Third time Archibald finalist
Angus McDonald is a finalist in this year's Archibald Prize and he's hoping it's a case of third time lucky
View ArticleAnti-gay marriage truck in Lismore
A truck promoting opposition to gay marriage has been vandalised in Lismore
View ArticleCelebrating inspirational seniors
It's Seniors Week and, to celebrate, ABC North Coast is profiling inspiring seniors from our community in a five-part series on air and online
View ArticleBravery award for fisherman
Michael Williams has received a bravery medal after swimming for hours to raise the alarm for two friends stranded at sea after their boat capsized
View ArticleCelebrating seniors - part two
It's Seniors Week and, to celebrate, ABC North Coast is profiling inspiring seniors from our community in a five-part series on air and online
View ArticleCelebrating seniors - part three
It's Seniors Week and, to celebrate, ABC North Coast is profiling inspiring seniors from our community in a series on air and online
View ArticleCelebrating seniors - part four
It's Seniors Week and, to celebrate, ABC North Coast is profiling inspiring seniors from our community in a series on air and online
View ArticleMargot Anthony unveiled at gallery
The latest acquisition unveiled at the Tweed River Art Gallery is a portrait of Margot Anthony
View ArticleCelebrating seniors - part six
It was originally supposed to be a five-part series, but we just had to fit one more in. This story wraps up ABC North Coast's Seniors Week special.
View ArticleTributes flow for Vincent Lovegrove
Vincent Lovegrove will be remembered for his passion, strength in adversity and awe-inspiring talent
View ArticleTragic end at surf titles
The third death of a teenager at the Kurrawa-based Australian Surf Life Saving Championships has resulted in calls for a formal inquiry into the event and its organisers
View ArticleBreast cancer screening warning
Thermal imaging is being promoted as a reliable method of detecting breast cancer, but women are being warned against it by BreastScreen NSW
View ArticleKids in Community Awards
Do you know an inspiring young person? Nominate them for the Kids in Community Awards
View ArticleClubs and pubs dispute pokie report
Club and pub industry spokesmen dispute a new report that shows less than 2 per cent of money put through poker machines is returned to the community in the Richmond electorate
View ArticleFun run in memory of Lismore legend
ABC North Coast is a proud supporter of the annual Darrel Chapman Fun Run now in its 17th year
View ArticleRudd denies repaying favours
Former prime minister Kevin Rudd visited the north coast this week to help launch Labor's campaign for the September local government elections
View ArticleMardi Grass creator ashamed of Nimbin's drug town image
The creator of Nimbin's Mardi Grass says the event has achieved nothing in the battle for drug law reform, cannabis can be a dangerous substance, and he is ashamed of the town's image as a haven for...
View ArticleWorld's oldest university graduate
The world's oldest graduate will earn his degree from Southern Cross University today
View ArticleBattle of the Coral Sea 70th anniversary
This year marks the 70th anniversary of the Battle of the Coral Sea, known as the 'battle that saved Australia' in World War II
View ArticleFrom the ashes - 10 years of Timorese independence
The capital Dili was a charred, scarred ruin. A sea of destruction, littered with burnt out cars against a backdrop of soaring lime green rainforest.
View ArticleChristine Assange slams Federal Government
The mother of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says the Federal Government has been of no help to her son
View ArticleIndigenous advantage
Jack Manning Bancroft is the CEO of the Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience
View ArticleCasey Donovan still a star
Former Australian Idol winner Casey Donovan shows she still has shining star quality
View ArticleMargaret Olley - A Life In Paint
Almost a year to the day Margaret Olley slipped away quietly in her Surry Hills home, ABC 1 will air a revealing documentary about her life tonight at 9:30.
View ArticleBodyguard fears Assange may face death
One of Julian Assange's bodyguards recently visited Lismore where he spoke to ABC North Coast
View ArticleRemembering Darcy Goodwin
The Northern Rivers is mourning the loss of Five Loaves mobile soup kitchen founder Darcy Goodwin
View ArticleByron Bay's Tumblr star
A Byron Bay student has 20,000 Tumblr followers and is now running the blog of Fight Club author Chuck Palahniuk
View ArticleFantastic Freney outshines her idol
For twelve years since the Sydney Paralympics, Jacqueline Freney has wanted to emulate her sporting hero, Australian ID (intellectual disability) swimmer Siobhan Paton.
View ArticleInspirational 82-year-old tennis champion
North Coast tennis sensation Margaret Fisher has won silver in the mixed doubles at the World Super Seniors Tennis Championships in Croatia.
View ArticleNo charges against former MP Steve Cansdell
NSW Police have confirmed they will not be charging former Clarence MP Steve Cansdell, despite him confessing to signing a false statutory declaration
View ArticleBali heroine relives horror
Sevegne Newton spent the night of the Bali bombings helping overwhelmed hospital staff. When she returned to Australia she realised she was also suffering
View ArticleExit Wounds - One Australian's War on Terror
"..they begin to zip up the thin, white bags - like sleeping bags - in which the soldiers rest. On impulse, I stop them. 'I'd like to say goodbye' I say... I take a slow breath and step close to each...
View ArticlePaul Kelly: Stories of Me
Paul Kelly has spent a lifetime telling the stories of others, now the tables have turned. The documentary 'Paul Kelly: Stories of Me' examines the life and work of the man and his impact on a...
View Article100 reasons why it's never too late to embrace technology
What do tech-savvy, great, great grandmas want this Christmas? A tablet computer. That's at the top of centurian Marie's wish list.
View Article2012 in review
ABC North Coast looks back at the people, issues and events that shaped our region in 2012
View ArticleMungo MacCullum pays tribute to Hazel Hawke
"So outgoing, so generous, so optimistic and so selfless".
View ArticleA tribute to June Causley
The Clarence MP Chris Gulaptis has paid tribute to June Causley who died yesterday.
View ArticleStand up comedy can be tough
Denise Scotts' done some tough gigs but 30 years on she just keeps getting better.
View ArticleBarnaby Joyce wraps up 32 community forums
The Nationals' candidate for New England, Barnaby Joyce, has wrapped up his last community forum at Liston, about 70km north of Tenterfield.
View ArticleCrimwife at the writers festival
Tanya Levin spent five years as a crimwife - after meeting and then falling in love with a prisoner in the gaol where she worked.
View ArticleModern Australian love poems
The first new Anthology of love poetry in Australia set to have a broad range of appeal.
View ArticleSimon Crean reflects on a life in politics
Often described as one of Labor's elder statesmen, Simon Crean is preparing to leave Federal politics. Appearing at the Byron Bay Writers Festival, he shared some of his thoughts on his political...
View ArticleFormer nurse arrested over two deaths
Police in Victoria have arrested a 46 year old woman, understood to be a former nurse, over the alleged murders of two elderly women at a nursing home in Ballina in northern New South Wales.
View ArticleFianc of Kymberlie Shepherd, who died during childbirth, calls for more...
The fianc of a woman who died from a rare amniotic fluid embolism during childbirth is calling for more research into the condition. Kymberlie Shepherd, 26, died shortly after giving birth to son Kyden...
View ArticleOperation fightback: how doctors turned the tide on Ebola
He witnessed an apocalyptic scene. Health workers looking like radiation experts in the aftermath of a reactor meltdown, gravely ill people vomiting, bleeding, barely able to lift limbs from concrete...
View ArticleKyogle Centenary of Anzac Exhibition
World War One affected the heart of many regional areas around Australia, but none more so than the shire of Kyogle. Per head of population, Kyogle had a higher number of men enlist than any other...
View ArticleMeet Tania Tampon: Pioneering protester against GST on sanitary products
'Tania Tampon' was the first protester to confront John Howard over the GST on women's sanitary products
View ArticleMP Kevin Hogan moving to crossbenches, but remaining as a National Party member
A Nationals MP, who threatened to move to the crossbenches if there was another Liberal leadership spill, says he will make the switch but remain a member of the party.
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