CN 13-12-24 Slavery on the Northern Rivers; children jailed in QLD; housing abuse; and the need to share

Community broadcasters around the country have been paying homage to human rights all week, including here at Bay FM, and we start today’s show with this year’s Human Rights Day speech from the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türky. Later we hear from Australia’s Commissi…

CN 06-12-24 Torres Strait Islands under threat; Report links gambling to DV; HECS chanages; social media impacts on regional youth; and Nick Bryant on America's neverending war with itself

A tour of a rather different kind is happening on the Northern Rivers this week, with the two lead plaintiffs in a climate change duty of care court case against the Commonwealth visiting from the Torres Strait Islands to meet with disaster survivors. We heard about the case and the tour from Grat…

CN 29-11-24 Climate change duty of care, More Greens election promises after senate backflip, and Mur'bah train station turns 130

A tour of a rather different kind is happening on the Northern Rivers next week, when two lead plaintiffs in a climate change duty of care court case against the Commonwealth come to visit from the Torres Strait Islands. We hear about the case and the tour from Grata Fund founder Isabelle Reinecke…

CN 22-11-24 'Tis the season- Schoolies; Rising Tide; COP29; RFS vollie call-out; and grand visions of Byron's council pools

‘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…

CN 15-11-24- Ballina high seas rescue, Captain Paul Watson, rotten butter and the right to protest

Rotten butter and anti-whaling activists feature in an international court case starring Captain Paul Watson, we find out the latest on his detention in Greenland as Japan continue to fight for his extradition. Back home on the high seas of Lennox Head, volunteers rescued two crew from a sinking t…

CN 08-11-24 Vigil for killed journalists; Anti-native forest logging rallies; NSW Drugs Summit and the call for a drugs court in Lismore

Today we hear some of the calls made at this week’s NSW government drugs summit forum in Lismore, including one for a drugs court in Lismore from former magistrate and Dean of Law at Southern Cross University David Heilpern who join us in the newsroom halfway through the show. David Heilpern was a…

CN 01-11-24 Flood insurance, Robodebt and Bay FM award winners

Today we hear about a new report on an inquiry into insurance responses to the 2022 floods, and take you to a book launch in Brisbane where investigative journalist Rick Morton, twice awarded with Walkleys for his work covering Robodebt, recently launched a book on the subject and joined ABC presen…

CN 26-07-24 Captain Paul Watson detained; Nurses and midwives fight for pay to match QLD; What can and can't go in NSW green bins; Inaugural BaySounds songwriting competition closes

Nurses and midwives working on the NSW borders, including in the Tweed and Byron areas, say the state is losing workers to better pay in QLD. We hear from Byron Bay union branch president Liz McCall as members take more action to protest for more. The NSW EPA has introduced new rules around what …

CN 02-08-24 Wollongbar pod village residents face end of lease; Lismore fight for right to occupy buybacks intensifies; Feeding the needy and helping the environment on the Northern Rivers; Inaugural Bay Sounds winners announced

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, occ…

CN 25-10-24: QLD's 'big lie'; NSW solar battery rebate scheme - watch out; Royal Tour as King of Bhutan welcomed; Beer benefits from reverse osmosis

A new report on a successful long-term project aimed at youth crime prevention has been published this week, just in time for this weekend’s state election in Queensland, which has largely been fought over youth crime. In New South Wales there’s a new rebate for solar batteries but if you’re think…