Community Newsroom
Community Newsroom
Resonating stories. Journalists from around the block, interstate and overseas.With no corporate interests and no government bias, when it comes to news, we put community interests first. Our stories come from you.Thanks to the Community Broadcasting Foundation for support. Facebook: @CommunityNewsroomNRN Got a tip? Email communitynewsroom@mail.com Anchor / Executive Producer: Mia Armitage Con…Social links:
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Echo Publications Aslan Shand reflects on her new role and the importance of print newspaper
We are joined by Aslan Shand from Echo Publications, who has just announced a change of role within the organisation. Aslan and former editor Hans Lovejoy have swapped positions, marking a new chapter for the publication. We hear what prompted the change, the plans ahead and how The Echo has contin…
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Everybody's Home Maiy Azize on the ending of the National Rental Affordability Scheme
Maiy Azize, National Spokesperson for housing campaign Everybody’s Home, shares her thoughts about the end of the National Rental Affordability Scheme. Introduced in 2008 to increase access to affordable housing for low to middle income earners, the scheme’s end is expected to push many people int…
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Australia Day 2026 Honours List recipient Nicole Lockie
Nicole Lockie is a remarkable local woman from the Northern Rivers who has made an extraordinary contribution to our community. Nicole is a long-term volunteer with Marine Rescue NSW, serving at the Point Danger Unit in the Tweed Shire. As a coxswain, she has dedicated more than 24 years to marine …
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Community Newsroom - 30 January 2026
Join us for our first live show of 2026 — we’re thrilled to be back in the Community Newsroom. To open the program, we speak with Australia Day 2026 Honours List recipient Nicole Lockie, a remarkable local woman from the Northern Rivers who has made an extraordinary contribution to our community. …
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Community Newsroom - 23 January 2026
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Community Newsroom - 16 January 2026
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CN 09-01-26 From Sheffield to the Bay, cheerio Radio Mundial
Steve Snelgrove presented his last Radio Mundial program for Bay FM in March 2025, after 24 years. Hear how a boy from Sheffield, UK, who had no sense of sound for his first four years of life, came to become an avid fan of a genre record companies called “world music,” he says, because “they coul…
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CN 02-01-26 Whistleblowers, strip searches, threatened species and poetry in the rain
Two days into the new year, with the silly season pretty well over, seems the perfect time to reflect on some of the people and stories that captured our attention in 2025 as we slow down with summer and take stock of how far, or otherwise, we’ve come. Poetry is often a perfect partner for reflect…
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Community Newsroom - 26 December 2025
Nan’s The Word – Bumpy Shadows – Cooee Take Me to The River – Emma Donovan Wild Horses and Broken Hearts – KYARNA Jensen’s Swap – Justin Standley At least for now (feat.Anthony Liddell, Jake Amy, Kasinda Faase) – Kee’ahn & Pataphysics The Fixer (feat.Quarralia Knox & Kutcha Edwards) – KYARNA …
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CN 19-12-25- Grand plans for Bexhill quarry; Thousands of turtle eggs saved; Elliot’s 8th Labor win; Newsreader tries stand-up
Today’s program is our last official program for the year and we spend some time listening back to some highlights from the year gone. We hear about turtle eggs rescued across the NSW north coast before tidal surges from ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred; how community groups across the region including …
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