Ballina News Daily

20/12/2025

Get ready - if you - or someone you know is struggling this Christmas, tomorrow is your chance to pick up a free gift or some basics for the home - thanks to the generosity of our community. Full details in the story.

Christmas will come early for many struggling families across the Northern Rivers on Sunday, as Ballina community figure and charity dynamo Mark Ross prepares to hand out hundreds of donated gifts. After weeks of generosity from local shoppers, businesses and community groups, toys, food, hampers an...

19/12/2025

It was one of those shocking moments in history when you never forget where you were when the news came through. Even more so for Cathy Gordon and Damian Loone.
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Last Sunday’s atrocity was one of those defining moments where people will always remember where they were when the news first reached them. For two well-known Ballina community figures, it also dragged them back to the exact places they were standing when two earlier acts of mass violence forever...

19/12/2025

Police are appealing for information after a deadly 24 hours on Northern Rivers roads, including a fatal crash and a separate head-on collision involving a family with young children.

Police are appealing for information after a deadly 24 hours on Northern Rivers roads, including a fatal crash and a separate head-on collision involving a family with young children. Father and children escape serious injury A father and his three young children were lucky to escape injury after a....

19/12/2025

The future looks bright for our up and coming artists after they scored high marks in this year's Higher School Certificate exams

Ballina Coast High School is celebrating a standout year in the HSC, with several students recording some of the state's strongest creative arts results. The school recorded four Distinguished Achievers this year, with students scoring above 90 per cent in at least one subject. Those results include...

18/12/2025

The horror of the Bondi massacre was forgotten, as the Northern Rivers community turned out in force to celebrate Chanuka/Hanukkah -

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18/12/2025

'This is how it should have ended in Bondi last Sunday' - hundreds turned out to celebrate Chanukah with the Northern River's Jewish community, ending in joy, song and dance.

17/12/2025

This couple thought it was a great idea to stage a protest outside a Jewish cafe - 3 days after the Bondi massacre. Full video and story on Ballina News Daily - see what happened next

17/12/2025

This Byron Bay couple thought it was a good idea to stage a protest outside a Jewish cafe - 3 days after the Bondi massacre. See what happened next on Ballina News Daily

17/12/2025

The Mayor turned out as Mrs Claus to launch Ballina's community Christmas present - the new $1.8m pump track

17/12/2025

Just three days after the Bondi massacre a couple decided it was a good idea to return to their antisemitic protest in Ballina. They quit when we turned up. See the video

A protest outside a Jewish café on Ballina’s main street ended today only after Ballina News Daily confronted the couple behind it. Bystanders told Ballina News Daily they were shocked to see the couple return just three days after the Bondi massacre. “They’ve been targeting the Tel Aviv Yafo...

16/12/2025

The national debate after Bondi is playing out locally as Nationals and Greens MPs take starkly different positions on the sudden call for tighter gun controls.

There is growing anger in regional areas over what is being seen as a sudden pivot by Labor and the Greens to shift the focus of the Bondi tragedy toward further gun control, even before all the facts are known. That divide is now being played out locally through sharply contrasting statements

16/12/2025

Still happiest propagating plants, the patriarch of the Parker family nursery has no plans to retire and is honoured for nurturing the industry itself.

A veteran of the Northern Rivers nursery industry has been recognised with a rare lifetime honour at a state industry awards night. Alstonville nurseryman Ray Parker was presented with the President’s Award at the Greenlife Industry NSW & ACT Gala Dinner held recently. The award, presented for the...