PHOTOS: Ewingar rises from ashes with fire benefit concert
Rockers Tex Perkins and Matt Walker headline event in small community
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THE crowd may have been disappointing but the acts weren't. Tex Perkins and Matt Walker's guitars singed the smoky skies at the Ewingar Rising concert at Ewingar Hall on Saturday night.
A stellar list of musicians played for free at the three-day event to raise money for the Ewingar community hit by fire for the second time in a matter of weeks. Dirtgirl creator Cate McQuillen said four fire trucks at Camira Creek near Whipore had saved dirtgirl world and her home that very day.
Northern Rivers council axes public access
After several motions stating local communities were being cut from a fair and democratic process, a Northern Rivers council has voted to severely limit public access and question time in its meetings.
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