13 stories that made headlines this week

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NSW Young Australian of the Year, flood mitigation, and Remembrance Day all made headlines this week.

IT WAS a busy week for news, with Remembrance Day, the NSW Young Australian was announced and new developments announced in an investigation into a 15-year-old death.

We take a look back at what made headlines.

 

German backpacker Simone Strobel was found murdered in Lismore in 2005. Photo Contributed

• Police announced a breakthrough in the investigation into the death of German backpacker Simone Strobel in Lismore in 2005.

https://www.northernstar.com.au/news/exclusive-major-breakthroughs-in-simone-strobel-ca/4133477/

• A Byron Bay mum was desperately fighting bureaucracy, and rising bills, to get her son vital medical treatment.

https://www.northernstar.com.au/news/its-a-struggle-130000-bill-to-get-essential-medica/4137654/

 

FLYING HIGH: Lismore Invictus Games gold medallist and flying instructor Nathan Parker is the recipient of the NSW Young Australian of the Year 2021.

• This courageous young man has been named NSW's Young Australian of the Year 2021.

https://www.northernstar.com.au/news/our-brave-nathan-nsws-young-australian-of-the-year/4136160/

• Lismore residents will get the chance to have their say on the "necessary" future of flood mitigating their city as a draft Flood Risk Management Project goes on public exhibition.

https://www.northernstar.com.au/news/public-urged-look-at-necessary-flood-mitigation-pl/4136674/

Plans have been drawn up to turn the Bexhill Quarry site into parklands.

• This exciting plan aims to convert a disused quarry into a stunning attraction.

https://www.northernstar.com.au/news/take-a-closer-look-at-plans-for-popular-swimming-s/4137271/

• It's been a tough few years for Lismore City Council, and it has just lost a senior member of staff.

https://www.northernstar.com.au/news/senior-staff-member-at-embattled-council-leaves-af/4138442/

• The hearing into a Northern NSW police officer's alleged assault of a teenager in Byron Bay was held last week.

https://www.northernstar.com.au/news/teen-assault-hearing-may-run-out-of-time/4138365/

We will remember them. The 2020 Lismore Remembrance Day service was shorter than usual and limited to 100 people due to the pandemic. Photo: Alison Paterson

• The pandemic meant commemorations were different this year, but the Remembrance Day was not forgotten on the Northern Rivers.

https://www.northernstar.com.au/news/photos-lismore-honours-the-fallen-at-remembrance-d/4137688/

• You had better get in quick if you want to live in these areas, prices are rising.

https://www.northernstar.com.au/news/revealed-the-20-most-in-demand-areas-for-house-hun/4137091/

WORTH THE WAIT: Ballina Coast High School's extraodinary campus took three years to build and saw the closure of Ballina High School and Southern Cross 7-12.

• It has only been open two years, but demountables are already being installed at this state-of-the-art school.

https://www.northenstar.com.au/news/demountables-to-be-put-in-at-50m-ballina-super-sch/4136892/

• Lismore City Council revealed plans for the Lismore Laneways Project concept design, which included a trial closure of a CBD street to traffic.

https://www.northernstar.com.au/news/plans-to-close-cbd-street-to-create-vibrant-urban-/4138435/

• You too can live like a Hollywood star, but it will cost you.

https://www.northernstar.com.au/news/you-wish-xmas-week-in-byron-could-set-you-back-250/4139343/

• Looking for swimming lessons? Here's how to get the best value for money.

https://www.northernstar.com.au/news/how-to-get-the-best-swimming-lessons-on-the-northe/4135682/

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