‘Tis the season for Schoolies, bushfires, swimming pools, COP29 and this weekend’s Rising Tide protestival happening in Newcastle, we hear about it all and more, including from a Port Adelaide resident who has started a petition against a planned nuclear waste dump he says the community wasn’t told about.

1.      ‘Stick together,’ police advice for up to 8,000 Schoolies in Byron featuring Tweed Byron Acting Superintendent Mick Dempsey

2.      Thousands gather for Rising Tide ‘protestival’ after court overturns beach ban featuring Green Institute Executive Director Tim Hollo (Emma Wotzke and Nicky Page, The Wire) and Rising Tide attendee Lisa McAfferty (Dione Green, Make A Change, Bay FM)

3.    Small-scale farmers represented at COP29 featuring Columbia University COP29 delegate Mahathi Agugaveedi (Dione Green, Make A Change, Bay FM)

4.     Port Adelaide community demand answers on plans for nuclear waste dump featuring Port Adelaide resident Jake Hall-Evans (Eduardo Jordan, The Wire)

5.     ‘Tis the season… to volunteer for your local RFS brigade featuring NSW Rural Fire Service Volunteer Billinudgel Deputy Captain Murray “Muzz” Dreschler

6.     Grand visions of Byron council swimming pools with Byron Shire Council Open Spaces and Facilities Manager Malcom Robertson

7.     Northern Rivers News with Anny Reed       

*producer: Mia Armitage. Reports by Mia Armitage unless otherwise indicated.

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PIC: Rising Tide 2024 protest flotilla (Rising Tide FB)