Member for Ballina Tamara Smith has been to visit residents of the temporary emergency housing pod village in Wollongbar and is calling for the council to grant a lease extension with concerns the housing crisis means disaster survivors will once again face the risk of homelessness.

Meanwhile, occupants of buyback homes in Lismore are still fighting for the right to stay put as authorities send mixed messages.

Two tiny charities carrying out enormously significant work feeding the needy and helping the environment have won government grants, we find out about the funded projects in Tweed and Kyogle.

…and last but not least, we are excited to share the news of the inaugural Bay FM and SAE Bay Sounds winners, tune in to hear the top prize winner, the beautiful Dear Richmond by Levi Maxwell, a tribute to the Richmond River and the floods of 2022.

1.      Ballina MP calls for Wollongbar pod village lease extension featuring Greens Member for Ballina Tamara Smith

2.      Fight for right to occupy Lismore buyback homes intensifies featuring buyback occupants Alan Prescoe and Roisin McSweeny

 3.    Feeding the needy and helping the environment: two Northern Rivers charities win grants featuring Kyogle Together general manger Lea Hine and Agape Outreach Inc founder Theresa Mitchell

 4.      Inaugural Bay Sounds winners announced featuring Dear Richmond by Levi Mitchell

 5.      Northern Rivers News with Anny Reed

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PIC: supporters of Lismore buyback occupants (supplied)