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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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BIRDS OF A FEATHER: A model takes to the catwalk during Rosemount Fashion Week in Sydney wearing one of Terry Cronin’s feather headdresses.

Feather in cap of fashion designer

A BYRON BAY woman’s self-taught American Indian carving skills have caught the eyes of Australia’s top designers.

Lismore

Cleaning up with green jobs

THE Richmond-Tweed region could gain more than 20,400 more jobs by 2030 if the Federal Government stepped up its climate change game, a report has said.

Lismore

Beef royalty: 2009 Beef Week Queen Kassandra Whitney takes part in the milking competition at the Casino Beef Week Breakfast With the Butchers morning.

Crowning event for Beef Week

THE Beef Week Queen candidates were brushing up on their agricultural knowledge, practising their public speaking skills in the lead-up to tonight’s crowning.

Lismore

Test delayed: Andrew Leighton from Banora Point will have to wait a little longer to get his wings after rain delayed his final examination for his private pilot’s licence. . Picture: Cathy Adams

Weather dampens pilot’s wings

YESTERDAY’S drizzly weather conditions, which are predicted to carry on through the weekend, have caused both disappointment and success for one pilot-to-be.

Lismore

Dance on: Zumba Instructors Tessa Brauer (left), Josie Robertson and other flash mob dancers from Summit Sports and Fitness Centre stopped traffic in the middle of Woodlark Street yesterday in an effort to promote healthy lifestyle. Picture: Jay Cronan

Flash mob dancers Zumba in CBD

ONLOOKERS watched in shock and awe yesterday as a wave of Zumba dancing females swarmed the CBD for Lismore’s first ever flash mob performance.

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looking good: Magellan Street business owners and employees Aaron Hughes head chef of the Mecca, Christine Shearman part owner of Making Faces, Beverley Tainsh of Magellan Rose and Mark Muss of Just Grounds Cafe on Woodlark with potted trees purchased from the council. . Picture: Jay Cronan

Shopkeepers band together

FORGET the recent upgrades in Lismore’s Woodlark Street, shopkeepers around the corner have their own ‘el naturale’ beautification project in place.

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Public enlightened on parade

THE Lismore Lantern Parade was officially launched last night by organisers and Lismore City councillors, including mayor Jenny Dowell.

Lismore

Council to trial channel closure

RICHMOND Valley Council has voted to close a controversial channel connected to Salty Lagoon at Evans Head.

Lismore

FOR SALE: Former Delltones singer Brian Perkins and wife, Janis, at their rainforest retreat home being auctioned on June 26.

Delltones legend is moving on

A FORMER Delltones singer is adding his Pocket Rainforest Retreat to a market bursting with tourism properties.

Lismore

George cross over Kempsey move

THE closure of the Lismore Red Cross has led to job losses contrary to information previously outlined, according to the State member for Lismore Thomas George.

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