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Ava Benny-MorrisonThe Sunday Telegraph Crime Reporter

Ava Benny-Morrison is a crime reporter for The Sunday Telegraph. She joined the team in September 2017 after covering crime and courts for several years in NSW and Queensland.

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Promoting the Centrelink Jobs Expo at the Goonellabah Sports and Aquatic Centre were Australian Government local employment co-ordinator Terry Watson, and Lismore Centrelink acting manager Sue McNamara. The expo will be held at the centre on March 19. . Picture: David Nielsen

Centrelink Jobs expo next week

THE Centrelink Jobs expo will roll into Lismore next week, possibly furthering the town’s strong employment figures.

Lismore

Richmond Valley Council Mayor Col Sullivan raising awareness for highway safety after his sister died in a car accident on the Pacific Highway seven years ago. Picture: Jay Cronan

Mayor remembers losing his sister

RICHMOND Valley Council mayor Col Sullivan knows first-hand what it is like to lose a family member to the notoriously deadly Pacific Highway.

Lismore

Amalgamated Pest Control technician Ricky Brewer finds a decaying rat carcass in this Goonellabah ceiling cavity. Experts say rats are currently enjoying a ‘population explosion’. . Picture: David Nielsen

Rats running riot in Lismore

IT’S not quite a plague but rodents have been running riot around Lismore lately.

Lismore

Assistant at the Richmond Upper Clarence Regional Library Richmond Branch, Kate Warner, with a selection of her favourite books. . Picture: Jay Cronan

Library grants benefit readers

IT’S A close call between adolescent vampires and a girl with a dragon tattoo, with an ex-convict turned Indian soul searcher following close behind.

Lismore

Let’s make use of the old airport

JOHN HABIB remembers when the old Lismore airport was once the transport hub of the region before Ballina and Byron had even considered a runway.

Lismore

Good wood: Adrian Williamson leaves minimal carbon footprint in the production of Nimbin Garden Furniture. His tools are powered by solar panels on the roof and he uses recycled timber. Picture: Cathy Adams

Eco-friendly furniture impresses

SURROUNDED by piles of teak, red ironbark wood and hand-crafted furniture, Adrian Willamson is in his eco-friendly element.

Lismore

The cure: World’s Greatest Shave participants (from left) Bradley Brown, Jacob Anemaat, Daniel Windler and Blair Godfrey let their hair down at Lismore High School before it all gets shaved off for the Leukaemia Foundation.

Teen to shave for cure

LISMORE teenager Jacob Anemaat may dearly miss his curly ’fro come Friday afternoon.

Lismore

Wildlife carer Julie Curtis pictured with Sampson the carpet python. Jacklyn Wagner

Caring about snakes

JULIE Curtis has dedicated 14 years of her life to dealing with what many people would find threatening.

Lismore

Preparing local school prawns for sale at the Ballina Fishermen’s Co-op are (from left) co-op workers David Reardon and Frank Reardon with co-op manager George Robinson. . Picture: Doug Eaton

Ballina prawns are the best ever

SCHOOL prawns in the seas off Ballina are looking better than ever for Christmas.

Lismore

Byron schoolies in rent rip-off

SCHOOLIES were relatively well-behaved at Byron Bay this year, but business misconduct nearly ruined it all for one group of school leavers.

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