felicia did such an amazing job. I don't think any of the models could have pulled off what she did, with the drama, the way she walked, everything. "There was a little nip slip here and there and I was living for it!" The magnitude of it all has been hard to fathom. I can't believe, you know, seven months later, I was invited to be a part of Fashion Week … I just couldn't believe that that was my gown coming down the runway! McCann’s dress was one part of a holistic First Nations event. First Nations designers exhibited their original works on a cast of Blak models; Indigenous musicians from William Barton to DRMNGNOW performed for a line-up of First Nations celebrities; a Welcome to Country and smoking ceremony set the scene for what was to be a day of high emotion. The dress, as with other examples of McCann’s work, takes obvious inspiration from nature, and keeps one eye on sustainability.

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@paul.mccann_art So happy to announce that the Gumnut Ball Gown will join the @ngvmelbourne collection where it will be preserved for future generations. It is such an honour to be collected by such a prestigious gallery - A Dream Come True!

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YAMATJI MAN RECOGNISED AT THE PREMIER AWARDS

Third-year Curtin Medical School student Daniel Curran was awarded the Shell Aboriginal STEM Student of the Year for his inspirational work and commitment to closing the gap, including in his role as the first Aboriginal tutor in the Indigenous Tutorial Assistance Scheme at Curtin’s Centre for Aboriginal Studies. Yamatji man, Daniel Curran has been studying medicine for three years. He has two years to go and is passionate about helping First Nation students. He tutors indigenous students one on one at Curtin University. “I've been at Curtin for four years. I came to the indigenous pre-medicine and health science enabling course in 2018. I mean anyone can come down whether they want to get into any health degree nursing whatever it may be to do that for 12 months and then get into anything and I chose the medicine and I've been doing that for three years now.” Through Mr Currans studies he has found that chronic kidney disease, ear, eye, and mental health impact First nations people the most. “It’s not to just treat the body but to treat the mind and treat their spirit because health is a combination of all it's a holistic meaning, we've got to look at the entire person. Not just the body but we go look at the person and everything that makes that person up from you know, their mental health their spiritual health, their physical health all of that contributes.” Mr Curran believes that access to health care is an issue for Indigenous Australians. “There are barriers just going to the hospital, sometimes your family go and they don't come back, and that's a bad representation of the Healthcare System, but we need a try and break that down and let indigenous people know that they are welcome and that they can access health services like their GP.” Mr Curran will be working in Broome next year.

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A WORD FROM THE PRINCIPAL

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John Tozeland September e-Magazine Lismore CBD e-Magazine is the magazine that amplifies the voice of FIRST NATIONS ECONOMIC SUMMIT Local trust on a State and National Join the decolonisation process in every sector of scale, combining a thematic scope with Indigenous economies and help build an economy that a wide range of topics, keeping you works for everyone informed and entertained.

The decolonisation of Indigenous economies is an idea that’s been on

We bring you another issue that is jam the table for a long time, but it has yet to make its way into reality. packed with local information, regional It's up to activists, entrepreneurs, academics, and politicians to push the agenda forward by taking concrete steps in this direction. issues, and news that keep you Barayamal Organiser of First Nations Economic Summit informed. At Barayamal, we believe that First Nations Entrepreneurship Under lockdown, we have had to recan change the world for the better. write, adjust and adapt to the Covid Our First Nations accelerator, technology, and investments are empowering restrictions that change our daily lives.

Indigenous people by giving them the tools and support they need to succeed. In addition to this, our research about what Indigenous entrepreneurship is and how it differs from Western entrepreneurship is inspiring others to be a part of the solution and informing the international conversation.

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We are proud to be a world leader in First Nations entrepreneurship and to be working with other partners to help close the disparity gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people. Speaker Expression of Interest - if you are interested to become a speaker then please send us an email at your earliest convenience at d.foley@barayamal.com. We are looking forward to hearing from you. If you’re a First Nations person (Indigenous, Aboriginal, Māori, Native American, etc.) who: can speak about or run a short course on how we can decolonise Indigenous economies e.g. what is colonisation, Indigenous vs Western Indigenous economies/entrepreneurship/community development, policies, advocacy campaigns, etc. September 5 was chosen in order to commemorate the anniversary of the passing away of Mother Teresa of Calcutta who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 "for work undertaken in the struggle to overcome poverty and distress, which also constitute a threat to peace."

BUNDJALUNG NATION JWT Publishing acknowledges the traditional custodians of the Bundjalung nation, the Wahlabul people, and pays respect to the Elders past, present and emerging. We recognise this land was never ceded and acknowledge the continuation of culture and connection to land, sky and sea. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as Australia’s First Peoples and honour the rich diversity of the world’s oldest living culture.

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CONTENTS

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Vol.1 No.3 SEPTEMBER ISSUE 2021 AWARD WINNING Hanging Rock Flowers 17

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11 - 17 Spring Things to do in Spring. Spring is awesome. Spring means warmth.

10 Farmers First Network Is on a mission to create a future of farming that puts Farmers First by democratising information, providing unbiased analytics and creating competition for farmers’ business. Conceived by Farmers, Built by Innovators and Improved Together.

Climate Impacts Australia Lismore Botanical Gardens According to a regional a non-profit group of fact sheet released with volunteers working in the report, temperatures in conjunction with the Australia rose 1.4 degrees Lismore City Council to Celsius between 1910 and establish, develop and Hanging Rock Flowers 2020. maintain the Lismore Rainforest Botanic Gardens. Lismore Business Awards 2021 winner for Outstanding New Start up Hanging Rock Flowers. Offering Australian natives and proteas that The Strong Australia Network are grown fresh on their local farm. Is made up of people whom all want a stronger and With a range of unique gemstone better Australia. The Network was created by the jewellery, beautiful wood products, Business Council of Australia to better engage with native themed gift lines and cards. For regional communities, and work on solutions to some of lovers of flowers this is a must to visit. the challenges faced by our regions.

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A new sustainable and modular affordable housing estate has launched Get to Know Darlene Cook in Lismore in Northern NSW, the first Lismore Country Labor candidate for Mayor. of its kind in the region. Building for the I love the rich diversity of people who call community estate Vue Eco Village in Lismore home: our city and village dwellers, our Goonellabah is due to begin in farmers and our rural land sharing December 2021. communities: all bring a shared vision of the future we want to live in. LISMORE

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Lismore Business Awards have been announced ahead of a live awards ceremony in November. This year more than ever, local businesses are looking to our awards for certainty, community and positivity amid the most challenging operating environment.

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MUSIC, ARTS & BOOKS Our regular feature on Hear the Music and See the Arts. This issue spotlights Books.

Congratulations to the winning authors, illustrators and publishers and a huge thank you to our judges for all their hard work. Selecting six winners from such a spectacular Shortlist would have been a challenging task.

Ed Sheeran’s New album will be dedicated to Australian record label founder and music impresario Michael Gudinski, who was a friend and mentor to the charttopping English star.

There are many good reasons to host a book fair... Is Lismore ready?

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67 How disagreeing 'productively' leads to better outcomes. Productive disagreement is a way of thinking, perhaps the best one we have. It makes us smarter and more creative, and it can even bring us closer together.

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James O'Brien on South Lismore As a child growing up in South Lismore, one of my strongest earliest memories was of the arrival at the nearby railway station of hundreds of people for the Aquarius Festival.

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Lismore's café-going public are getting more and more knowledgeable about food and coffee quality. Australia is one of the most advanced espresso-based café cultures in the world; something we are now truly proud of.

Recalling his early school days. Mr. Idriess said sugar cane was the main product of the Richmond district.

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BUSINESS ACTIVATION WORKING GROUP CALL-OUT We are now inviting expressions of interest from the local business community and stakeholders to establish the Business Activation Working Group. Submit your expression of interest by completing the EOI Form below by 2.00pm on Friday 10 September 2021. If you would like to find out more about the Business Activation Plan or how you can be involved, get in touch with Kathryn Gray, CBD Activation Officer on 02 6625 0500 or kathryn.gray@lismore.nsw.gov.au

INDIGENOUS BUSINESS MONTH Indigenous Business Month is an initiative driven by the alumni of Melbourne Business School’s MURRA Indigenous Business Master Class Program, who see business as a vehicle towards self-determination, a way of providing positive role models for Indigenous Australians and improving quality of life in Indigenous communities. Since its establishment in 2015, Indigenous Business Month is an annual celebration that occurs every October and 2021 marks its 7th year. “We want kids to see that their future lies not just in arts and sport. Business also requires creativity and Provides a path to community growth and individual aspirations.” In the midst of the unprecedented Covid-19 pandemic, there were thirty-five Indigenous Business Month events registered in 2020. These events not only showcased the talent of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander entrepreneurs but ignited conversations about Indigenous business development and innovation. www.indigenousbusinessmonth.com.au AUST R A L IA COUNC IL FOR T H E ARTS Key dates | Nominations close: Tuesday 26 October 2021 (3pm AEDT). The Australia Council Awards acknowledge the contribution that Australian artists have made to the creative arts and cultural life of the nation. The Australia Council will announce the Awards to distinguished Australian artists early in 2022. enquiries@australiacouncil.gov.au

New bar, gym part of $6 million mega sporting upgrade at Lismore Rugby Club A multi-million-dollar revamp of one Lismore sporting club could make the venue unrecognisable if the aspirational development is pushed forward. Founded on the 27th March 1968 after a public meeting was called to establish Rugby Union on the Far North Coast of New South Wales.

NEW SOUTH WALES RURAL AND REGIONAL HEALTHCARE FACING COLLAPSE AS DELTA VARIANT HITS Submissions to the ongoing New South Wales (NSW) Parliamentary Inquiry into rural, regional and remote healthcare have highlighted the disastrous state of health services in these areas, leaving the population entirely vulnerable to the highly-infectious COVID-19 Delta variant. The NSW parliamentary inquiry was established in September 2020 following a succession of preventable deaths in rural and regional hospitals. The inquiry has held eight hearings across seven regional towns, from the south-west through to the north coast. Information provided by health workers and local residents provides a devastating picture of the realities behind these statistics. There are towns in the state’s northeast that have no doctors. Coraki resident George Thompson told the inquiry that his wife had suffered a stroke, but due to the lack of a hospital was not treated in time and “has never walked since.” He said the Coraki hospital, founded in 1904, was shut down because of hail damage and the community was told it would be replaced by a “HealthOne” facility. Referrals are required for treatment at the facility but there is no doctor in the town to provide them. Bonalbo villagers in the Northern Rivers region told a similar story. One resident explained that he had slashed his leg while working in the bush and travelled half an hour to the Bonalbo emergency department. On arrival, he was told by nurses there they were unable to stitch the wound and he would have to drive another 70 kilometres to see a doctor.

Bed shortages at Lismore Base Hospital have seen patients discharged late at night and told to contact their families, friends or communities to get home. Rural and regional working-class families face extremely long wait times and have to travel hundreds of kilometres, spending days, if not weeks, in distant cities in order to access proper care.

These grossly inadequate and life-threatening services are the product of policies pursued by successive Labor and Liberal-National Coalition state governments. Since coming into power in 2011, the NSW Coalition government, now headed by Gladys Berejiklian, has followed the lead of its predecessors, ruthlessly slashing services to rural healthcare.

The disastrous state of health care in rural, regional and remote areas is a direct result of ongoing government attempts to eliminate the social right to healthcare and to institute a “user pays” regime.

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CLIMATE SMART ENGINEERING 2021 16-17 NOVEMBER | HYBIRD EVENT Science + Engineering a pathway through Climate Change The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has released a scathing report into the human impact of climate change. In the report, based on 14,000 scientific publications, the authors argue humanity has reached a crisis point! That some of the impacts of climate change are irreversible. According to the IPCC, the Earth is on track to see temperatures rise more than 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. This is in breach of the 2015 Paris Agreement, of which Australia is a signatory. If global temperatures increase by two degrees Celsius, heat extremes will reach critical tolerance thresholds for agriculture and health. Australian climate scientists have said it’s not too late, but action must be taken now. In an interview with The Guardian, Australian National University climatologist Dr. Joëlle Gergis said:

Climate impacts for Australia According to a regional fact sheet released with the report, temperatures in Australia rose 1.4 degrees Celsius between 1910 and 2020. This has caused heat extremes to increase, leading to the nation’s longer bushfire seasons. The report states there is a high confidence that the intensity, frequency and duration of “fire weather events” will increase in the coming years. Not only is the land heating up, but the oceans are also. The region is likely to experience an increase in marine heatwaves, particularly in the East Australian Current and the Tasman Sea.

“If this report, and the evidence from around the world right now, does not convince this generation of political leaders that we have to stabilise the climate then I don’t think anything Cyclone frequency in the northern parts of the country is projected to else will. This is as clear as we can be. Now it’s up to our decrease, however the severity of the cyclones that do hit are expected to worsen. political leaders to act.” Northern Australia is also likely to see an increase in heavy rainfall Engineers Australia CEO Dr Bronwyn Evans AM HonFIEAust CPEng leading to flooding, while the rest of the country is set to experience echoed this sentiment and demanded governments bring less rainfall and longer drought seasons. engineers to the table to help combat climate change. The southernmost regions of Australia have seen a significant “As the creators of low emissions solutions and managers of our decrease in rainfall since 1910, which the report blames squarely on built environment, engineers are ready to meet the climate human activity. challenge,” Dr Evans said. “Engineers will play a vital role, not only in building resilience in a new climate but importantly, in cutting emissions to mitigate extreme climate change.”

Fortunately, Australia has the know-how to act on climate change. Earlier this year, the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings demonstrated that Australian universities are some of the best in the world when it comes to tackling social issues such as climate change.

The opportunities and challenges posed by climate change for Beyond that, we have award-winning engineers working to create engineers will be discussed at the Engineers Australia’s inaugural sustainable energy sources, find ways to protect people from the Climate Smart Engineering (CSE) conference on 16-17 November. impacts of climate change, and actively reverse the effects where we can.

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“ENGINEERS WILL PLAY A VITAL ROLE, NOT ONLY IN BUILDING RESILIENCE IN A NEW CLIMATE, BUT IMPORTANTLY, IN CUTTING EMISSIONS TO MITIGATE EXTREME CLIMATE CHANGE.” Dr Bronwyn Evans AM HonFIEAust CPEng

“Australia’s particular exposure to climate change will pose evergreater challenges to our physical world. Climate adaptation and resilience demands sophisticated engineering solutions in every part of the community,” Dr. Evans said. “Our profession must be at the centre of change, and Engineers Australia is committed to leading the way.”

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Farmers could substantially boost productivity by conserving soil biodiversity By increasing the biodiversity of soils through sustainable practices, farmers could deliver substantial benefits for food and water security as well as climate change mitigation and adaptation. “To achieve this vision, we must stop thinking of agriculture purely in terms of food, fibre, and fuel, and instead incentivise and reward these additional services farmers provide to society.” Concrete steps that farmers, policymakers, government agencies and private companies can take to help foster a global transition to sustainable agriculture. “Agriculture has often been portrayed as a threat to biodiversity conservation. Yet conserving living, biodiverse soils and landscapes can boost yields while helping both nature and society.” Common Ground: Restoring Land Health for Sustainable Agriculture, for the first time quantifies the potential societal benefits and monetary value of a large-scale, global adoption of cost-effective sustainable farming methods that boost soil organic matter and biodiversity. These methods include agroforestry and conservation agriculture as well as the use of manure and mulching.

As an additional benefit, the increased organic carbon content in agricultural soils worldwide would enhance their capacity to store water by up to 37 billion m3, reducing the need for irrigation by ca. 4% globally. Working together, farmers and conservationists can deliver longterm food, nutrition and water security to everyone. Healthy, living soils and landscapes can indeed increase the resilience of food production to the negative impacts of climate change, and can secure access to safe and nutritious food, particularly for the most vulnerable people in developing countries.

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Proudly Farmers First FBN is on a mission to create a future of farming that puts Farmers First by democratising information, providing unbiased analytics and creating competition for farmers’ business.

By sharing agronomic precision data with one another, they knew that all farmers could make better decisions on seeds and agronomics. No marketing fluff, just the facts on raw performance. They wanted transparency and to be treated fairly in the market. The FBN Network was developed That’s how a dream became a reality — Farmers Business in 2014 by a handful of farmers as Network. an independent, unbiased and Within two years, the network spread to thousands of farmers objective farmer-driven managing millions of acres. As each new farmer joins the FBN information source. Network, every member’s seed information, agronomic analytics and buying power gets stronger. When farmers connect, farmers win — and the services, technology and network keep growing.

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THINGS TO DO IN SPRING

Spring is awesome. Spring means warmth. Spring in most parts of Australia is from September to November. EACH YEAR ON SEPTEMBER 1, YOU CAN GUARANTEE YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA FEEDS WILL SIMULTANEOUSLY ERUPT WITH THE NEWS THAT SPRING HAS ARRIVED. The season of spring technically kicks off after the spring equinox, which generally falls around the 20th - 23rd of September each year. LISMORE

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Basically, it’s a midpoint, and an indicator we are heading towards warmer weather and longer days “The equinox is when we have equal amounts of daylight and nighttime,”. After that, we will be seeing more daylight than nighttime, and it will start warming up. SIMILARLY, WHILE EVERYONE WILL NO DOUBT GET EXCITED ABOUT SUMMER ON DECEMBER 1, THE SEASON DOESN’T REALLY KICK IN UNTIL THE SUMMER SOLSTICE ON DECEMBER 22. When does the summer solstice occur in Australia? Summer and Winter Solstice. The summer solstice occurs once a year in December when the Sun's track across the Australian sky reaches its highest point. It is the day that has the most daylight hours of any in the year. The summer solstice usually occurs on 22 December but can occur between 21 and 23 December. This obviously begs the question ― why do we still count seasons as starting on the first of the month when there is all this equinox and solstice activity happening later on? “Because Australia is a continent, we tend to stick to the first of the month". “There aren’t really defining seasons for an entire continent. Especially being more tropical in the north, it doesn’t carry as much significance in that respect.” “It is a bit easier to remember, as well.” So all in all, yes... it’s spring, so Instagram away. But keep in mind the equinox is still a little while away, so don’t pack away that coat just yet.

Ngulingah Nursery Ngulingah Nursery is a social enterprise of Ngulingah Local Aboriginal Land Council, focusing on the preservation and production of Bushfood and medicine plants, including some that are unique. As well as the propagation and sale of local endemic plants.

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Lismore The Great Garden

The Lismore Community Garden is a joint project of Rainbow Region Community Farms Inc and the Northern Rivers Social Development Council. We have received funding from the Commonwealth Dept. of Health and Ageing to establish a community garden in Lismore, for the benefit of all Lismore residents. Lismore City Council is supporting the garden through provision of the land.

LCG is a friendly, social place and each Saturday there is a shared lunch using produce from the garden. There is always a lot to do at the garden and everyone in the community is welcome to become involved. Volunteers can help out in a variety of ways, including: Planting, watering, weeding, maintaining, and harvesting fruit and vegetables grown in a variety of small garden plots, using organic principles and water-conserving methods. Helping out with general garden maintenance, including mowing, whipper snipping, and keeping the native borders and grounds looking neat and tidy. Helping in the nursery with sowing seeds and nurturing seedlings for the garden as well as saving seeds from our crops. Getting involved in the various construction projects (currently building a skillion roof and new garden beds) as the garden develops. From time to time, we conduct demonstrations and workshops about sustainable gardening techniques and healthy eating, as well as more social events such as solstice celebrations. LCG is also developing garden plots that can be rented on an annual basis by both individuals (such as those without their own garden) and community groups to provide activities for their people.

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Lismore Vegie and Herb Gardeners Network FACEBOOK Public group 3.1K members This group for those of us interested in growing food and herbs or people who simply love food and natural medicine etc.

Its for people who want to trade or share seed, cuttings, advice, recipes, and excess produce talk about urban planning and community gardens - guerilla gardening, food security, permaculture, perma blitz, energy exchange and barter - compost, pests or even if you want to post pics of your gardens or plants that you know and love. Basically a healthy exchange of information and shared resources/grass roots technology to help our community become more resilient in a food security sense, and to inspire people to get in there and grow stuff !

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Locally grown plants and locally owned At Lismore Garden Centre, you will find everything you need to create the garden of your dreams. We have a complete range of seeds and plants for you to choose from. With our experienced gardening team, we will help you find the right plants for your soil and the Northern Rivers’ environment.

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Brachychiton bidwillii Little Kurrajong and Fiery Skimmer Dragonfly Photo by Phil Jarman

A volunteer organisation establishing and maintaining a botanic garden in Lismore NSW, specialising in native plants, mostly rainforest, which naturally grow within a 200km radius of the city - a great place to walk, see the wildlife or just be. These Gardens are a wonderful place to visit with big colourful information signs, individual tree labels, paths, seats, picnic areas and of course a superb collection of local rainforest and other local native plants. It is a great place to take visitors, and for kids to explore. Davidsonia jerseyana Davidson's Plum in flower

The COOL CUBBY near the first car park and SOLAR CLOCK in Sensory Garden are great favourites. A very new feature is the little walkway and lookout in PALM GULLY at the western end of the Gardens, just beyond the Nursery. The HOOP PINE FOREST, at the eastern end, is a lovely cool shady place to walk. The paths, unsealed but well graded, take you up to a stony LABYRINTH at the top and the newly installed BIG OLD CHURCH BELL, a little further along the ridge. Friends of Lismore Rainforest Botanic Gardens Inc (FLRBG) We are open: Monday - Friday 7.30 am to 3.30 pm, Saturday and Sunday 9 am - 4 pm (may change due to Covid restrictions) VOLUNTEER WORK DAYS AT THE GARDENS are held every Wednesday morning from 8 am to 11 am and on the last Sunday of each month from 9 am to 11 am FLRBG is a non-profit group of volunteers working in conjunction with the Lismore City Council to establish, develop and maintain the Lismore Rainforest Botanic Gardens. The Friends were officially formed in December 1998 but the dream of establishing a Botanic Garden in the Lismore area had been around since 1988. The Gardens opened officially in June 2013.

Viola banksii Native Violet Photo by Marie Matthew

313 Wyrallah Rd, East Lismore NSW 2480 www.facebook.com/FLRBG 02 6629 1435 | 0450 596 705

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Mobile Caterers High Teas for all occasions Corporate Catering Gourmet Picnics for couples or groups. Princess Parties that wow your Princess, or teen… We are a mobile High Tea service. High Teas are great for Morning Teas, afternoon teas, lunch and light dinners, even breakfast. High Teas can replace a meal. Not just for the ladies, men enjoy our service as well. High Tea Service can be used for Wedding Receptions, Bridal Showers, Baby Showers, Birthdays, Wakes, Little Princess Parties, corporate morning teas and the list goes on. Fundraising events are our speciality, really enjoy theming the event. Our packages include Fine China, Linen, Silverware, Table Centres, Gourmet Food and Boutique Tea. We set the tables, we serve and we clean up. All you need to do is supply the tables, chairs, guests and alcohol if you desire. Gourmet Picnics - Wedding Receptions, Company Picnics, or a romantic Picnic to pop the question.

Adult packages start from $25 per head and go up to $50 per head for our delux package. Children's parties start from $16 per head and go up to $20 per head. Corporate morning teas will be quoted separately, depending on the requirements. Catering only option available. Morning tea Packages start from $5.50 per head.

Picnic packages start from just $20 per head. Picnics with the old fashioned picnic baskets, or set up Buffet Style with Decor.

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74 Trinity Dr Lismore, NSW, Australia 2480 0423 775 921 info@hightealadies.com.au www.hightealadies.com.au

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Australian natives and proteas are grown fresh on our local farm. Unique gemstone jewellery, beautiful wood products, native themed gift lines and cards.

Bunches, Arrangements, Wreaths. Fresh and Dried. Delivery to Lismore & Surrounds or Shop In-Store.

HANGING ROCK FLOWERS Florist · Outlet shop OPENING HOURS: 9am - 4pm “Monday to Friday”

WINNER LISMORE BUSINESS AWARDS 2021 Outstanding Start Up

CONTACT 0423 956 585 22 Woodlark Street, Lismore, NSW 2480. hangingrockflowers@gmail.com

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From our family to yours... Owned by Stewart and Salina Edmonds, with the support of their family and staff, Farmer Charlies delivers beautiful fresh produce at great prices to the community of the Northern Rivers. First established in 1991 by Barry Edmonds, it was his passion and knowledge of fresh produce gained through farming himself, that planted the seeds for what Farmer Charlies is today. He is still very involved in the business and you will often see him around the store.

The Family Our strength of family and commitment to freshness also extends to Store Giving our Brisbane suppliers P&C Produce. Owned by the Foran family You More..... (Stewart's sister and brother-in-law), they work closely with us to ensure only the best quality produce is delivered to our store by local freight company JHD Transport (a Linfox group).

Trading Hours Weekdays 8am-6pm Saturday 8am-5pm Sundays 9am-5pm Conway Street, Lismore.

www.farmercharlies.com.au

Happy Days from Farmer Charlies.....

It's more than just a name...We have a passion for farming and ensuring that farmer's produce can be enjoyed by all. With fresh produce and farming part of their heritage, Stewart and Salina bring a wealth of knowledge and experience in agribusiness and horticulture to the table, meaning you can shop at Farmer Charlies with confidence.

Woolworths donates $1 million to boost funding for food relief Woolworths is to give an additional $1 million in support of Australian charities helping get food to consumers in need as demand for help soars in the wake of Covid lockdowns.

Charities receiving the fund include OzHarvest, Foodbank, Fareshare and Good360. An initial $500,000 commitment from Woolworths is slated for increasing the delivery of food hampers and pre-prepared meals for Australians in need. “This additional support from Woolworths couldn’t have come at a more important time,” said Brianna Casey, CEO of Foodbank Australia. “With so many parts of the country in lockdown right now and the lingering impacts of Covid-19 being felt by communities everywhere, we’ve never needed more emergency food relief.”

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Meanwhile, Woolworths customers can support food-relief efforts by rounding up their purchases to the nearest dollar at the selfserve checkouts. Money raised will be donated to Foodbank. Customers can also donate the equivalent cost of a hamper to further help OzHarvest scale up their food hamper hubs in some of the hardest hit areas of the country. Woolworths will match dollar for dollar any money donated by customers in-store or online, up to $500,000 to further support its food relief partners. Its latest support comes on top of the $8 million provided to food relief partners over the last 12 months.

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“Caring for Australian communities is an important part of what it means to be today’s Fresh Food People,” said Brad Banducci, CEO of Woolworths Group. “While our store teams have been on the frontline serving the essential needs of the community, our charity partners have likewise been doing incredible work ensuring Australians hit hardest by this crisis can still access quality nutritious food and essential household goods.”

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Strong Australia Network The Strong Australia Network is made up of people who all want a stronger and better Australia. The Network was created by the Business Council of Australia to better engage with regional communities, and work on solutions to some of the challenges faced by our regions. Regional Australians are alive to the challenges and they’re enthusiastic about the opportunities. There’s a lot we can achieve simply by working together. Employing 11 million of the 13 million working Australians, business is the backbone of Australia, creating jobs, exporting, innovating, paying taxes and growing vibrant communities. We need to protect the six out of every seven Australians who depend on a strong business sector for their livelihoods. We need to protect the worker on the check-out who relies on their pay packet from the biggest employer in town – the supermarket. We can’t ignore the small business owner who supplies the snacks to one of the airlines. We need to support the teenager who has their first job at the local fast-food outlet, and the farmers who provide the same outlet fresh produce. We are responding to these complex challenges, but we can’t do it alone. We need all of us – as a community – to come together. We want to showcase the work of our industry leaders, small business owners, employees and suppliers.

The Strong Australia program centres on getting outside the major cities and bringing together suppliers, distributors, employees, customers and business organisations to discuss the issues facing our regions and work on the solutions to the challenges people face. Our campaigns focus on issues ranging from competitiveness, skills and regulation, but they will also seek to interrupt the anti-business conversation and remind people of the value of a strong business community. Along with social media campaigning we use a mix of radio, television, print and digital advertising in regional areas, and get in touch with local news media to promote the campaigns. Australians need the truth. We are the twelfth largest economy on earth with a small population. We have built a strong economy because of a commitment to lowering taxes, reducing regulation, seeking foreign investment and high levels of immigration. Our campaigns will tackle issues like these across the political spectrum. Overwhelmingly, business is a force for good, delivering extraordinary outcomes every day. That’s why we cannot sit back and allow Australians to only see negatives and forget about the six out of every seven Australians who depend on a strong business sector for their livelihoods. A community of people who understand the importance of a strong business sector to Australia. Developed by the Business Council of Australia. Authorised by J. Clark for the Business Council of Australia of 120 Collins St, Melbourne

www.strongaustralia.net

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Northern Rivers NSW CONNECT WITH NATURE The Northern Rivers NSW Brand has been developed through a collaboration of regional partners, including key business and industry and government representatives. The Project Steering Committee members who brought the vision to life are: Northern Cooperative Meat Company, NORCO, Northern Rivers Food, Northern Rivers Joint Organisation, Regional Development Australia - Northern Rivers, Business NSW, Destination North Coast, Southern Cross University and Regional NSW. We are committed to ensuring the region has a brand identity that lives long into the future.

VALUES THE NORTHERN RIVERS BRAND VALUES.

The Northern Rivers NSW brand essence is

For a Northern Rivers NSW brand to be truly inclusive of all sectors, it the sum of its parts. The individual needs to be about what we believe in, more than just our geography. attributes of the brand essence can be A successful and meaningful regional brand is firmly founded encapsulated in six key areas, with ‘Nature’ in its values. and ‘Connection to Community’ at the

centre and ‘Culture/Creativity’, ‘Food’, ‘Business/Enterprise’ and ‘Lifestyle’ rounding out our brand essence.

The brand story is ambitious in its goal to represent the whole of the Northern Rivers region, from Tweed in the north to Grafton in the South, Casino and Kyogle in the West and east to the coast through to Lismore to Ballina and Byron. We have taken this challenge and opportunity to position Northern Rivers NSW for its diversity and breadth of experience and attributes. www.northernriversnsw.com.au

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Northern Rivers, New South Wales... Destination Lismore

World Tourism Day September 27

There are perhaps no better vacation spots for people searching for places to escape the anxieties of the pandemic world than the wide, open spaces. And it’s not just for the summer-time traveller. Lismore and the surrounding villages is a preferred destination for visitors year-round. “The wide-open spaces are more of a draw, and we certainly have a lot of that in and around Lismore. It really does rejuvenate the soul. There are lots of iconic buildings and natural attractions, so people can really disperse across the region. It really is the ultimate social distancing.” Nimbin, for example, is a favourite destination, a tapestry of vibrant colours paints the town. There, a whole menu of activity options opens up, Nimbin is a place to bring balance back into your life. There’s also a rich Indigenous history waiting to be explored. There are numerous resorts and lodges that offer the best in comfort and outdoor adventure for families, couples, or friends. “In minutes, you can be outside of town, in the middle of nowhere,” In 2019/20 the Tourism and hospitality value for Lismore City In 2019/20 , the total sales in Lismore City was $163.0m, the total value added was $87.0 million. Tourism and hospitality are key industries and major contributors to Australia’s economy. However it has not been well represented in economic profiles in the past, because it actually includes parts of many different traditional industries. The Australian Bureau of Statistics publishes the “Tourism Satellite Account” which is a separate set of national accounts which look at the value and contribution of tourism in the national economy.

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LISMORE AVIATORS CALL ON AOPA AUSTRALIA FOR HELP, FACING UNSUSTAINABLE INCREASES IN AIRPORT FEES By Benjamin Morgan

Local aviators at Lismore Airport have “AOPA Australia is concerned that called on AOPA Australia for assistance, Council may be exposing itself to an following a move by the Lismore City unintended outcome, whereby it’s costs Council to introduce large increases in of imposing, monitoring and recovering user fees for aircraft based at the airport, the new fee structure, will exceed the value of the fees charged and collected. along with those visiting. Council has moved to remove all annual agreements for locally based aircraft, instead imposing a pertonne movement fee. Council will monitor aircraft movements by way of runway cameras and will handle all invoicing and payment collecting in-house.

The new charges come as a result of an $840,000 operating deficit by the Lismore City Council. “AOPA Australia has met with local aviation representatives to learn more about the situation and is concerned that the new fees will drive aircraft owners and businesses away from the airport.”, AOPA Australia CEO, Benjamin Morgan. “The new Council fees will result in significant cost increases for locally based aircraft, with the AeroClub, local flight training provider and maintenance businesses all feeling the brunt. “To illustrate the impact of these new fees, one locally operated Beechcraft Baron will see an increase from $700 annually to in excess of $15,000 in user fees – an unsustainable increase.

“Lismore Airport is an invaluable asset that provides enormous value and amenity to both the local community and to the region. It is an important gateway for tourism, trade and commerce, along with being an essential staging point for emergency services, including air ambulance, police and fire. “A strong and vibrant local aviation community is essential to ensuring the long-term success for community airports, requiring a carefully managed balance in fees and charges to be sustainable. “AOPA Australia has written to the Lismore City Council seeking a meeting to discuss our concerns, and we are hopeful that we can work together to achieve a positive outcome for everyone.”, he said. aopa.com.au

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new sustainable and modular Volo Modular Partners Aaffordable housing estate has in Lismore in Northern on Eco Village Project launched NSW, the first of its kind in the The project will provide 214 affordable homes of one to three bedrooms, ranging from 80sq m to 100sq.

The construction time frame has been greatly reduced as Volo Modular prefabricate each build 90 per, prior to arriving on site for assembly. The Gold Coast-based company, who specialise in building residential and commercial modular communities, can build a standard home as quickly as a few weeks instead of months to year in comparison to an on-site traditional build.

The estate will also feature state-of-theart facilities with sustainability in mind, including several community outdoor spaces, a children’s playground, a men’s shed, multiple vegetable gardens, lap pools, shared electric vehicles and a “Working with a prefabrication builder neighbourhood shop. means we are able to speed up the The project will be developed by Green process of development without Vision Developments, who will be working compromising on quality or durability,” with Gold Coast’s Volo Modular and Wharton said. award-winning architect Harley Graham “It was an easy choice to work with Architect. Volo Modular as they are also Green Vision Developments managing passionate about building sustainably director Scott Wharton created the and their builds exceed standard project for residents to have a “happy, structural requirements.” healthy living and social” lifestyle. Volo Modular managing director “Vue Eco Village is a sustainable property Garrick Bull said “with Volo's precise development utilising green building and planning, designing and construction construction techniques and of community housing projects, it innovations,” Wharton said. gives us the ability to deliver projects on time every-time”. “We’re really passionate about developing affordable property with “We are able to save developers time sustainability in mind. We have now and money as we are able to deliver created a model for regional Australia high-quality and durable product — a prefabricated housing construction swiftly as each Volo Modular home is system that is bushfire protected, built within a 24-hour operate energy-independent and sustainable. warehouse without any building limitations,” Bull said. “We want to provide residents an affordable eco-friendly estate with a Traditional construction can community feel that will have everything produce huge amounts of waste they need to live a truly enriching life.” which greatly damages the environment. Work on Vue is due to begin before the end of the year, with Volo Modular “Because Volo homes are providing the homes. prefabricated in a factory and foot traffic being a minimal while being With Vue located on a beautiful hillside location, residents will have installed on site, rubbish and panoramic valley views, a wealth of environmental impact is simply open space, and vibrant landscaped minimised. gardens. “We are able to achieve 50 to 75 per The major development has been on the cent less waste than equivalent sitedrawing block since 2016, with civil work built constructions, meaning Vue will starting in December, 2021. The project is be built to the maximum sustainability set to be complete by December, 2022. level.”

region. Building for the community estate Vue Eco Village in Goonellabah is due to begin in December.

“It was an easy choice to work with Volo Modular as they are also passionate about building sustainably and their builds exceed standard structural requirements.” Volo Modular managing director Garrick Bull said “with Volo's precise planning, designing and construction of community housing projects, it gives us the ability to deliver projects on time every-time”. “We are able to save developers time and money as we are able to deliver high-quality and durable product swiftly as each Volo Modular home is built within a 24-hour operate warehouse without any building limitations,” Bull said.

Vue Eco Village is minutes away from Lismore Base Hospital and other health precincts, Southern Cross University, childcare centres and schools, bus services, supermarkets, cafes and delis, and speciality stores. Lismore CBD Magazine and The Urban Developer www.theurbandeveloper.com is proud to partner with Volo Modular to deliver this article to you. www.volomodular.com.au

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ACTIVATION PLAN TO SUPPORT OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES Lismore City Council has launched its new Business Activation Plan designed to help grow businesses in Lismore and Nimbin Central Business Districts. The plan was developed by Council’s Economic Development team which engaged the business community through workshops and an online survey, as well as working closely with the Business Activation Plan Working Group. The Working Group comprised of representatives from Council, the Lismore Chamber of Commerce & Industry, the Nimbin Chamber of Commerce, the Lismore Square and Regional Development Australia – Northern Rivers. The Working Group identified four simple themes to underpin the plan: Vibrancy to encourage more people to visit and connect with our CBDs, Experience to ensure our streets are safe and attractive; Promotion to showcase local events, attractions and the business community; and Support to help existing and new businesses to flourish. The plan is also COVID-conscious and encourages businesses to use digital tools for events and engagement, including going virtual if necessary to promote our local businesses and community to wider audiences. Lismore City Council’s General Manager Michael Donnelly thanked the Working Group for developing the new plan. “It is important that all of our stakeholders, such as the chambers of commerce and the Square, have a say in how we bring more people into our CBDs,” he said.

“As a Council we are committed to working with our business sector to ensure they can continue to grow and provide jobs for our community.

Michael Donnelly.

By working together, we can put in place plans and actions that benefit not only our business community but also the wider community.”

Business Activation Plan begins and call-out for new Working Group! Lismore City Council recognises important opportunities to renew Lismore and Nimbin as dynamic and flourishing business centres, celebrating our local community and enticing people here to the heart of the Northern Rivers. Our Economic Development Team has developed the new Business Activation Plan working with business community stakeholders and this is now available on Council's website. We appreciate all community engagement in putting forward ideas and concerns for revitalising and promoting the business centres of Lismore and Nimbin. Your involvement has informed the development of the Plan, and we are mindful of the ongoing impacts of COVID-19, flood and bushfires, along with considerable social and economic changes that now drive growth and pressures across the region. A new Working Group will be established to implement, monitor and review the plan. EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST Lismore City Council’s Economic Development team invites expressions of interest from the local business community and stakeholders to establish the Business Activation Working Group. The role of the Group will be to:

1. Provide feedback on the implementation of the Council’s Business Activation Plan. 2. Review activation, placemaking and promotional outcomes for Lismore and Nimbin centres. 3. Assist the Economic Development team with the development of any subsequent Business Activation Plan materials, leading up to the June 2023 Plan end date. Members must be 18 years plus and work in Lismore or Nimbin; and be able to demonstrate relevant expertise, insights and drive to help our town centre and businesses flourish. Find out more and review the Terms of Reference at lismore.nsw.gov.au/business-activation-plan

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Wayfinding to help connect local precincts, shopping, services, dining, culture, sporting and entertainment activities. Connecting with local people, businesses, organisations, heritage and diverse perspectives. Working with Bundjalung and First Nations leaders to respectfully promote Indigenous businesses, culture and community. Innovating to help equip local business community with relevant technology, knowledge and networks, and to encourage new businesses starting and moving here.

Creating value with different people across local business, arts and culture, sports and recreation, education and knowledge industries, along with community groups.

Enhancing the look and feel of our streets and spaces. Making it easier to enjoy our town centres - for instance, accessibility and sense of safety, shade and urban greening, traffic and parking, lighting, events and infrastructure.

Supporting our business community to thrive, initiate and leverage opportunities. Marketing to help promote Lismore and Nimbin town centres, local tourism, events and campaigns.

Communicating what we achieve and learn with the Business Activation Plan in action, about relevant updates and opportunities across council, and how this links to what we know about local communities' current needs and future aspirations.

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The next generation young gun stepping up. It was back in 1956 that Lindsay Fox founded the company that would become Australia’s largest privately owned logistics empire. Peter Fox, the second of the six children of Lindsay and Paula Fox, followed in the family way by becoming a trainee cadet at Mayne Nickless, before joining Linfox in Brisbane as a trainee supervisor. He is executive chairman of Linfox, but now more famous for leaving Melbourne during the lockdown for Queensland and leasing Moto GP champion Mick Doohan’s mansion on the Gold Coast. He was granted an exemption by Queensland Police, never the most forgiving types, after telling them he was a truck driver and held a “multi-combination driver’s licence”. “Absolutely I am a truck driver,” he memorably said when approached by a reporter from A Current Affair. “I’ll show you the logbooks to prove it.” Peter’s son James has not made it quite as far as Palm Beach.

But he has ended up in Lismore, in the Northern Rivers district of NSW, where Hernes Freight Service has been a local institution for 47 years, employing 150 people in its refrigerated trucking business, including an icecream run for the giant Norco Dairy. Lindsay and Peter Fox CREDIT:JOZSEF BENKE Hernes, “trusted refrigerated logistics since 1974”, with the rather catchy slogan “It’s cool, it’s Hernes”, has been a two-generation family business of its own. But it isn’t as if young James has strayed too far from the family fold. Linfox Freight bought Hernes Freight Service in July. Like grandfather, like son, like grandson.

New online Disaster Dashboards will provide real-time information to help residents and visitors to the Lismore, Richmond Valley and Kyogle areas be aware of, prepare for and respond to local emergencies. From road conditions and closures, to power outages and river heights, the disaster dashboards are designed as a one-stop-shop for disaster events. The dashboards provide links to emergency news and contacts as well as a direct feed from the Bureau of Meteorology’s weather warnings. Other representatives also provide information including Telstra and Health NSW. The Northern Rivers Joint Organisation (NRJO) successfully secured the funding for the disaster dashboards through Stream 2 of the Bushfire Community Recovery and Resilience fund, which is facilitated through the joint Commonwealth-State Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements. NRJO Chair Cr Danielle Mulholland said the grant meant all six councils within the NRJO would soon feature a disaster dashboards on their websites. Richmond Valley Council’s Recovery Manager Kelly Moroney said the disaster dashboards were an essential source of information in emergency events and was encouraging residents to become familiar with the tools available on each councils site. The Regional Disaster Preparedness Program, coordinated by Resilience NSW, works with local governments to build their knowledge of disaster risks and ability to respond in an emergency.

To locate and bookmark each dashboard visit: https://disaster.lismore.nsw.gov.au https://richmondvalleycouncil.disasterdashboards.com https://kyogle.disasterdashboards.com/dashboard/overview

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I grew up in Sydney, the second youngest of five children. I completed my HSC in 1972, was awarded Dux of my school, and although I was offered a place at university, I decided that living in the country and rural work was my preferred future. I was successful in getting work on a beef cattle station in Nymboida, near Grafton, in 1974. I stayed in the Grafton area for eight years, working on a series of challenging jobs in what was then regarded as male-dominated industries. During those years I worked for beef cattle stations, commercial mixed vegetable growers, cut pit props for the Nymboida coal mine, worked in the timber industry as a faller’s offsider; and ran a small business manufacturing axe handles. In 1982 I moved north to Dorroughby where I worked in the macadamia industry for 10 years, growing the trees from seedlings, grafting young macadamias and sorting nuts on the processing lines. In my late 30s, I decided to retrain as an accountant, qualifying in 1995. For over 20 years I worked as a bookkeeper, BAS agent, and finance manager for small sole tradesmen, a restaurant, the community legal centre, family support and disability services and other non-profit community organisations. My interest in local government commenced when I was in my teens. Kuringai Council established a youth council in 1971 and invited representatives from the local schools to be councillors. I was one of those representatives and became enthused by the diversity of council operations and how important those services are to the well-being of the community.

I love the rich diversity of people who call Lismore home: our city and village dwellers, our farmers and our rural land sharing communities: all bring a shared vision of the future we want to live in. A world with healthy, active lifestyles, environmentally sustainable use of our natural resources, support for business and industries generating jobs enabling our young people to stay in the region, and high-quality transport links to our villages and to the neighbouring towns. It is the role of the council to design plans and strategies to achieve that vision. I am running for Mayor because I believe I have the drive to see that vision come to fruition.

I have been privileged to represent the community of Lismore on council for the past 5 years. As a rural dweller and with my background in farming I felt I could be a voice for our villages and farmers on issues that affect our region. I could also bring my experience in financial management to the role of overseeing the large budget and many business units that comprise council operations and seeking to improve the performance and financial sustainability of the council into the future.

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DARLENE COOK WILL RESTORE TRUST IN LISMORE COUNCIL

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Our Connection with the Isle of Lismore Scotland Gaelic Lios-Mor - A Great Garden www.isleoflismore.com

The Big Dig 6-25 September Only a week to go to the archaeological dig on the glebe at Clachan. Islanders are welcome to take an active part but they should arrive early in the day so that Clare Ellis can organise the work. There will be an Open Day on 18 September. Look out for details of the talks at the Heritage Centre on Friday 10 September.

Steven Murphy @_stevenmurphy_ The perfect end to the perfect weekend trip to the Isle of Mull last month. The sky was lit up for our entire ferry journey back to Oban, with Lismore Lighthouse looking especially majestic .

A Virtual Visit to Conegliano A city where you can discover enchanted atmospheres, where art and culture trace the boundaries of the territory. In close contact with history, immersed in paths where you can breathe and experience the beauty of nature. All the background to the very exciting Big Dig is on the Heritage website https://www.lismoregaelicheritagecentre.org

Discover Conegliano in this Virtual Tour. Visit Conegliano - Virtual Stand (vrstand.it) https://www.vrstand.it/view/visitconegliano

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ABOUT BUSINESS NSW OUR PURPOSE Business NSW is one of a handful of enduring, independent not-for-profit organisation in Australia. Our purpose has always been to provide a strong, clear voice for businesses on the issues important to your livelihood. Working closely with our members, Business NSW identifies the key issues and finds practical policy solutions to ensure businesses across NSW prosper and grow.

HOW WE HELP YOU We’re your subject matter experts We proactively conduct research and deliver resources like our business surveys to develop evidence-based policy solutions and insights that are meaningful for business and workable for government and key decision makers. We advocate for a healthy business environment and a stable economy.

We connect your business As a member of Business NSW, you are connected to a diverse network of businesses. From microenterprises and startups to industry-leading corporations, our members have access to a world of expertise. Our members form part of a strong alliance network of more than 200 Chambers of Commerce across NSW.

We’ve got your back Business NSW is a powerful voice for your business. We listen to our members and represent your interests via resources like our submissions, to key decision makers at local, state and federal government levels and prosecute your interests in the media.

www.businessnsw.com

The Business Awards recognises growth, entrepreneurship and celebrates business success across New South Wales. Entering your business is a rewarding experience. It provides an opportunity to reflect on the goals, strategies and vision which have shaped your success, and the insights you gain will help drive growth and the longevity of your business. Winning an award will open the door to new markets, grow your network and highlight the important contribution you make to the business world in New South Wales.

Our Business Awards take place once a year.

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Business Excellence Awards The Northern Rivers Regional Business Awards recognises and celebrates business excellence. The Northern Rivers has a diverse regional economy with strong industries such as tourism, health, manufacturing and education. The Awards program is a rewarding experience for business leaders and their staff. It provides an opportunity to reflect on the business goals, strategies and vision which have shaped your success, and the insights you gain will help drive the sustainability of your business. Winners of the Northern Rivers Business Awards will become finalists at the State Business Awards in November.

Lismore, the regional centre of the Northern Rivers, our business operators are known for their tenacity, innovation, strength, creativity, passion and above all adaptability in face of adversity. They not only defy but redefine the challenges they are thrown. “It is extremely exciting to see Lismore businesses recognised for being businesses of excellence and as a community coming together (virtually) to shine a light on their success. Business NSW has enjoyed partnering with the Lismore Chamber of Commerce to embed the highest level of integrity into their Awards program with a world class entry portal and independent judging panels. We look forward to seeing Team Lismore winners now progress through to the Regional Awards as finalists in September and hopefully the State stage in November. Congratulations again to all of the finalists and the winners, you and your teams should be so very proud.” Jane Laverty, Regional Manager Business NSW Northern Rivers Jane Laverty, Regional Manager Business NSW Northern Rivers.

Joining the Lismore Chamber of Commerce and Industry connects you to a vibrant business community in 2480! Who is eligible to Join the LCCI? Any company, firm or person actively engaged in business or a profession or if you’re a director or executive officer of a public institution connected with commerce or industry you’re eligible to join provided you have lodged a BAS Statement or tax return with the ATO in the financial year preceding your application. We DON’T need to know the details, but we do ask for your ABN (without one, you can’t operate a business) so this needs to be current. Individuals who do not operate a business are not eligible for membership.

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2021 Business Excellence Awards proudly brought to you by Lismore Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

2021 Award Categories Local to Regional Winners of this category will go to Regionals but do not proceed to the State Business Awards. Retail and Personal Services

2021 Award Categories

Regional to State Winners of these categories will go to from Local to Regionals and then on to the State Business Awards. Outstanding Employee

WINNER

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Lazuli and Co (lazuliandco.com.au) Trade, Construction & Manufacturing

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Simply Clean (simplyclean.com.au) Business & Professional Services

Brad Ambridge, Armsign (armsign.com.au) Angela Bontea, CASPA Services Ltd (caspa.org.au) Outstanding Young Business Leader (35 and under)

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Levi Loughlin, Herne’s Security Outstanding Business Leader (36 and over)

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Connect Business Solutions (connecta.com.au) Health, Care & Wellness Industries

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Hayley Brown, Warrior Refrigeration & Horne’s Gas & Plumbing (hornsgasservice.com.au)

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Summit Sport and Fitness Centre (summitcentre.com.au)

Employer of Choice

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Lazuli and Co (lazuliandco.com.au) Outstanding Community Organisation

Agriculture & Primary Industries

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Five Sixty Farms (fivesixtyfarms.com.au)

2021 Special Award Categories

Outstanding Dining and Hospitality WINNER The Pickled Herd (facebook.com/thepickledherd)

Friends of the Koala (friendsofthekoala.org) Highly Commended Ngunya Jarjum, Lifeline Northern NSW, and Northern Rivers Conservatorium

Excellence in Micro Business (less than 5 employees)

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Lazuli and Co (lazuliandco.com.au) Highly Commended Fitness Manouvers (fitnessmanouvers.com)

Outstanding Young Business Leader (35 and under)

Outstanding Start Up

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WINNER Hanging Rock Flowers (hangingrockflowers.com.au)

Levi Loughlin & Herne’s Security (hernessecurity.com.au) Excellence in Small Business (5-20 employees)

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Simply Clean (simplyclean.com.au)

Regional Awards 18 September 2021 Local Celebration: Winners celebrated, and the Lismore Business of the Year announced at a red carpet event, rescheduled for October to coincide with Small Business Month.

Excellence in Business (21+ employees)

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Summit Sport and Fitness Centre (summitcentre.com.au)

To ensure fairness and integrity, the judging process is completely independent and managed by Business NSW.

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"If you make a product that people need or can be made to desire, have the nous to go out and sell it."

Outstanding Dining and Hospitality

WINNER The Pickled Herd (facebook.com/thepickledherd) HAPPY AND PROUD! THE PICKLED HERD HAS BEEN AWARDED THE WINNER FOR OUTSTANDING DINING AND HOSPITALITY. THANK YOU TO MY EMPLOYEES AND THE COMMUNITY FOR MAKING THIS POSSIBLE.

Outstanding Start Up

WINNER Hanging Rock Flowers (hangingrockflowers.com.au)

So very honoured and humbled to win the category of “Outstanding Start Up Business” in tonight’s Lismore Business Awards. We’ve come such a long way from our beginnings as a market stall then on to our tiny shop in the Star Court Arcade and now our beautiful heritage building. We were up against such amazing businesses that I honestly thought we didn’t stand a chance. But we feel very grateful to be recognised for all the hard work we have put in to make our business what it is. Now let’s see what’s to come!!

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SOCIAL MEDIA FOR BUSINESS Social media can help you to market your business and connect with your customers. On this page, you'll find out about the different options available, and the pros and cons of using social media.

ENHANCING ABILITIES SUPPORT SERVICES New financial year, new me: 4 questions to ask yourself It’s a new financial year and many Australians are setting aside time for their life admin tasks. One way you can prepare is to ask yourself these four important questions. Do you have an up-to-date Will?

Everyone over 18 should have a Will. You should review your Will as life changes, generally every three to five years. For example, you will want to consider reviewing your Will if you purchased significant assets or welcomed a new family member. Can your Will be easily located?

Your Will should be stored in a secure location, such as the NSW Trustee & Guardian WillSafe storage facility. At least two people should be notified of its location. These might be your family members, major beneficiaries, or your executor. What about your digital assets?

Online accounts, memberships, and files stored on a computer or in the ‘cloud’ may be of sentimental value (e.g. photo collection) or financial value (e.g. PayPal or Opal account). You should decide how these will be dealt with when writing your Will. Have you also appointed an attorney and guardian?

A power of attorney appoints someone to manage your financial affairs if you are unable to. An enduring guardian will make your health and lifestyle decisions if you are unable to. Take time to carefully consider whom you appoint as your attorney and guardian as they are in a position of trust and responsibility. NSW Trustee & Guardian is the state’s largest maker and executor of Wills. To get started on making your Will, Power of Attorney and Enduring Guardianship appointment, contact the Lismore team on 1300 10 20 30 or visit www.tag.nsw.gov.au.

BENEFITS OF SOCIAL MEDIA FOR BUSINESS Social media can help you engage with your customers and find out what people are saying about your business. You can also use social media for advertising, promotional giveaways and mobile applications. Social media can help your business to: attract customers, get customer feedback and build customer loyalty increase your market reach, including international markets do market research and reduce marketing costs increase revenue by building customer networks and advertising develop your brand exchange ideas to improve the way you do business recruit skilled staff for example through job networking sites like LinkedIn increase traffic to your website and improve its search engine ranking keep an eye on your competitors.

DISADVANTAGES OF SOCIAL MEDIA Social media may not be suited to every business. If you are unprepared and launch your social media presence without planning, you could waste valuable time and money. YOU SHOULD BE AWARE THAT: if you don’t have a clear marketing or social media strategy, the benefits may be reduced you may need additional resources to manage your online presence social media is immediate and needs daily monitoring if you don't actively manage your social media presence, you may not see any real benefits you may get unwanted or inappropriate behaviour on your site, including bullying and harassment online exposure could attract risks such as negative feedback, information leaks or hacking false or misleading claims made on your social media (by your business or a customer) can be subject to consumer law. You could be fined if a customer fan posts misleading or deceptive information, particularly about competitor products or services.

Whatever the risks, having a social media strategy and preparing your policy and procedures carefully beforehand can help you manage them. www.business.gov.au/online/social-media-for-business

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LismoreiQ Business etiquette is a set of rules that govern the way those in business interact with one another, customers, suppliers and partners. BUSINESS ETIQUETTE RULES When it comes to business etiquette, there are rules that aren’t meant to be broken. Some of these may seem like common sense, but you would be surprised by how many times you may have made a mistake without even noticing it. In recent years, companies large and small have embraced a more laid-back startup culture. Cubicles have been knocked down and replaced with open floor plans. Office furniture can be anything from bean bag chairs and nap pods to foosball tables and arcade games. Suits and ties have been discarded for T-shirts and jeans. Remote work is getting more and more popular, especially during pandemic times, where home life is not interacting as work. The less rigid office environment may have some feeling like business etiquette rules are antiquated and unnecessary. Don’t throw them in the trash with floppy disks and strict dress codes just yet. Although it may not be obvious, many companies still have implicit professional and social rules of conduct.

Business Communication Etiquette Returning Phone Calls. Returning a phone call is the basic business practice necessary to stay in communications with potential business partners, competitors and just to gather or receive Intel. It seems that in the marketing and media Industry we have picked up many bad business practices over the years, but not returning a phone call is right up at the top of the list. What most people do not realise is that they are EMPLOYEES. Very few are owners of their own companies, business owners do return phone calls since it could immediately impact the bottom line. Good rule of thumb, return calls within 48 hours. You are never too busy to not return a phone and do not pre-judge a call. It could make you a hero at work or get you your next sale or promotion. One thing I have learned in 26 years in my own business is that everything circles back around. Nobody is indispensable, untouchable and self-sufficient. Not returning calls is NOT OPTIONAL.

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On Your feet! Stand when meeting someone and/or shaking hands. Nothing irks me more than seeing someone meet someone new in a business (or personal, for that matter) setting, and remaining seated while being introduced and/or shaking hands. Call Back If you want to come across professionally (and even classy), return phone calls promptly. It's good business etiquette, and besides, it's something that your competitor may not even be doing! Play the Game by the Rules I'm a big believer in the concept of paying it forward. I'm always introducing people who may be great business contacts, regardless of whether either one will ever do work with me. It ALWAYS comes back to you. The Art of Appreciation Impress your clients and Joint Venture partners by communicating appreciation. Stating “thank you” will elevate you above competitors. Whether large or small, the gesture will have an impact. Big Etiquette Positive The biggest etiquette pro that you can do is honor your commitments. When people know you will do what you say, stand behind your word and honor your efforts to them, you will always be successful. Some people fold when times get tough or they're challenged. When people trust you, you are always a leader. Attitude is Everything Etiquette is about rules, and rules are often hard to remember. Business etiquette is no different. The most vital tip is in all you do, remember The Golden Rule. "Treat OTHERS the way you want to be treated." This means that it's not about YOU, it's about THEM. This must drive your communication, your efforts and your interactions Stand Out with Simplicity The one biggest etiquette "do" that I implement daily and has led to client confidence and referrals is responding in a timely fashion, even with a minor detail or update. It goes a long way in establishing or maintaining relationships. When clients email, I (usually) respond within minutes. It's amazing how this simple tip sets me apart from so many other businesses that "get to it when they get to it." The time invested is minutes, but the value is truly forever. And clients remember! Profit from Punctuality Punctuality is a must! Be on time for ALL appointments. Always finish the job ahead of time. Those are two of the best ways to get people to help you in your business and to get repeat business. "Half of success is just showing up in a timely manner."

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Inspirational L i s m o r e i Q ways to contribute to a regional society Kyoto in western Japan has hired experts from the private sector as it works to rebuild its finances and bring new business to the city. Kyoto hires outside experts to promote business Kimura Genki, an advertising company employee, and Niiro Kenichiro, a financial venture director, were chosen from among more than 1,600 applicants for the positions being offered for the first time. The city's mayor announced the appointments at an online meeting. Kimura says he wants to make use of the benefits of Kyoto and he'll do this by combining people from both inside and outside the city. Niiro says he was looking for ways to contribute to a regional society as a member of a private company. They will be paid about 220 dollars a day for coming up with ideas to make the city attractive for investment. They are expected to draw on their existing business contacts and will retain their current jobs. Their contracts with Kyoto last until next March. NHK WORLD-JAPAN News www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20210712_33/

Collaboration Matters. Collaboration became the lifeblood of the work, bringing all partners to the table to tackle the complicated work of economic development, which included education, workforce development and training, commercial real estate, transportation, and robust business services.

Size Matters. The biggest challenge in rural economic development is scale. Rural communities have smaller budgets, smaller populations, less resources, less opportunities, less competition to reduce pricing on services and, most importantly, they have less representation and therefore a smaller voice in state and federal policy decisions.

Local elected officials were integral to policy recommendations and changes both at the local and state level.

Economic development policies and programs are geared toward large, urban areas and don’t translate well to small, rural communities.

Collaboration merges into problem-solving for the pandemic through the development of an Economic Development First Responders’ Group is essential to aid recovery.

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“Success or failure is caused more by mental attitude than by mental capacity” - Walter Scott It's always tough for business leaders to make promotion decisions, especially when it comes to choosing whether to hire somebody from outside the area.

Make Your Voice Matter. The squeaky wheel gets the grease. But I would argue that you squawk, not squeak. Being a loud voice to force needed change is a requirement in rural economic development. Rural voices are often drowned out by the density of the I-25 corridor. Legislation, rule-making, policy development and budget are urban-focused and often leave rural communities to fend for themselves.

Rural communities need to band together to speak with one voice and to speak loudly. The investment required to travel and appear in person to make rural issues known to policymakers is significant, but vitally important. And, the more we can band together as regions to speak with a louder voice on important issues, the better. SEPTEMBER 2021 ISSUE

Quality of Life Matters. If we learned anything in the pandemic, it was that as long as you have reliable and affordable internet, a lot of people can live wherever they want. And this is one area where rural communities thrived over the past year – attracting families and businesses from denselypopulated areas who were searching for a better quality of life. Rural communities have that in spades, as they are usually more affordable, friendlier and safer.

Vision Matters. A common vision for a strong and diverse economy shared across community stakeholders and community members is requiredif you want to grow in a manageable and sustainable way.

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The Underrated Link Between Nutrition & Mental Health

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One of the biggest determining factors of our mental health is one that is also commonly overlooked: nutrition. Studies have shown that, by altering one’s diet alone, the risk of depression can be lowered by as much as 35%. A great way to combat overeating is through Our eating habits play a massive role in intermittent fasting. The purpose of how we feel not just physically, but intermittent fasting is to help reduce your daily mentally and emotionally as well. caloric intake, which facilitates weight loss.

Yet, if you really think about it, this isn’t all that surprising. Food is what powers your body - specifically the nutrients contained in food. No less than 20% of the energy you eat gets used by your brain, so of course what you do (and do not) eat has quite an impact.

Healthy Fuel vs. Unhealthy Fuel Healthy foods for your brain include whole grains, fish, and leafy greens - to name a few. On the other hand, processed foods that tend to be high in sugar, sodium and saturated fat have been shown to pose numerous brain health risks.

One way they do this is by raising insulin levels, which not only can lead to diabetes but also damages the brain’s ability to store memories and think clearly, potentially even leading to Alzheimer’s disease.

Quantity Also Matters Another aspect of nutrition itself which is often overlooked is when you eat and how much - in addition to what. Overeating often leads to being overweight and can even lead to obesity over time. It’s been estimated that 31% of Australian adults are currently obese.

Another benefit of intermittent fasting is that it may also directly help your brain. David Sinclair, an Australian biologist who studies genetics and aging at Harvard Medical School, claims that fasting activates something he calls “vitality genes” in the brain and other bodily organs which preserve cellular health and ward off aging.

The Bottom Line More than anything, the key to symbiosis between nutrition and mental health is consistency. It’s ultimately about what you predominantly eat over weeks, months, even years. It’s possible one of the reasons the link between nutrition and mental health is underappreciated is that it can take some time for the effects to fully manifest. The bottom line is that what you eat can have as much of an impact on your mental health as it does on your physical health. By shifting our eating habits, we all can improve our mental state in some helpful way or another. This article was kindly written and contributed by Cassie Steele.

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Lismore Business News Two Mates to start brewing in NSW by Vivien Topalovic

Two Mates Brewing Co. is set to start brewing in South Lismore early next month.

Founded by Grant Smith and Andrew Newton, the pair have been working towards opening the brewery for over a year.

The venue

“For 18 months we’ve been heavily involved in it outside of running our lives and careers, Once the pair decided to open and ultimately it’s taken over, so now we find a brewery, the next step was ourselves full time in the business and we’re to find a suitable venue. at the point of opening the doors,” Smith explained. “The building is 150 years old, it’s an old railway shed, and it fits into that ethos of The idea for opening a brewery first craft beer, so a bit industrial, but it stemmed from a trip the pair took to enables the community to be able to feed Margaret River in 2019. into what we’ve been doing,” Smith said.

With the brewery itself set to be up and running early next month, the team also aims to open its taphouse to the public before the end of the year. While Newton and Smith will handle the operational aspects of the brewery, brewing will be undertaken by Chris Smith, formerly the head brewer of Lost Palms Brewing Co. on the Gold Coast.

“He jumped on board just after Easter and has been instrumental in getting through the Renovating can be difficult in itself, but building phase. dealing with an older building comes with its own challenges, according to Smith, as He’s built a brewhouse and understands other brewers including NSW’s Resin every part of that system and how it comes together and its flexibility,” Newton Brewing have found out. explained. “It’s been a big list, and we’ve had some of the items still sticking around at the In terms of the brewkit, the team settled on a backend, but in terms of power and four-vessel, 15hL Tiantai system.

“We wanted to create a community hub, this region really struggles for places to take your family. I was finding I was taking mine out of the region, there’s loads to enjoy outside from bushwalks and waterholes to beaches and trail rides but no facilities, no place to take your family somewhere after where the kids could enjoy the space,” he said. Providing a family friendly space for the local infrastructure, what we’re putting into the “Everyone we spoke to gave us the advice, to community is the ultimate goal for Two building, we made a concerted effort to enable us to scale down the track, and not Mates, according to Smith. not touch the building. have to, in 12 months, go back and revisit it. “We initially have gone a bit heavy but we’re “Our vision is to let the community determine “Everything we’ve done, happy we’ve done that now,” Newton said. what they want it to be, not just driven by what Andrew and I (or our wives) want, but people can be a part of the business and its direction,” he said.

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While the team plans to launch with a strong range of core beers in house, they also aim to expand their customer base with their online store.

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Lismore Business News “We have two arms to the business model, Two Mates and a line called Railyard Produce, which is where we get to engage the community with local produce within the building, honey, jam preserves, beef jerky, things like that. “Encompassing that, we’ve got a kombucha range and gone to market with cider and alcoholic ginger beer, which sits under the Railyard label. “We will go out with core range beers in cans, and our online presence will allow us to shift nationwide across the core and Railyard range,” Newton explained.

A competitive market Whether in a regional or metropolitan area, opening a brewery is a difficult process and even more so in a competitive market. The Northern Rivers is already home to craft breweries including Stone & Wood, Seven Mile, Wandana Brewery and Earth Beer Company. In an interview with the ABC, Independent Brewers Association (IBA) chair chairperson Peter Philip acknowledged how competitive the market is becoming, with it becoming increasingly difficult to set yourself apart, but also highlighted the potential role that regional areas could play in the growth of craft brewing.

For the team at Two Mates, being in a competitive region is an opportunity to grow.

“The Northern Rivers is growing, Stone & Wood are close and they “For the financial commitment to this and what we’ve had to have been fantastic to us through this process, the craft beer endure to now, we’ve been buoyed on by community support and community has been fantastic in general as well,” Smith said. belief in what we’re doing,” Newton said. “In this area you don’t see them as a competitor, more as someone to help improve and increase awareness in this region.” As a self-funded business, the team at Two Mates appreciate the community for rallying behind them.

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“Sometimes it’s been difficult, you get knocked down so many times but the families have been there for each other, we made a pact that we’re mates before anything else and at the end of the day, that is first at hand.”

Two Mates Brewing Co. is set to open at 7 Engine Street, South Lismore, NSW. www.brewsnews.com.au/2021/08/26/two-mates-to-start-brewing-in-nsw/

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Lismore Business News Look what's new - Frozen Lemonade ice-cold icy pole While business has been slow, the good people at Hap's haven't been busy in the lab, scratching our heads, figuring out how to make the best icy-pole in the world and by-jingos they think they have done it. Starting by hand picking whole lemonade fruit off the trees at Uncle Pete's local lemonade orchard near Rosebank just NE of Lismore. Which are completely organic and spray-free mature trees of about 30yrs of age.

Hap’s cold pressed Lemonade fruit ice blocks

Then squeezing each individual fruit in Hap's cold-press mechanical citrus juicer, to get that real lovely real lemonade juice flowing and within 20 minutes they have filled the molds and freeze the freshest possible lemonade juice right there and then. Just the pure juice, not another thing!

We are so excited to try this locally grown organic Lemonade icy-pole. Simply juiced Lemonade fruit, frozen… nothing added in biodegradable packaging - Available now at Night Owl convenience store in Woodlark St Lismore

These icy poles taste amazing and we hope the kiddies will be jumping back for more. But it doesn't stop there. The packaging is 100% biodegradable and safe for landfill, right down to the cute little wooden handle, just like old times.

Hap's Health Bar Popular market stall offering fresh healthy raw juices and smoothies made on-site from local fruit and vegetables. A quality small business empowered by community events. 0431 284 741 hapshealthbar@gmail.com @hapshealthbar http://supportlismore.com/listings/1graham-place-goonellabah-haps-juice/

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What's On

HAPPENINGS ABOUT TOWN

In September

Jinggiwahla,Bugalbeh and Welcome Broadcasting 24/7 from the heart of Bundjalung country to the Nimbin valley and beyond since before the turn of the century. Kept afloat and navigating the treacherous seas of time with a 100% Volunteer crew of movers, shakers, dreamers, planners and the occasional reformed pirate; supported financially by a dedicated and righteous team of local Sponsors, Members and the CBF (Community Broadcasting Foundation). Committed to the principles of Truth, Justice and Respect for our Elders, our Planet, and all living things, NIM-FM is the voice of the Alternative Nation.

Kristian Hatton My thing is playing really different stuff you most likely wouldn't get a chance to hear normally unless you were actively looking for that style of music.

Contact Us "NimFM is always interested to hear from individuals who would like to become radio presenters." If you have an idea for your own show, call us on (02) 6689 0279, send an email to nimbinradiomedia@gmail.com, or just drop in. Full training is available.

The station produces a variety of programs focusing on news, national and international current affairs, local community matters and information, environmental, health, spiritual and cultural issues and of course music, particularly local music.

I'd encourage others (esp younger folk) to get involved in community radio, as it's good to keep active in the area if you haven't got a lot going on, and what better way to do that than doing something you love? Needing a break from doomscrolling and uncomfortable conversations about covid? Whack on some 100% original Sunday radio tunes like you never heard before from 2-5pm with your friendly Nimbin Community Radio NIM-fm 102.3 host Kayhat at www.nimfm.org and FACE THE MUSIC!

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What's On

HAPPENINGS ABOUT TOWN

In September The Lismore Turf Club is the North Coast’s premier racing facility. The LTC is host of the famous Lismore Cup each year in September. The Lismore Turf Club is a fully functioning racing course, and the premier racing venue, located in North Lismore, on the beautiful Far North Coast of NSW Australia. The Winning Post is one of Lismore’s best entertainment, wedding and conference venues. Our professional event staff ensure your wedding, event or business function is an unforgettable and hassle-free day. The Lismore Cup is a 2110m race held at Lismore Racecourse in New South Wales each year. The Lismore Cup (2110m) boasts a total prize pool of $75,000 and is run under handicap conditions.

The Lismore Cup 2021 will be run on September 23, 2021 at Lismore Racecourse. The Lismore Turf Club Functions and Events Centre is the ideal location for your Wedding, Conference, Corporate Event or Party.

We are OPEN to keep you on the road when it comes to safety and essential repairs.

If your car is due for essential safety related servicing or repairs, including brakes and tyres, we can still carry out this work during COVID lockdown periods.

The current Government COVID response directions allow car service and repair operators to continue to open as an essential service to ensure that vehicles are roadworthy and available if and when the public need them.

We can also work with you to arrange pick up and delivery where available. The wellbeing of our team and our customers is our top priority. We’d like to assure you that we are taking all additional hygiene precautions as advised. We are practicing social distancing and wearing face masks for added protection, as well as following all COVID Safe requirements as specified by the Government. You can book online or call us to make a booking. (02) 6622 3441

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GROWN & ROASTED IN NIMBIN

"Good. Better. Top Mountain Coffee." Probably world best coffee beans, regardless price. Will compete easily with world exclusive coffee brands, costing 5 times more. My all times favourite coffee. Just trust your taste buds. Mt Top Coffee was used to win the 2005 World Barista Championship.

1 Whitney Road Nimbin, NSW, 2480 Open Weekdays, please call prior to visiting 02 6689 0229 Bernie 0477428 334 Denise 0428 327 560

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FRESHLY ROASTED LOCALLY. Freshly roasting green beans means you get the best coffee! Each type of bean is roasted differently to bring out its flavour. CADDIES COFFEE & TEA OFFERS A RANGE OF FRESH ROASTED COFFEE BEANS, LOOSE LEAF TEA AND SPECIALTY CHOCOLATES, WITH SOME BREWING EQUIPMENT FOR COFFEE & TEA. Caddies Coffee & Tea is a unique small Australian business that has developed its niche in the marketplace over 30 years. It succeeds, regardless of the general economic situation, because it knows its business well, only retails quality products, and focuses on fast, efficient and personal service to our mail order, online and individual customers.

The business provides: freshly roasted local, imported and Fairtrade specialty coffees, both single origin as well as unique blends developed over the years by Bill, our Master Roaster; a wide range of loose-leaf white, green, black and flavoured teas and also Rooibos leaf; a select range of coffee and tea brewing equipment and spare parts for home use; and an exclusive range of specialty boxed and loose chocolates not available in supermarkets. BUY COFFEE BEANS & TEA ONLINE AUSTRALIA Now operated by the next generation in this family of coffee lovers, Caddies Coffee & Tea have been bringing the flavours of the world to the Northern Rivers of NSW for more than 30 years. We source our coffee beans from all over the world, and roast them locally in Lismore NSW. Our coffee is small batch roasted weekly to ensure you receive only the freshest coffee. A long-established coffee bean roaster in Northern NSW, we supply coffee beans to cafe owners, busy workplaces and homes across Australia. Our coffee is delivered to Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth & Hobart with fast shipping. Your Caddies experience doesn’t end once you’ve received your order of fresh coffee at your doorstep from our store. The team is also happy to share all their coffee knowledge, from storing and grinding your coffee beans, to getting the most out of your home or office coffee appliances. Buying coffee beans online has never been easier! With a wide range of fairtrade organic, single origin & premium blend coffee, Caddies has something for everyone. Friendly expert service for all your coffee and tea needs in one place. Visit our shop front at 20 Carrington street, in the heart of Lismore. Caddies for all things Coffee and Tea.

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REPUBLIC OF COFFEE ARE A FAMILY OWNED BUSINESS THAT HAVE BEEN ROASTING AND SUPPLYING COFFEE SINCE 2011.

PASSION FOR COFFEE. We roast on a Probatone 12 Roaster it produces consistently clean, well rounded coffee – with electrostatic filtration and ozone generators we are able to reduce our emissions by approximately 93%. Sourcing our coffee through ICT ensures all the coffee we use has traceability and the farms receive fair pricing for the amazing coffees they produce.

FREE delivery in Australia for all orders over $75! 98 Magellan Street Lismore NSW 2480 Republic Of Coffee 0479040576 sales@republicofcoffee.com.au Mon-Fri 6:00-2:00

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The HertellaAutoKaffeemaschine, putting a new spin on 'cars and coffee' since 1959.

Mixing hot water with a moving vehicle is probably not the smartest idea ever, but that didn’t deter German company Hertella from producing and marketing a coffee machine specifically designed for the Volkswagen Beetle.

The Hertella-Auto Kaffeemaschine could be mounted straight onto the dash of a ’59 Beetle, providing occupants with a steaming hot cup of coffee as and when they desired. Little known is of the Hertella coffee maker, only that it was available in either 6- or 12-volt versions and that it cost DM65 (Deutschmarks). For context, the price of a new Beetle in 1959 was DM3790. Not many Beetle buyers it seems, took up the option of having coffee on the go, the Hertella-Auto Kaffeemaschine only available briefly before fading into the corners of ‘good ideas that time forgot’. A quick search of the internet today reveals little about the revolutionary product, only that it remains rare. Whether that’s because not many buyers took up the option in 1959 or because the ephemeral nature of the product has dwindled its numbers in the intervening 62 years remains unclear. One internet forum user, Dave, recently found an original Hertella-Auto-Kaffeemaschine which he promptly installed into his ’59 Beetle. Dave describes the Kaffeemaschine as having no on/off switch. Instead, the Hertella, which features a beautifully-designed silver percolator that can be removed for easy cleaning, plugs straight into the Beetle’s cigarette lighter. When ready, the coffee dispenses straight into a porcelain cup fitted with a metal base that attaches magnetically to the Kaffeemaschine helping to keep things secure and safe.

Dave has yet to get his Hertella to work, and as best he can make out, water is poured into the percolator while the coffee is added into a filter-like section, brewing the coffee much like you would a cup of tea. There are no contemporary reports as to the quality of the coffee the Hertella made but it’s probably safe to assume it wasn’t great. A contemporary advertisement for the machine did proclaim it could also be used to brew tea and hot lemon water, or even broth, if that was your preferred hot tipple. While it would be easy to dismiss the idea of an inbuilt coffeemaker in cars as gimmicky, remember Fiat offered the same as recently as 2013 with the then new Fiat 500L, the longer version of the popular 500. It came with the option of an integrated Lavazza espresso machine, complete with cups, spoons and a sugar container.

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Hospitality is first and foremost a service industry and quality of service is paramount. Service is what will bring people back and encourages word of mouth for the customer to return in the future. A reputation is built by providing an awesome experience to your customer. Lismore's café-going public are getting more and more knowledgeable about food and coffee quality. Australia is one of the most advanced espresso-based café cultures in the world; something we are now truly proud of. Cafés are somewhere you go for breakfast, morning tea, lunch with friends, business colleagues or an occasions with family. Dining out for dinner is a favourite pass time, but now during a pandemic, many have adapted to provide a pick up service.

Support local! Grab a cup of coffee, order a takeaway meal, buy a gift card. This is a time for everyone to bond together and help small businesses in your local community. They need your patronage, so please go and support them if you can

For everybody who has a passion for good food “We eat with our eyes” and is a statement that anyone in the foodservice industry is familiar with. Lismore's food scene is gaining an ethical and sustainable following, with an abundance of fresh and local growers, producers and native suppliers, we are spoilt by choice. Customers choose a place that offers a calm and relaxing space, somewhere ambient or by location, Backed by good food and service. To be a truly great café, you must excel at all things. We have taken a look at Lismore's cafés and coffee culture and asked locals what they like and look for in local operators, here is a collection of Lismore's Best places loved by you, the customer.

Because you deserve a good cup of coffee.

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Support local! Grab a cup of coffee, order a takeaway meal, buy a gift card. This is a time for everyone to bond together and help small businesses our local community. They need your patronage, so please go and support them if you can.

Dragonfly Café Great food, great coffee. Homemade cakes and slices. Friendly staff. Great vibe. Proudly serving MERLÔ coffee, made by experienced, professional baristas. 36 Carrington Street Lismore. (02) 6622 6556

Henry's Bakery Café

Artisan breads including Sour Dough, fine cakes including Celebration Cakes, Pastries, Merlo Espresso, Gluten Free Options, Savoury filled Focaccia's and Baguettes. (02) 6621 7035 87 Keen Street Lismore. www.henrysbakery.com.au

Flock Espresso & Eats

Allpress Coffee Delicious gourmet yummies Using local and organic products wherever possible 0266227584 https://linktr.ee/flockespresso

La Baracca Espresso Bar & Trattoria

Ciao Belli Café

A small Italian cafe in the heart of Lismore NSW. Serving the finest local coffee and food. Come taste traditional Italian flavors. 0449 697 451

La Baracca is situated on the fringe of Lismore’s CBD. With ever-evolving menus and perfectly roasted local coffee. (02) 6622 7980 29 Keen St Lismore.

Café Cappello Pizza, Pasta, Gelato and Coffee Cafe/Restaurant open for breakfast and lunch Monday to Saturday. Café Cappello based in Lismore is open for breakfast, lunch and afternoon coffee and cake, and you’re going to want to be sure to stay in for a meal. (02) 6622 5969 24 Carrington St Lismore. www.cafecappello.com.au

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Republic Of Coffee Espresso Bar

Republic Of Coffee Specialty Coffee Roasters We are a specialty coffee roaster based in Lismore Northern NSW 98 Magellan Street Lismore. www.republicofcoffee.com.au/ 0403 570 503

Recommended A popular place, Bluey's have great coffee and is super friendly.

Blueys Cafe

Modern cafe. 19 Woodlark St Lismore. (02) 6621 3868

Good Juju - Life

Good Juju - Life is a vegetarian Cafe specialising in Superfood Smoothies, Cold Pressed Juices, Raw Desserts, Coffee, Salads Breakfast and Lunch. 195 Dawson St Lismore. 0428 830 242

The Spotted Pig Wine Bar with small, generous and thoughtful plates using our region's freshest and best. Lovingly prepared and presented by Chef and Owner Iohne Simpson. Iohne keeps the plates turning with a new menu every 2-3 weeks.

Ron Coffee Man (markets)

Still love a great cuppa? We got you covered. Beans or ground. Come and see us at the Lismore Farmers Market on Saturday mornings.

(02) 6624 3441 25 Eggins Lane Lismore. www.thespottedpig.com.au

Mecca Café The meeting place of Lismore! A great, funky café with great food and coffee. Fun, friendly staff and atmosphere. Established in 1928 by the Gray family of Lismore. The café is historically renowned for the meeting place right in the heart of Lismore. (02) 6621 3901 80 Magellan Street Lismore. www.meccacafe.com.au

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The Bank Café & Espresso Breakfast, lunch, treats, coffee, smoothies, juices and more. Open 7 days from 7am 67 Molesworth Street Lismore. (02) 6622 6100 www.thebankcafe.com.au

Skimmos takeaway Lismore

Great coffee on the Southside. Come on in and grab a Bacon and Egg Roll, Works Burgers, Chicken Shnittys and Pork & Gravy Rolls, a wide range of fresh sandwiches and rolls, Caesar Salads, salad tubs, fish and chips, toasted sandwiches. (02) 6621 4422 135 Union Street Lismore.

THE PIcKLED HERD Savoury Loaded Waffles - Sweet Waffles Baked Goodies. Specialty Coffee and Chai A Continual Collaboration of The Best Market Produce Local and Lovely 0402 257 559 98 Woodlark Street (Summerland Arcade) Lismore

Bubbling Billy Cafe

Shop 1, 74 Woodlark St Lismore. (02) 6621 9551

Benchtop Espresso Hole in the wall cafe with specialty brews, fresh and colourful Israeli food. LOCALLY OWNED & OPERATED With a focus on Middle Eastern-inspired foods and flavours that comes from owner Gera's love of his home country Israel, and a passion for specialty coffee.

(02) 5611 6259 114 Keen St Lismore. www.benchtopespresso.com.au/

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Miss Lizzies Cafe & Restaurant www.richmondhotel.com.au (02) 6621 9098 36 Woodlark St Lismore.

Mojo Espresso Bar our new hotspot in the heart of Goonellabah. Featuring: rustic foods, funky tunes, local produce and Byron Bay's own BunCoffee. Indoor and outdoor seating area. 0491 719 070 Pleasant St Lismore, NSW, Australia 2480

Coffee Shots Coffee Shots is a fantastic cafe at the end of Lismore Arcade just off Molesworth Street Lismore. Led by the owner Julie, its staff are fantastic and they serve great coffee. We use Belaroma special mild blend coffee beans and reports from regular customers and visitors is it is one of the nicest coffees they have had. (02) 6621 4818 Lismore Arcade, 6/106 Molesworth St Lismore.

Garden Plate

Serving wholesome vegetarian food with flair. Vegan and gluten free options available. Proudly using Blackstar fairtrade coffee. and local organic milk. Our menu includes freshly prepared salads and a varied selection of savory items. We also serve a selection of desserts which include cakes, muffins, and other sweet treats. We sell fresh cold-pressed juices. (02) 6622 5160 86 Magellan St Lismore.

Bowen’s Pies and Takeaways (02) 6621 5939 2/105 UnionStreet South Lismore.

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The Tuc Shop Finally barista coffee is here! I have a text ahead service for busy people. Love good organic coffee? We do and we only serve @zentveldscoffee it’s local. Mon-Fri 7am-12pm Great coffee and Tucker! www.thetucshop.com 114 James street Dunoon Dunoon.

Eltham Coffee Shack A quirky little village coffee shack, brewing up take away local coffee from the mountains above Nimbin. Fuel your body with something yummy and nutritious today. Macadamia chai and a peanut butter bomb, loaded with healthy fats and protein. 447 Eltham Road Eltham 0402 350 593

ESP - Alstonville

ESP Espresso Bar providing fantastic coffee, sweets and Panini to the fantastic people in Alstonville, Wollongbar and surrounding communities. Shop 1a 76 Main Street Alstonville. (02) 6628 3433

Duck Pond Espresso Bar Serving Vittoria coffee and food with a focus on local produce in beautiful and serene courtyard surrounds. Duck Pond Espresso Bar is all about the coffee, there's no better place to go in South Lismore for your caffeine fix.

Gs Coffee

75 Union st Lismore 0416 254 121

17 Clifford St Goonellabah Lismore, NSW, www.gscoffee.com.au 0413 496 258

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National Tradesmen Day Friday, September 17th When the nation pauses to thank skilled workers Good tradesmen are worth their weight in gold, so on the third Friday in September, it’s National Tradesmen Day we say thanks to all those men and women who’ve lent their skills to the projects that keep Australia moving. Tradesmen build our homes, they pave our roads, they construct buildings for our businesses and schools, they are builders, electricians, plumbers, welders, carpenters, mechanics, landscapers – we could go on. Since 2011 this holiday is mainly about recognition, it stands to reason that many local towns that support their tradesmen are more likely to give out awards to those who worked to sustain their communities. Many actors, musicians, and artists tend to start off in these areas of work because of the availability of jobs in the marketplace. A whole lot of famous people, including politicians, doctors, lawyers, ambassadors, and the like got their start as young people with a hammer or some other tool in their hands. They fix cars, remodel kitchens, install carpets or any other important tasks, it’s time to honor tradesmen (and tradeswomen!) on this special day. Harrison Ford was a Carpenter Winston Churchill was a Bricklayer Whoopi Goldberg was a Builder Elvis Presley was an Electrician’s Apprentice And don’t forget about the auto mechanic! It might even be fun to create little trophies for them to thank them for the hard work they’ve done.

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SG Asian Supermarket Asian Food Specialist ALL TYPES OF AUTHENTIC ASIAN INGREDIENTS, UTENSILS, SNACKS, DRINKS & HOT YUM CHA. TRADITIONAL HOME MADE CHINESE BUNS.

OPEN 7 DAYS 42 Magellan Street, Lismore

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OFFERING A WIDE & DIVERSE RANGE, YOU CAN FIND IN THIS SHOP! FRESH SEASONAL HERBS INCLUDES . THAI BASIL, CORIANDER, BOK CHOY, CURRY LEAF, KAFFIR LIME LEAF, GINGER, GALANGAL, DRAGON FRUIT & LYCHEE. FRESH EXOTIC MUSHROOMS. OYSTER MUSHROOM, ENOKI MUSHROOM, KING OYSTER MUSHROOM & BABY KING OYSTER MUSHROOM. FROZEN PRODUCTS. DUMPLING, DIM SIMS, BUNS, VEGAN MOCK MEATS, FISH BALLS, ROTI PARATHA BREAD & FISH, ICE CREAM. FROZEN VEGGIES. PANDAN LEAF,OKRA,BANANA LEAF, COCONUT MEAT,CASSAVA,TARO,AND MORE. A LARGE VARIETY OF DRIED HERBS AND INGREIDENTS TO BROWSE FROM.

Cassava (Manihot esculenta) is a root vegetable used for both culinary purposes and in folk medicine.

Myung-Ga Kimchi: Korean family hand-made from Gold Coast

Frozen cassava: a root vegetable

Used to make tapioca, added to dishes, and cassava is thought to improve health by boosting immunity and regulating digestion.

Moon Cakes: Once a year Chinese delicacy for Moon festival

Japanese ceramic wares

Instant boba tea: brown sugar, and black tea flavours

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TV NETWORKS & BRANDS TO DO MORE FOR AUSSIE MUSIC “Dear Channel 7 and Corporate Aus, How great would it be if you played all Australian music in your coverage of the Olympics? These are Australian moments, they deserve Australian music. “And while we’re here, how good would it be to hear Aussie music in Coles, Woolies, Aldi, in banks, on hold, in stores and on ads being shown to Australians for the next few months?! “We need you now more than ever. “We want be your soundtrack. “In solidarity, “Jack River” The Australian recorded and live music sector is putting increased pressure on television networks and brands to more visibly support local music artists.

SPREAD YOUR WINGS AND FLY! Marking a full decade since the world lost its favourite mini-horse (RIP Lil' Sebastian), Pawnee's favourite band Mouse Rat are finally getting The Awesome Album into stores for purchase. A little over six years since we said goodbye to Parks & Recreation, the fictional band fronted by Chris Pratt's Andy Dwyer has come together to put out a 12-track extravaganza set to delight even the most diehard of Parks fans. The album will feature cover versions of some Frank Sinatra standards (as anyone familiar with the Galentines Day ep of the series will recall), as well as Mouse Rat originals from Sex Hair to Catch Your Dream. The album will also feature appearances from Duke Silver (also known as Ron Swanson, also known as Nick Offerman) and Land Ho! legend Scott Tanner (or Jeff Tweedy when he's not in the fictional world).

The movement has a particular focus on Channel 7, which is currently broadcasting the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics, but also calls on big brands and advertisers to do more.

In an open letter on social media, Holly Rankin, who performs as Jack River, said the industry needs corporate support now more than ever.

The Awesome Album will be available for purchase from Aug 27, with preorders now from theawesomealbum.com.

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OPEN LETTER TO AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT FROM THE ARTS: ‘NO ONE IS FIGHTING FOR US’ A group of arts advocates have come together to pen an emotional open letter to the Australian Government, calling for more COVID-19 financial support, an acknowledgment of the level of frustration and despair across the sector, a dedicated arts and creative industries minister and more concrete timelines for the revival of the sector. The letter has been compiled by James Bustar – who spearheaded the stirring campaign about how much entertainers’ mental health was suffering during lockdowns – as well as Mark McConville and Lindsay Webb. The letter notes arts, creating and performing is “who we are”, but identities and livelihoods are now falling apart. “We go into the arts and creative industries because it’s our love and our passion. However, in the current situation, our identity is being eroded and it feels as though no one is fighting for us or at the very least understands our current plight. “Successful artists take decades to hone their skills to the point of being able to make a living from the arts and creative industries. We are proud of the fact that we have successfully run businesses, purchased houses, raised children, and repeatedly donated our services for the greater good.”

One of the key demands of the letter is for the Federal Government to have a stand-alone minister for the arts and creative industries. Back in 2019, Prime Minister Scott Morrison abolished the Department of Communications and Arts as part of a public service restructure and rolled it into a new super department now known as the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications. The word ‘Arts’ no longer appears on any Federal department name. Paul Fletcher, however, remains the minister for communications, urban infrastructure, cities and the arts. The letter's signees say this structure “does not do our industry justice”. “We also ask that this new portfolio be led by someone who is suitably qualified and therefore acutely aware of the uniqueness of our industry and its requirements,” the letter added. The letter also expressed frustration at the lack of priority given to the sector in economic recovery plans and discussions about getting back to normal. “One issue that continues to frustrate the live events and entertainment sectors, in particular, is the apparent government prioritisation of sporting events in lieu of meaningful support of the creative industries. Time and time again the NRL and AFL codes have received the full support of various governments across the country. Sports teams are allowed ‘bubbles’, whereas only recently in Melbourne, theatre productions requested a ‘rehearsal bubble’ to which they were denied,” the letter said. “Additionally, in recent times we have seen crowds allowed to attend football matches while at the exact same time indoor events and entertainment venues have had to operate under reduced capacity forcing many events to be cancelled or run with limited financial viability. These apparent double standards and financial uncertainty are crippling our industry and its people.”

“Ever since the pandemic began, the national conversation from government and the media has focused on health, Sport, tourism, aviation, hospitality and retail, while the live events, entertainment and arts have been for the most part overlooked. It’s no wonder the mental health of our industry workers is at an all-time low given our ‘forgotten industry’ status. “We call upon the Federal Government of Australia to publicly acknowledge the level of frustration and despair being felt across the live events and entertainment industries. At the same time, outlining a financial recovery package specific to our industry.”

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OPEN LETTER TO AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT FROM THE ARTS: Dated 11th August 2021 Acknowledgments We acknowledge the traditional custodians of this land, all past, present and emerging. We acknowledge the frontline health care workers of Australia. We also acknowledge the millions of Australians currently living under lockdown conditions.

“As our families, communities and nation come to terms with the uncertainty, isolation, and social and economic disruption of the world in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the power of the arts and creativity to connect and uplift us, to reduce expenditure across health and social services and to stimulate tourism and local economies, has never been more important.” Reference: Dr Wendy Were Executive Director Advocacy and Development Australia Council for the Arts Creating Our Future: Results of the National Arts Participation Survey Australia Council for the Arts 2020 P 2.

To whom it may concern,

Additionally, in the ‘Valuing the Arts Annual Report 2018–19, Australia Council for the Arts’ Mr Sam Walsh AO, Chair of the Australia Council stated.

This letter calls for reform in the way that the Arts and Creative Industries is represented in the Federal Parliament of Australia, while also highlighting the need for ‘industry specific’ Federally funded financial assistance for the Arts and Creative Sectors during the COVID-19 pandemic.

“As a society, I believe we must afford far greater recognition to the value of the arts and creativity – which has been proven time and time again – to our wellbeing, our social cohesion, our economy, our daily lives. Australia’s arts and creativity are integral to our cultural fabric and are among our nation’s most powerful assets.

The Value of the Arts and Creative Industries in Australia

Investing in arts and creativity is investing in our social, economic, and cultural success. We know that cultural and creative activity already provides $112 billion to Australia’s GDP, and that cultural and creative industries provide 80% more value to the economy than agriculture, forestry and fishing.”

In the report ‘Creating Our Future: Results of the National Arts Participation Survey, Australia Council for the Arts’ Dr Wendy Were the Executive Director for Advocacy and Development at the Australia Council for the Arts stated the following. www.savethearts.com.au/2021/08/11/open-letter-toaustralian-government/

Reference: Sam Walsh AO Chair, Australia Council - Valuing the Arts Annual Report 2018–19 Australia Council for the Arts 2019 P 4.

“The 2019 National Arts Participation Survey results show that Australians increasingly recognise the positive impacts of the arts.

Nearly every Australian – 98% of us – engage with the arts in some way. The arts are not a luxury; they are embedded in the very fabric of our lives. Furthermore, 85 per cent of Australians agree that experiencing the arts makes for more engaging, enriching, and meaningful lives. In 2019, 9.3 million Australians created, produced, or collaborated in the making of art, or 45% of the population aged 15 years and over – up from 32% in 2016. Australians increasingly recognise the positive impact of arts and creativity on our sense of wellbeing and happiness and on helping us deal with stress, anxiety, or depression. When it comes to public and private investment in the arts, more than half of Australians think funding should ensure that arts and creative experiences are available to support people’s health and wellbeing.”

We go into the Arts and Creative Industries because it’s our love and our passion. However, in the current situation, our identity is being eroded and it feels as though no one is fighting for us or at the very least understands our current plight. Successful Artists take decades to hone their skills to the point of being able to make a living from the Arts and Creative Industries. We are proud of the fact that we have successfully run businesses, purchased houses, raised children, and repeatedly donated our services for the greater good.

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NO JAB NO JIVE No jab no jive: Clubs prepare for ban on people without vaccine passports.

Outback festivals launch "no jab, no jive" campaign ...

Reference: Dr Wendy Were Executive Director Advocacy and Development Australia Council for the Arts Creating Our Future: Results of the National Arts Participation Survey Australia Council for the Arts 2020 P 2.

To whom it may concern, This letter calls for reform in the way that the Arts and Creative Industries is represented in the Federal Parliament of Australia, while also highlighting the need for ‘industry specific’ Federally funded financial assistance for the Arts and Creative Sectors during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Value of the Arts and Creative Industries in Australia In the report ‘Creating Our Future: Results of the National Arts Participation Survey, Australia Council for the Arts’ Dr Wendy Were the Executive Director for Advocacy and Development at the Australia Council for the Arts stated the following.

While some employers like Qantas and SPC have announced no-jab, no-job policies, Mr Donovan said he believed this vaccination rule is a first for the event industry in Australia. The Big Red Bash saw record numbers in 2021, despite COVID-19 restrictions.

Additionally, in the ‘Valuing the Arts Annual Report 2018–19, Australia Council for the Arts’ Mr Sam Walsh AO, Chair of the Australia Council stated. “As a society, I believe we must afford far greater recognition to the value of the arts and creativity – which has been proven time and time again – to our wellbeing, our social cohesion, our economy, our daily lives. Australia’s arts and creativity are integral to our cultural fabric and are among our nation’s most powerful assets. Investing in arts and creativity is investing in our social, economic, and cultural success. We know that cultural and creative activity already provides $112 billion to Australia’s GDP, and that cultural and creative industries provide 80% more value to the economy than agriculture, forestry and fishing.” Reference: Sam Walsh AO Chair, Australia Council - Valuing the Arts Annual Report 2018–19 Australia Council for the Arts 2019 P 4. “The 2019 National Arts Participation Survey results show that Australians increasingly recognise the positive impacts of the arts.

‘NO JAB, NO JIVE’ FOR BROKEN HILL MUNDI MUNDI BASH & BIRDSVILLE BIG RED BASH PATRONS, STAFF, VOLUNTEERS, CONTRACTORS AND VENDORS. (Friday August 20, 2021): In an Australian Music Industry first, The Outback Music Festival Group has today announced a new “no jab, no jive” vaccination policy across their outback music festival events.

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Ewingar Rising fundraising music festival returns to the Northern NSW town of Ewingar, two years after the bushfires! COVID Update: Although we really, really wanted to give artists and audience the joy of a live music Festival in September, given the COVID outbreaks in both urban and regional centres, Ewingar Rising is postponed to 1-3 April 2022. We are consulting with Health NSW to ensure we plan a safe and fun festival.

Pre-save Mitch Tambo's new single 'Heal' OUT 03.09.21

Please note that we are restricting numbers to ensure we comply with COVID safety regulations and of course the safety of our artists, volunteers, food and market stallholders and you. Should anything change, we will release more tickets in due course.

This Friday the 3rd of September my brand new single HEAL drops!

Tickets are refundable in the event of postponing due to COVID. Make sure you get your tickets early to avoid disappointment. Early bird ticket prices have now been extended to 31st December, 2021.

I’m so pumped for this one and I truly hope your able to feel this song and in some way connect with it.

SERPENTINE HAS GONE ONLINE. Artists in the Northern Rivers are invited to join. Check out our first exhibitions online. The new website has full e-commerce facilities for buying art securely online. Also lots of scope for community interaction through the forum and integrated members pages.

To pre-save all you need to do is click this link https://mitchtambo.lnk.to/HealPreSave

Mitch Tambo is an Australian singer and songwriter who self-released his debut EP in 2016. In 2019, he reached the final of the ninth series of Australia's Got Talent and garnered national attention. In November 2019, Tambo was signed to Sony Music Australia.

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Ed Sheeran dedicates new album to Michael Gudinski Ed Sheeran’s new album will be dedicated to Australian record label founder and music impresario Michael Gudinski, who was a friend and mentor to the chart-topping English star.

Sheeran performed his new song Visiting Hours, which he wrote after Gudinski’s death at age 68 in March, at a state memorial service for the music legend in Melbourne. Sheeran performed his new song Visiting Hours, which he wrote after Gudinski’s death at age 68 in March, at a state memorial service for the music legend in Melbourne. Ed Sheeran’s new album will be dedicated to Australian record label founder and music impresario Michael Gudinski, who was a friend and mentor to the chart-topping English star. Sheeran performed his new song Visiting Hours, which he wrote after Gudinski’s death at age 68 in March, at a state memorial service for the music legend in Melbourne. Ed Sheeran is dedicating his new album to the late Michael Gudinksi, founder of Mushroom and a close friend of the English musician. The song, penned during Sheeran’s two weeks in hotel quarantine after he arrived in Australia, sits at the heart of new album = [Equals] and was inspired by his friendship with the late Mushroom boss. The album is the fourth in Sheeran’s symbol series following debut album + in 2011, × in 2014 and ÷ in 2017, each of which rocketed to the top of charts around the world. Sheeran’s new album will be released on October 29. He revealed a new recording of Visiting Hours late Thursday on Instagram.

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The four-time Grammy winner said the album was “a really personal record” that meant a lot to him. “My life changed greatly over the past few years – I got married, became a father, experienced loss, and I reflect on these topics over the course of the album,” Sheeran said. “I see it as my coming-of-age record, and I can’t wait to share this next chapter with you.” On Gudinski tribute song Visiting Hours, Sheeran sings: “Well, I wish that heaven had visiting hours/ So I could just swing by and ask your advice/What would you do in my situation?” Sheeran referred to Gudinski as “a tornado of joy” on social media and his performance of Visiting Hours later at the Rod Laver Arena memorial was one of the night’s most poignant moments. Sheeran also shared the stage with Kylie Minogue and Jimmy Barnes, who both make guest appearances on Visiting Hours with subtle backing vocals. “In lockdown, I was able to have a guitar for quarantine and I always find the best way to process stuff is to write songs, be it good news, bad news or whatever,” Sheeran said when he played the song on stage.

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Since his earliest forays into the Australian market, Sheeran struck a bond with Gudinski that went beyond that of musician and tour promoter. The gruffly spoken, hugely passionate veteran of Australia’s music scene became a father figure as well as a trusted adviser. On his 2018 tour of Australia and New Zealand, Sheeran smashed a ticket sales record set by Dire Straits some three decades ago, selling more than a million concert tickets. Gudinski, who ran the tour, at the time described Sheeran as “a punters pal” and said fans simply wanted to see him on stage, time and time again. “From when I started working with him, any time he had spare he’d be listening to music, writing music and he cares about the fans,” Gudinski said. “To see someone hold an audience in stadiums, as a one-man show he’s captured the world. No one’s seen anything like this. On the back of his ÷ album, Sheeran played 18 stadiums in seven cities on his 2018 tour. At the time he’d sold more than 38 million albums. He’s since released the No. 6 Collaborations Project album (2019) and in June released Bad Habits, the first track from his new album.

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2021 CBCA Book of the Year Awards! Congratulations to the winning authors, illustrators and publishers and a huge thank you to our judges for all their hard work. Selecting six winners from such a spectacular Shortlist would have been a challenging task.

BOOK OF THE YEAR - WINNERS - 2021

“You might say this 75th birthday is a diamond jubilee of sorts, and I am reminded of the brilliance and lustre of a diamond when I think how a carefully constructed story can light up the mind of a child.

TWIN sisters build a post-apocalyptic sanctuary on a tiny island in this year’s spine-tingling Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year for Older Readers. The End of the World is Bigger than Love by Davina Bell weaves together dreams with a fearsome reality, taking its place on an awards list that has celebrated excellence in Australian children’s literature for 75 years. CBCA Chair Wendy Rapee said August 20 is the 75th birthday of the CBCA Book of the Year Awards. “First awarded in 1946, today the Book of the Year Award celebrates writers and illustrators who are part of a mature children’s publishing community in Australia,” Ms Rapee said. “Our children’s imaginations, their wellbeing, their knowledge of the world around them, and their connections to each other have flourished because of these stories.”

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2021 CBCA Book of the Year Awards! The 2021 Book of the Year for Younger Readers is....... Aster’s Good, Right Things by Kate Gordon. Aster is an anxious young girl who feels her mother has deserted her because she isn’t good enough. The CBCA judges described the story of Aster’s journey to greater self-worth as pitch-perfect with gentle humour and a sophisticated plot. Mother and daughter writing team Libby Hathorn and Lisa Hathorn-Jarman created a rhyming cautionary tale in the Book of the Year for Early Childhood, No! Never! Illustrated by Mel Pearce, the book is eminently age appropriate and delightful to read aloud for both adults and children, according to the CBCA judges.

Established in 1946, the CBCA Book of the Year Awards have become the most influential and highly respected in Australia.

The Picture Book of the Year, How to Make a Bird, written by Meg McKinlay and illustrated by Matt Ottley, is a paean to creativity. A story based on the wonder of migratory birds, CBCA judges described it as a detailed, delicate and gently philosophical story.

The awards are presented in six categories: Older Readers, Younger Readers, Early Childhood, Picture Book, Eve Pownall and New Illustrator.

The Eve Pownall Award for non-fiction was awarded to Dry to Dry: The Seasons of Kakadu, written by Pamela Freeman and illustrated by Liz Anelli. The engaging text and illustrations transport readers to Kakadu National Park as the seasons come and go.

Following the Book of the Year Award announcements, CBCA Book Week runs from 21-27 August.

Zeno Sworder was awarded CBCA Award for New Illustrator for This Small Blue Dot, the story of a young girl welcoming a new sibling into the world. The judges said Mr Sworder used an array of mixed-media messages to illustrate concepts around life, ecology and sustainability for child readers.

In 2021 the theme is Old Worlds, New Worlds, Other Worlds.

The CBCA is a not-for-profit, volunteer-run organisation whose mission is to promote and advocate for the sharing of quality literature for young people across Australia. It showcases Australian creators and collaborates widely to foster a love of reading. To watch the 2021 Book of the Year Awards announcement film, visit our YouTube channel HERE

For the full list of CBCA Book of the Year 2021 Award and Honour books, please visit the CBCA website HERE

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L I S M O R E ION IDRIESS

Northern Star, Lismore NSW. Thursday 22 November 1951.

Mr. Idriess published his first; book at the age of 42 and lias, since written 40 full-length novels. He now writes an average of one book a year. Some of his best known stories are "Flynn Of The Island," "Gold Dust and Ashes," "Lassetter's Last Ride," "Drums! Of Mere," "Madman's Island" and "The Dssert Column." Although he has made his; home in Sydney, Mr. Idriess spends much of his time travelling Australia in search of material tor his books. During the past 40 years he has visited almost every part of the continent and worked at scores of jobs. The Idriess family lived at; Boorie Creek, near Lismore, about the turn of the century. Recalling his early school days. Mr. Idriess said sugar cane was the main product of the Richmond district. Dairy farms were almost unknown and thick scrub grew close to the river bank except where it had been cut back for sugar growing.

Great quantities of timber, particularly cedar, were lashed into rafts and sent downstream for shipment to Sydney. Millions of pounds worth of timber was cut and burned in the early days to make way for sugar cane. Mr. Idriess remembers Lis-; more as a tiny township with dusty, earthen streets, and sunburnt, timber buildings fronted by hitching rails for horses— the only means of transport.

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Benefits of Hosting a Book Fair There are many good reasons to host a book fair

Few reading-related events lend themselves to genuine nostalgia as a book fair does. A happy place where authors, publishers, and book lovers come together to celebrate the written word, a book fair offers a wonderful opportunity to discover new writers and reconnect with the classics, including numerous new books. You could attend seminars, workshops, presentations, and panel discussions given by leaders in your literary niche, as well as witness demonstrations of new products and services.

One such opportunity is attending a local book (trade) fair.

Above all, book fairs allow for tremendous networking opportunities. You will meet your fellow writers, authors, and artists. You might find new friends and potential collaborators who could provide feedback, insights, recommendations, and strategies.

If you’re a new author or self-published, you might be wondering how to attract more readers, sell more books, and make a difference with your work. Joining a reputable book fair or book festival might be the next push you’re looking for in your writing and publishing journey.

A book fair is a great place to buy books, but it’s also so much more: It attracts people from all walks of life who have varying interests, making it a perfect event for families to attend. It’s a fun event for children in and of itself, but it also exposes them to the joys of reading. Local Book fairs are also wonderful learning opportunities. They are a great place to share ideas, gather market intelligence, explore new trends, and tap the tools and technologies that could help you succeed in the changing publishing industry. Book fairs are one of the few venues open for a new and selfpublished author to get exposure for their book and brand. Going to a book fair is a great way to sell not only your books but also yourself and your author brand to potential readers, as well as the entire book industry. It’s important for self-published authors to know that joining a book fair won’t guarantee that they will land a literary agent or publishing deal. They are, however, worth attending because they give a glimpse into what the book publishing industry is all about, and for the skills and training opportunities self-published authors need to turn their writing into a profitable venture. Attending a book fair could help boost your presentation, networking, and sales skills. There you’ll learn how to market your book, develop your platform, grow your brand, manage distribution channels, and track revenue and sales. If you’re building a career as an author, you need to learn the business side of things, and joining a book fair will expose you to the business aspects of writing and publishing. Other than potential readers and publishers, probably the most important person you’ll ever meet at the book fairs is the literary agent. You can ask them questions about the book industry, what genre they represent, etc. You could also pitch your book idea to them face-to-face. You might not land a contract with a literary agent but you’ll at least get feedback on your book idea or manuscript.

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Book fairs are a must for self-published authors because these free and public events are attended by the “who’s who” of the book publishing industry. Attendees include not only famous authors and booklovers but also publishers, literary agents, librarians, booksellers, artists, multimedia specialists, journalists, and other people that matter in the book industry.

Book fairs can also be part of larger events, usually conferences or meetings, which are nonetheless major book events. Your book could even be exhibited in any of the following conferences and meetings: Book fairs also give you the chance to instill a love of reading that lasts a lifetime. At the book fair, you’re never far away from finding good books that drive your imagination! What could possibly be a more lasting impression? Northern Star Lismore, Tuesday 12 July 1949. "Book Week" in Lismore Opens A large range of children's books! are on display at Lismore City Library for children's "Book Week," which opened yesterday. The books deal with a wide" range! of subjects. The aim of "Book Week" is to encourage children to read to gain beneficial information from suitable books. The books on display cater for the tiny tot and the boy or girl in the! upper school grades and deal with hobbies, art, music, adventure, and for the youngest, fairy stories. The display is arranged in various sections. One section entitled "What do you know of your own country," is comprised entirely of Australian books. Others deal with the British Empire and Australian authors. The display was arranged entirely by librarians Helen Riddle, Edna Pearce and Shirley Compton. Question boxes have been placed around the room for the children to submit the name of their favourite author or book. The library contains over 2000 children's books and while there are many children belonging to the .library, for a city of Lismore s size the number should be far greater. Book Week, which is a State-wide move, is partly sponsored by the Department of Education. Miss Riddle said that she would j like to see the children's parents visit the display to see the wide range of books on hand. Miss Riddle said that parents) should encourage their children to i read the many books which are available.

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Writers, Authors and Lismore. Writer vs. Author: What’s the Difference?

It might seem that the difference between a writer and author has something to do with the amount of time you spend writing, whether you’re a nonfiction or fiction writer, or whether you give yourself a pen name. This is not the case. The primary difference between a writer and an author has to do with whether or not your work is published. If you’ve written dozens of science fiction novels, children’s books, and various literary pieces—but none of them have ever been published—you are technically a writer. However, if your next book is distributed by the publishing industry, that act of publishing makes you an author. In the era of self-publishing, it’s easier than ever to be considered an author without ever having to interact with traditional publishing companies. What Is a Writer? Simply put, a writer is a person who engages in the process of writing. If you spend your days writing books, novellas, or short stories—you are a writer. If your writing routine consists of waking up in the morning and jotting down an entry in your journal or outlining your next story—you are a writer. A writer doesn’t even have to write their own original ideas; if you’re a journalist, ghostwriter, blogger, or screenwriter, the subject matter and central idea of your piece of writing may come from someone else—but you’re still a writer.

Anyone who engages in the writing process, regardless of whether or not their work is published, is technically a writer.

“When I sit down to write a book, I do not say to myself, ‘I am going to produce a work of art.’ I write it because there is some lie that I want to expose, some fact to which I want to draw attention, and my initial concern is to get a hearing.” George Orwell

What Is an Author? An author is someone whose written work has been published. In addition to producing published work, people who write are considered authors when they originate the ideas and content of their written work. For this reason, most authors are writers, but not all writers are considered to be authors.

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B O O K

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CONFLICTED How disagreeing 'productively' leads to better outcomes. Ian Leslie speaks about “Conflicted: How Productive Disagreements Lead to Better Outcomes” The london-based author who writes ideas-based nonfiction. He also writes and performs in the comedy show Before They Were Famous for BBC Radio 4. Ian appears as a commentator on current affairs and culture for the BBC, Sky, and NPR. For most people, conflict triggers a fight or flight response.

In this book, we’ll learn from experts who are highly skilled at getting the most out of highly charged encounters: interrogators, cops, divorce mediators, therapists, diplomats, psychologists. These professionals know how to get something valuable – information, insight, ideas — from the toughest, most antagonistic conversations. They are brilliant communicators: masters at shaping the conversation beneath the conversation. They know how to turn the heat of conflict into the light of creativity, connection, and insight.

Disagreeing productively is a hard skill for which neither evolution nor society has equipped us. It Is a skill we urgently need to acquire; otherwise, our increasingly vociferous disagreements are destined to tear us apart.

In this much-need book, Ian Leslie explores what happens to us when we argue, why disagreement makes us stressed, and why we get angry.

Isn’t it time we gave more thought to how to do it well?

Author of CONFLICTED @FaberBooks | @HarperCollins Read about it here:

He explains why we urgently need to transform the way we think about conflict and how Productive disagreement is a way of thinking, perhaps the best having better disagreements can make us one we have. It makes us smarter and more creative, and it can more successful. even bring us closer together. By drawing together the lessons he learns from "Instead of putting our differences aside, different experts, he proposes a series of clear let's put them to work." principles that we can all use to make our most It’s critical to the success of any shared enterprise, from a difficult dialogues more productive — and our marriage to a business, to a democracy. increasingly acrimonious world a better place.

In an increasingly polarized world, our only chance for coming together and moving forward is to learn from those who have mastered the art and science of disagreement.

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Sir Walter Scott really and truly believed that the material culture of the past could bring history to life. Access to objects created, used and lost over the centuries was essential to his inspiration and success as a writer of historical fiction and it made him a trailblazer of the genre.

But he was also a passionate advocate of a more experiential and exploratory kind of learning: encouraging people of all ages to visit battlefields, landmarks and ruins; to explore the features of their local and national landscapes and to imagine their many histories playing out there in full cinematic colour.

All of this underlines his commitment to a real sensory engagement with the past - ‘living history’ as we understand it today.

Though we might not realise it, every traditional craft fayre, battle reenactment or costumed educational Scott was interested in hearing the lost experience we participate in with the voices and songs of the past, preserving family or recall from our school days, languages and folk customs; reimagining owes a significant debt to Scott. and preserving buildings, and collecting and wearing historical clothing, arms Perhaps most importantly of all, Scott also had the foresight the appreciate and armour. that the present is merely history in the Walter Scott 250 is showcasing new and making, as he witnessed war, revolution, exciting perspectives on Scott and his legacy exploration and scientific discoveries across 2021-22 in a range of mediums, from unfolding around him.

art installations, publications and events to Where I to begin my experimental exhibitions and community projects. He encouraged his friends and family to course of history… I would The partnership is steered and facilitated by The Abbotsford Trust, the independent charity responsible for caring for Scott’s former home and estate in the Scottish Borders.

draw parallels between contemporary events and those in times past, knowing that history does have a tendency to repeat itself. This is a powerful lesson for our own times.

endeavour to create a strong interest in historical events by combining them with every external circumstance which could give interest

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JAMES O'BRIEN ON SOUTH LISMORE South Lismore As a child growing up in South Lismore, one of my strongest earliest memories was of the arrival at the nearby railway station of hundreds of people for the Aquarius Festival. Though it’s often described as Australia’s answer to Woodstock, I don’t think there was such a high musical component to it. But as a youngster, I remember a whole bunch of “odd looking” people arriving, providing quite a spectacle for the residents of South Lismore, as the people made their way to Nimbin. Their ongoing presence has fundamentally transformed the area in which I grew up.

Though it’s worth noting some things have remained the same or similar in South Lismore.

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S O U TH LISM O R E COMMU N IT Y JAMES O'BRIEN ON SOUTH LISMORE Since being home I’ve become reacquainted with some of the many shops of South Lismore. Even if the content of the shops within them has changed, the buildings have remained very much the same. As I’ve taken a walk to the local chemist, the local pub, or the local coffee shop, its been wonderful to take a walk down memory lane.

Even though it’s been a tatoo parlour for maybe twenty or thirty years, I still remember it as “Mr Meek’s Shop”. I was born and spent the first five years of my life living only a short walk from the the shop. And even though it’s fifty years later, I can still remember the shop. I can still remember Mr Meek! I can also still remember my sadness when it was announced the shop was closing. To the right, I’m pretty sure was a butcher.

Even though it’s been a tattoo parlour for maybe twenty or thirty years, I still remember it as “Mr Meek’s Shop”. I was born and spent the first five years of my life living only a short walk from the shop. And even though it’s fifty years later, I can still remember the shop. I can still remember Mr Meek! I can also still remember my sadness when it was announced the shop was closing. To the right, I’m pretty sure was a butcher. Though they specialise more in pies and other hot take-away food these days, I remember with fondness the sponge cakes and cream horns of my childhood visiting Bowen’s Cake Shop, now known as Bowen’s Pies. I remember Mr (Ron) and Mrs Bowen very well. They’ve been replaced by their daughter Tracey (who was in my year at primary and high school) who looks very much like her mother. Apple Turnovers, Cream Horns

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S O U TH LISM O R E COMMU N IT Y JAMES O'BRIEN ON SOUTH LISMORE Though it’s been called “The Station Hotel” for many years, it’s also been known as “Hogan’s Heroes” (named after Doug Hogan, the licensee). Though he’s been retired for many years now, I remember when Doug Hogan had only just taken over, and he was seen as a bit of an “up starter”. I love the old tile works on the shops at the corner of Casino and Union streets. There were a couple of supermarkets in South Lismore when I was a child. I’m struggling to remember the name of the corner supermarket – maybe “Mewings? – but I do remember Casagrande’s not far from there.

Though it’s been called “The Station Hotel” for many years, it’s also been known as “Hogan’s Heroes” (named after Doug Hogan, the licensee). Though he’s been retired for many years now, I remember when Doug Hogan had only just taken over, and he was seen as a bit of an “uppstarter”.

I love the old tile works on the shops at the corner of Casino and Union streets. There were a couple of supermarkets in South Lismore when I was a child. I’m struggling to remember the name of the corner supermarket – maybe “Mewings? – but I do remember Casagrande’s not far from there.

A favourite place for me as a child was the local newsagency. It was where I would buy “Sydney newspapers with stories about ABBA” as my family referred to them. I don’t think they ever quite recovered from the big flood of 2017, and I’m pretty sure the shop has been empty ever since. The “Duck Pond Espresso Cafe” is the main reason I go for a walk most days of the week. Though there are places in Lismore where I can get better takeaway coffee, it’s only 500metres from home, and I love the “Nan” and “Grandson” (I assume) who run the cafe.

Most days there’s a good crowd of people lining up for a takeaway coffee, or enjoying something in-store. I love looking around at the others, and to make some generalisations (in my mind) about the changing face of South Lismore. The post office is still there, and located right next to it was the “Baby Health Centre”. Located at the front of the health centre now is a permanently located van coffee shop.

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South Lismore

Northern Star, Lismore. August 1925.

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Car Racing at South Lismore in 1925 Three lap flying start For the first time in about six months, motor-car racing was held in Lismore yesterday when about 300 people at the Duck Pond, South Lismore, saw the Lismore Speedway Club's first meeting on its new track.

Competitors from Woodburn, Nimbin and Casino entered light cars and midgets. In the photo, two cars have started in a trial race. The outstanding performance was by a former army jeep which, though not tuned for racing, established a track record for a three lap flying start.

Only one crash occurred when the jeep and another car collided on an s-bend. No one was injured and only, slight damage was caused the track, which was built by committee members, is on an allotment in South Lismore and has a circumference of 690 yards.

Because of the area's formation, S-bends and hazards have been built. Racing will be conducted on the course every alternate Sunday. The intervening Sunday will be reserved for practice runs.

More Bowling Greens for Lismore Good progress is being made with the construction of two bowling greens at South Lismore for the South Lismore Club, formed last year. The work has reached the stage where only the topsoil remains to be spread preparatory to the planting of grass, which will be done in September. It is expected the greens will be ready for play early next year.

Northern Star, Lismore. July 1946.

To date over £2000 has been spent on labour and material for the two greens. The club is preparing plans and specifications for a modern clubhouse. The building will be two-storeyed and will contain a flat for the use of the caretaker. The estimated, cost of the greens and building is £6000, the land on which the greens are being laid costs the club £180 an acre for three acres according to a statement made at a meeting of Lismore Council.

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Mary Cameron, formerly of South Lismore, is now visiting Aberdeen, Scotland, with her mother. Northern Star Lismore. 14 August 1935

Northern Star Lismore. 15 December 1942.

LISMORE MAYOR UNOPPOSED Without opposition, Ald. C- A. H. Dalziell was re-elected Mayor of Lismore at a special meeting of the Lismore Municipal Council last night. The Mayoral allowance was reduced from £200 to £100. At the opening of the meeting, Alds. R. Kellas, C. McKenzie and H. L. Somerville (who is on leave of absence) were not present and, on the motion of Ald. Pritchard, supported by Ald. Munro, the election of Mayor was deferred until after the ordinary meeting. With the exception of Ald. Somerville, there was a full attendance of aldermen, but only one nomination was received. Ald. Dalziell said that in the next 12 months he had many things in view for the welfare of Lismore. He added that in his short term as Mayor a good deal had been accomplished, but a great deal more could be achieved as secondary industries were needed to retain skilled men in the district or induce skilled men to come to Lismore in the next decade, with secondary industries, Lismore could increase its population to 30,000. The Mayor added that he felt he could do more by working for the introduction of secondary industries to Lismore than he could by adorning the social side of events as Mayor of the town. The Deputy Mayor (Aid. G. FWalker) congratulated the Mayor and Mayoress on their re-election and said he felt sure that with the cooperation of all aldermen on difficult days, the year would be progressive.

During her stay in Scotland, she has been a competitor at Pitfour in Aberdeen-shire' Highland Gathering and was successful in the following events:

Ald. C- "A. Munro said it was the duty of every alderman in the council to lighten the duties of the Mayor as much as possible. The ALD. C. A. H. DALZIELL allowance for the year had been reduced 50 per cent., and there were, a number of aldermen who could and would, take over duties for the Mayor at public functions. Ald. R. Kellas, who supported the congratulations, said that when he was Mayor he had freely used the services of the aldermen. Other aldermen who endorsed the congratulations to the Mayor and Mayoress were C. McKenzie, H. J. Pritchard, W- W. Gaggin, M. S. Armstrong, W. A- P. Orr, A. J. Duley, and H. A. Stone. The Town Clerk (Mr. L. Allan) spoke on behalf of the staff.

Allowance Fixed

Highland Fling (all Comers), 1st prize; Sword Dance (all comers), 1st prize; Sean Thruibbeas. (all comers), 1st prize; Highland Schottische (all comers), 1st prize; Old Fashioned Waltz. (all comers), 1st prize and she also won the prize for Champion Dancer. The prizes were presented to her by Mr. Boothby, M.P.

A motion and two amendments were required before the Mayoral allowance was reduced from £200 to £100. Ald. Kellas moved that the allowance should be £100, and said that times were drastic and the council should take every action to husband its resources as much as possible. There was not so much running about to be done in the job Ald. Dalziell: About twice as much. Ald. C. McKenzie said that last year he had seconded a similar motion and he still felt that the amount should be reduced Ald. H- J. Pritchard, in opposing the motion, said he would have been in favour of a motion cutting out the allowance. He seconded an amendment by Ald. Stone that the Mayoral appointment should be an honorary one. Ald. Dalziell said there was a lot of running about and the job at present was a full time one. "Anyone who takes it on is sacrificing a lot," he added. The amendment was defeated, those in favour being Ald. McKenzie, Kellas, Pritchard and Stone. A second amendment by Ald. Armstrong that the allowance should be £200 was also lost, those in favour being Ald. Pritchard, Munro, Orr, Armstrong and Dalziell. The original motion that the allowance souhld be £100 was carried.

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North Coast Stream Ship "Tomki"

Molesworth Street

Banks of the Wilson River

IN AND AROUND TOWN.... for the Opening of the Lismore and Tweed Railway Lismore. LISMORE

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Sydney Mail | New South Wales Advertiser 12 May 1894.

Opening of the Lismore and Tweed Railway Lismore The opening of a railway in that beautiful and fertile part of the colony known as the Richmond River district is undoubtedly a fitting time to give illustrations and some particulars of Lismore, the important town from which the new railway station on its northerly course. Perhaps it may be considered but a small compliment to this town that we say no district of this colony has made greater advances in the way of production and land utilisation than the one of which Lismore is the centre.

We remember it 20 years ago as an almost insignificant village. We see it today a great town with a population in and near it of about 7000, with the railway, a water-works, a gasworks, a great fire station, an efficient fire brigade, two good newspapers, 50 miles of roads and streets, property of a rateable value of £22.168, about 13 hotels, four banks, four large places for worship, and all the usual public buildings. The great scrub which we splashed our way through over a narrow road has been subdued, and sugar factories and dairy factories are each year turning out immense quantities of produce.

The South Coast men, being somewhat crowded out in Illawarra, have during the last 15 years taken very kindly to the Richmond. Thus when we hear that the annual output of this part of the north is now about a million and a half lb. of butter, 125,721lb. of cheese, and 49,472lb. of bacon, besides immense numbers of pigs, we are not a bit surprised, nor is there cause for doubt when statistics say that 121,329 tons of sugar are here produced, for we have seen the great Broadwater mill, one of the biggest sugar mills in the world, with its 700 men, all in full operation.

Australian Town and Country Journal Sydney. 16 November 1910.

The panoramic views, which are from photographs by the local photographer, Mr. Read, were kindly lent to us by Mr. Pender, of the North Coast Steam Company's good ship Tomki. The town is 37 miles, by the postal route, north from Sydney. If you start by sea, say on Saturday night at 9 p.m. by steamer, in the ordinary course of voyaging you should enter the Richmond River at 6 o'clock on Monday morning, and then when you reach Ballina, just inside the Heads, you can go by coach overland 20 miles to Lismore, or you may keep close to your ship and steam up 70 miles to the head of navigation and land close to the Lismore Bridge, which we here depict. This bridge is over Wilson Creek and is 550ft. in length. The town is on the north arm of the river, at the junction of the Wilson and Leycester creeks. The route by sea is the most popular, but if a land trip is a desideratum we start from Lismore and coach through Casino some distance over 100 miles to Tenterfield, where we take the Northern railway for Sydney. But the Richmond is so well supplied with ocean-going steamers and river craft of all descriptions that very little overlanding is done. A material fact in connection with the new railway to the Tweed is that the industries around Lismore are capable of being expanded to enormous dimensions.

It is such an extraordinarily prolific country that its exports can be easily quadrupled. Even now the sugar industry, which was a few years ago confined to farms along the river barks, is spreading right over the hills and ridges which are within a pleasing view of Lismore. The steamers are about to have cool chambers, so that the butter may be landed in Sydney in good condition; and there is a talk of doing something in pork exportation, and this should be, for the land produces immense crops of maize.

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Opening of the Lismore and Tweed Railway Lismore The average annual rainfall is about 73in. The climate for eight months of the year is all which could be desired, but for the remaining four months it is unmistakably tropical.

Lismore Waterworks

The municipal council sets a good example to other towns in providing no fewer than seven-horse troughs The visitors to the railway opening are almost certain to have an enjoyable experience, for May is one of Richmond's free, allowing the water supply of £1 per annum each for water so consumed. most favourable mouths. They will tee many things which will repay inspection. The blessing to dumb animals is great, especially with a temperature that is sometimes 100 Fahrenheit in the The railway station will be quite close to the bridge. There shade. are large sheds for goods and carriages, and the river, which is rather narrow near Lismore, is well supplied with The water engineer, who is an old resident in the district, wharfs, and now a walk around the town will prove has held his present position from the start, and contrives interesting. to keep the machinery and mains in order, lays services and There are several very substantial two-storied buildings, extensions, seen with the aid of one man on some three or some of brick, but for the greater part, they are of wood, four days per week, does his own firing and pumping, and which, it is said, resists the heavy rains better than the keeps an eye on the stone-breaker at times. best of cement and brick. There are many well-furnished The pumping is intermittent and depends largely on the and well-kept hotels. weather. The quantity pumped annually increases at the rate of a million gallons or more, and costs 13d to 2d per 1000 for fuel, wood is mostly used. The quantity pumped this year will reach seven million gallons. There are over 20 houses supplied so far, and the number is steadily increasing. One stand-pipe is provided for water earners. The streets are watered around the business part of the town by hose Look to the right down the chief street and you will see when such treatment is found necessary. near the river the fire look-out, from which our photographic views were taken. The town is well laid out, The works cost about £8OOO, and Lismore stands in the and the streets are wide, well-paved, and scrupulously proud position of having fulfilled its contract with the clean. Government in connection with the water supply loan. Out about a mile on that road is the Agricultural Society's showground; but nearer, and perhaps more interesting, will be the Lismore Waterworks.

The concrete gutters along the streets, for which Mr. Wightman, one of Lismore's most energetic residents, drew the plans, are one of the most noteworthy of the town improvements.

Here the reservoir is constructed on a spur of the 'Big Brush,' some 130ft. above the main part of the town, and These gutters are so effective that the streets and footpaths holds 75,000 gallons. There is no filtration, but the shape is are kept dry and sweet, and have not the stagnant little admirably adapted to promote subsidence. pools which are so offensive in several towns of the colony.

Although fires are somewhat frequent it is rare to see total destruction, thanks to the energy of the fire brigade and the abundant supply of water. In former times whole blocks have been destroyed for lack of these things.

Lismore needs more sugar mills, pork-packing works, and a central creamery. If the district had fewer floods, and its export trade was placed on sounder lines, there is no part of Australia which would be more prosperous.

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Northern Star Lismore, NSW Friday 10 August 1934.

START SEPTEMBER Lismore Swimming Season Lismore's swimming season will again commence during the first week in September, when the Memorial Baths will be refilled. During the winter months the baths have been improved and extensive alterations have been made. The winter improvements are nearing completion, and the last section, that of painting the pool, will be undertaken in about a week. Since the recess, the pool, the pump house, seating accommodation, diving tower, tanks, and paths have been repainted and the filtration machinery has been overhauled.

Northern Star, Lismore. Saturday 6 September 1930.

NEW ENTRANCE TO MEMORIAL BATHS This gate, designed, manufactured, erected and presented by Mr. O. P. Sims, of Lismore, contains half a ton of wrought iron. It is a pleasing design, arid cost approximately £100. The gate gives a finishing touch to the already improved locality and is an indication of the loyalty and generosity of Lismore's businessmen. It was made in Mr. Sims's factory at Lismore, and reveals that local tradesmen are equal to any in the State. A portion of the front of the baths is seen in the background.

The three tanks have been emptied, scraped and refilled. Towards the end of August, the annual meeting of the board of lessees will be held. Last year the management experienced a reasonably good season, and at the meeting, a programme for next year's operation of the baths will be considered. The building is beautifully fitted up inside, the complete furnishings being also supplied by Brown and Jolly, Ltd., who have now completed the furnishings of most of the principal hotels on the coast. The bedrooms, which are large and airy and only contain one bed of silver-grey and nickel, are also fitted with a bedroom suite of polished maple each. There is a lounge room on each floor most comfortably furnished. The dining-room upstairs and lounge room are combined and form a cosy idea of comfort.

OLDER TOWNS RIVALLED While at one stage Lismore lagged behind somewhat in this matter of civic pride, he claimed that it now also compared very favourably with those older towns in which the manifestation of this spirit of pride had long been a distinguishing characteristic. Mr. H. C. Nott was to be congratulated upon the appearance of the baths enclosure. The beautification of the town generally has not been neglected in recent years, and the fine progress being made by trees planted in various streets indicates that if will not be very long before t: .ey will rival those which beautify the streets of Grafton.

Beauty in the Heart of Lismore

Northern Star, Lismore NSW. Tuesday 18 September 1934,

Mr. R. H. Warren (President) Lismore Musical Mr. C. A. Munro (Secretary) Festival Society Beauty in Heart of Lismore Bougainvillea creepers and the profusion of roses and spring flowers of many varieties now in bloom enhance the dignified beauty of Lismore's It is a section of the town that citizens attractive civic centre, embracing might bring under the notice of visitors with a pardonable feeling of pride. the council chambers, the memorial baths and the bowling Yesterday a Lismore man who has and croquet lawns, with SpinkS' included the Federal capital in his travels, said that the harmonious blending of and the Memorial Parks modern architecture with so beautiful a providing most delightful setting was distinctly reminiscent of Canberra. surroundings.

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Also known as Bundock, Mary E.; Prior. Murray-Prior spent most of her childhood on the family property, Wyangarie, on the Richmond River. She was friendly with the local Aboriginal population and took a keen interest in the native flora and collecting artefacts. She bequeathed her collections to museums in both Australia and Europe. Sketcher and collector, the elder daughter of Wellington Cochrane Bundock and his wife, Mary Ellen Bundock nee Ogilvie, was born at her maternal grandfather’s property, Merton, on the Hunter River in New South Wales in February 1845. Mary spent most of her childhood on the family property, Wyangarie, on the Richmond River.

Rhubarbaria Recipes for rhubarb by Mary Prior. Title Rhubarbaria : recipes for rhubarb / Mary Prior. Author Bundock, Mary E., 1845-1924. Published Devon : Gardners Books, 2008.

Contents Rhubarb and meat Rhubarb and fish Rhubarb as a vegetable Rhubarb soups Puddings Rhubarb cakes Rhubarb ices Jams and chutneys Rhubarb drinks Bibliography Index of recipes.

The Bundocks led very isolated lives, but Mary became friendly with the local Aboriginal people and was interested in native flora and artefacts. The collections she later made of Aboriginal artefacts were donated to various museums in Australia and Europe.

A further volume in the English Kitchen series. Mary Prior has compiled an anthology of recipes ancient and modern that highlight rhubarb which first came to us as a medicine but which has successfully naturalized as an especial British favorite.

A collection of water vessels (c.1890s) in the Australian Museum, reputedly made by Aboriginal women of the Richmond River district, were presented by Mary Murray-Prior in 1895.

Drawing on the cuisines of England, Scotland, the Highlands and Islands, Scandinavia and other parts of northern Europe, she provides a rhubarbic dish for every occasion.

However, a descendant of the Clarence River people, Robyne Bancroft, claims that they were actually made by Clarence River women much earlier and collected by Edward Ogilvie, who sent them to Mary.

From its home in the northern climes of Asia - Mongolia, Siberia and the foothills of the Himalayas - rhubarb came first to Europe in classical times as a dried root with medicinal qualities.

Thus was it was initially proposed to a British public. 'It purifieth the bloud and makes young wenches look faire and cherry-like,' Then she sent them to museums assuming they were says Gerard in his Herbal in 1597. It wasn't until the 17th century that fruit or vegetable was introduced to English tables. Richmond River work. (see also Isobel McBryde).

Mary Bundock was educated by her mother and for a few months by Rev. Arthur Selwyn and his wife, Rose Selwyn, at Grafton, who presumably encouraged an interest in drawing, although her enthusiasm for watercolour painting was specifically aroused in September 1853, she later wrote, when at the age of eight she went with her mother and Uncle Edward (Ogilvie) to Lismore to attend the marriage of Teresa Wilson, a daughter of family friends, to Oliver Fry, the district commissioner: 'The eldest flourished.

Mary Prior has undertaken an extensive search through earlier literature and presents here a commentated repertoire of every sort of rhubarb recipe. Whether with meat or fish, vegetables, as a pudding in its own right, as a jam or in chutney: all sorts of bright ideas are here explained. Given that it is one of the few plants that every gardener can manage to harvest - slug-proof, drought-proof, flood-proof, the lot - that delectable tartness and fresh, roseate pink can ornament the tables of the rich man and poor.

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shelter · Charitable organisation Where breaches of the Cruelty to

Our network of wonderful

Animals Act occur ARRG refers to

Veterinary Surgeons assist in

the local RSPCA Inspector or the

low cost desexing, which is

police and supports and assists

paramount to reduce the large

where possible.

numbers of unwanted pets

We are a NO KILL group, which does

currently being euthanised daily

restrict the number of animals we can accept into care due to the number of

in pounds across Australia.

carers at any given time.

We would like to establish a low-cost

Our Emergency Care Shelter will be

desexing program to assist in the

important in the growing number of

prevention of unwanted litters of

animals that find themselves homeless

puppies and kittens.

with their owners, are victims of

We see a mobile desexing clinic as a

domestic violence or those needing care

necessity to assist rural people in

for an animal due to emergency health

desexing their animals.

problems of their owners. ARRG recognises the need to educate our young people about the responsibilities of owning and caring for a family pet. We have participated in education programs for schools to assist our young and hopefully give a brighter future for our pets.

Animal Rights & Rescue

Non-profit organisation · Animal

Animal Rights & Rescue Group Curiosity opportunity shop Tuesdsay to Saturday Hours: 9am to 3pm Ph (02) 6622 1881 101 Union Street, South Lismore.

We will continue to represent the pet as a valuable part of our community and family

and will fight to ensure they are not treated as disposable items. Phone: (02) 6622 1881 Email: nonkill@animalrights.org.au Email: http://www.animalrights.org.au/ Address: Suite 2/27 Oliver Ave, Goonellabah, NSW 2480.

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This Christmas, blame supply and demand... A shortage of some items may leave you short this Christmas. Shop Early to avoid disappointment. Look to your local retailers...

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Grace Tame calls for tougher penalties for violent offenders and reveals experience with abusive relationships on Q+A By Paul Johnson

Australian of the Year Grace Tame has called for tougher penalties for violent offenders, saying in addition to being a survivor of paedophilia she was subject to several abusive relationships. Her revelation came in response to a question from Eileen Culleton, whose sister AnneMarie was raped and murdered by Jonathan Bakewell in 1988 in Darwin. Ms Culleton said Bakewell, whose sentence was reduced from life to 20 years in 2004, had breached parole four times. She has since started a petition that calls for the crime of murder with sexual assault to be made a standalone crime, carrying a mandatory life sentence with no parole. Asked if she would support such a law, Ms Tame said she would like to see harsher sentences for the perpetrators of violence against women and then revealed more details of the abuse she had suffered. "Part of the solution is harsher sentencing," Ms Tame told Q+A before she called for more work to be done on prevention and education of the younger generation. "I don't often talk about this and I don't think I've said it publicly: As well as being a survivor of paedophilia, because I had no frame of reference after that, I got into violent relationship after violent relationship," she said. "I lived with a man who used to punch holes in the walls, spit in my eyes, punch me in the head, choke me and push me to the ground. "I can honestly say that intervention and punishment doesn't really stop the problem in a lot of cases.

"We really need to be injecting funds and putting our attention on preventing these things from happening in the first place."

Key points: Questions were asked about how police handle domestic violence in the Indigenous community Calls were made for officials to look at how to prevent domestic violence Australian of the Year Grace Tame revealed she had been in abusive relationships in the past 1800 Respect national helpline: 1800 737 732 Women's Crisis Line: 1800 811 811 Men's Referral Service: 1300 766 491 Lifeline (24 hour crisis line): 131 114

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Grace Tame calls for tougher penalties for violent offenders and reveals experience with abusive relationships on Q+A Australian Federal Police Commissioner Reece Kershaw agreed, saying he hoped Australia could look at prevention in the future. "The absence of the fear of crime is a measurement of how successful police are, and unfortunately women are feeling less safe," Commissioner Kershaw said. "We probably need to look at, do we have the right processes and legislation to look at what Grace is talking about? "Prevention is great. If we can get into the prevention space, that's the best space to be in." 'We're not being prioritised' With the national summit on women's safety coming up in the next week after an initial delay due to the Sydney COVID-19 outbreak, the panel discussed what the goals should be. Federal Minister for Women's Safety Anne Ruston said: "It needs to … put on the stage people who are experts so that the Australian public can have the opportunity to come and have a look at the issues that are confronting those people that are trying to deal with family, domestic and sexual violence in our country at the moment." Senator Ruston added it was important for Australians to hear the voices of those "who want to be heard". But Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong said that was not enough. "I think there should be a higher ambition, which is achieving change," Senator Wong said. "Ultimately, the government will be judged on what change flows from this summit. "My view is, yes, we want the voices of survivors and victims heard, [but] secondly, we don't just want a to-do list for the states, which is so all too often Mr Morrison's go to answer … to-do lists for someone else. "There ought to be a comprehensive response, particularly for all the areas for which the Commonwealth has responsibility." Senator Wong then called on Ms Tame to be involved in the discussion. Ms Tame repeated her frustrations with what she said was a lack of prioritisation of survivors of abuse. "I'm involved in the summit and earlier today I participated in a roundtable discussion where I was one of 49 people and I was the only lived-experience survivor there," Ms Tame said. "We're not being prioritised... there was [also] only one man in 49 people there, and it sort of makes you feel like here are these women's issues, so we'll make the women deal with them by themselves. "There was a glaring lack in the discussion today and that is the focus on prevention. "So much of this is [reaction]. It's, 'Let's put a bandaid on this, let's respond to this.' Where is the prevention? "I was in this discussion with people from the sector who were experts … and there are evidence-based solutions and evidence-based methods of prevention that are ready to be implemented, but it's just a question of political will, really, at this point." Asked to respond to the criticism, Senator Ruston acknowledged the summit must lead to action. "You're right, Grace. We absolutely have to make sure that this is not just a talkfest that comes out of this summit," she said. "We actually have to deliver the real change you're talking about." Accusations police get it wrong when it comes to Indigenous cases. Another issue raised on the show was that of sexual assault within Australia's Indigenous population. Marcia Langton, a professor of Indigenous studies at the University of Melbourne, was asked why many Indigenous women in Australia did not report assaults to the police. Commissioner Kershaw, who was previously NT Police commissioner, said he accepted better police training was necessary. However, he also highlighted unique challenges when it came to domestic violence in the Indigenous community, pointing to high rates of sexual assault and violence in remote communities. Watch the full episode on iview or via the Q+A Facebook page. www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-03/grace-tame-assault-revelations-qa-indigenous-violence/100430626

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“SEX, DRUGS & ABUSE” Behind the scenes of Tropical Fruits Org. Article By John Tozeland

No follow-up from Tropical Fruits was afforded to me, and as such no incident report was offered, which is complete neglect of care and duty for any person under-engaged workplace health & safety. It was extremely hard, I lost my capacity to work on my projects, there were times my knee was so inflamed that it resulted in bruising, just by walking any great distance. It was later in 2017 before surgery on my knee to repair the meniscus tear and that took place at Grafton Hospital. Due to a toxic and abusive relationship that I had ended, I started to disengage also with Tropical Fruits Org. and commenced moving away and healing from being involved in the association, not only from this person as a member of Tropical Fruits but also with the organisation itself. As 2018 rolls around, here comes my initial proposal I had worked upon, and Lismore Shines was named as the theme, they had also made contact with Dykes on Bikes and invited them to the event to celebrate the 50th. I was dismayed, to say the least! I have presented proposals to many credible organisations during my professional career; to the Kings Privvy in Thailand, and numerous business-to-business proposals and still today I am presenting proposals. Never have I experienced such blatant disrespect and usage of a creative proposal. As 2018 began, I was volunteering again for two worthy causes, a local organisation, and also I was pivotal in arranging funding through GOLDOC for SAFE SPACES for the LGBTIQ C0mmunity, during the lead-in to the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, I came off worse for wears after avoiding a collision with a P-Plate driver, they were fine, but I endured a traumatic car accident in early February of 2018. A broken collarbone, a substantial head laceration, Injury to my left leg, Injury to my left hand, and oral damage. I am still undergoing treatment and another surgery due for later 2021. During this time I have encountered members of the Tropical Fruits Organisation and the few bad fruits that are well-known and not so amongst the community. Experiencing abuse and derogatory behaviour directed towards me, which has resulted in police reports being made. I fail to understand those who advocate a stand for equality and a stand against abuse can be the perpetrators of the very same thing, they fight against. A further article is being prepared and I will share more behind the scenes, more on what goes on at these events with the majority of the patronage that frequents the New Year Eve parties from outside of the area. The drugs they bring, the lack of policing at the event, the live sex shows and purposely staged areas for party goers to have sex during the event. It's not just the glitz and glamour of what the parade brings or the fireworks but the underlying damage that happens leading into, during, and after the party so many know so well. The impact on the health system and the bad influences of younger generations that attend or become involved. This is an event supported financially by Lismore City Council with taxpayer's dollars.

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"Walking along Woodlark Street, it was a few months after the car accident, I had lost a significant amount of weight. I was yelled at being told I should go check myself into rehab and get over my ice addiction", by a member of Tropical Fruit Org. "Hate only leads to Abuse" SEPTEMBER 2021 ISSUE

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RACING Every Tuesday

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Great for farewells, reunions, birthdays, work functions, Xmas parties, stag or hens nights and sports clubs. Or simply surprise friends, say thank you or reward staff with their own race!

Gates open 2 hours before the 1st advertised race. Race meets run for approximately 3 hours Ladbrokes Park Lismore Greyhound Track has restaurant facilities serving hot meals and a fully licensed bar available for patrons on race days. Ladbrokes Park Lismore Greyhound Track is situated at 'Coleman's Point' on the bank of the Wilson River, has been a greyhound racing venue since the 1950's. With superb trackside facilities including bistro style dining, the upstairs viewing area gives a great overview of the track. Upcoming feature event; Group 2 Lismore Workers Club Cup (October) 520M

Admission Entry Adults $5.50 Concession $3.30 Children under 18 are admitted FREE (when accompanied by a responsible adult)

For $200, name your own Greyhound Race and we'll broadcast it around Australia on SKY Racing Here is your chance to sponsor your own race which we will broadcast live around Australia! Includes trophy presentation to the Winner. Race name appears in Daily Telegraph, other interstate Newspapers, TAB Online, most Corporate Bookmaker websites, (such as Ladbrokes) and certain TAB fixed odd betting slips throughout NSW. For $200, simply select your race date, create you own Race Name, download the booking form and email the completed form to Lismore@gbota.com.au

FUNDRAISING EVENTS Lismore Greyhounds is the perfect venue to fundraise for your Club, Association, Organisation, Charity or Cause. This is a great opportunity to raise much needed funds, and with a little planning, your Organisation has the potential to raise several thousands of dollars, as well as partner with local businesses to promote to the Community. Lismore Greyhounds is dedicated to facilitating the not-for-profit community with the opportunity to raise funds through hosting fundraising race nights. We will help make the fundraising experience easier by providing your Organisation with guidance and support, so you can maximise your fundraising opportunities and put together a successful event at Lismore Greyhounds!

To find out more about hosting a fundraising event at Lismore Greyhounds, visit our website at www.lismoregreyhounds.com.au

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