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LAST SHIFT: Treaci Ashcroft worked the last shift at the Caltex service station at the Big Prawn on Monday of this week.

It’s all over for Ballina’s Prawn

The Caltex service station stopped trading on Monday of this week, leaving the whole complex just a shell of its former self.

  • Power boats could be back

    THE power boats could be back on the Richmond River as part of Ballina Shire’s annual festival.

  • Ballina Shire granted loans

    BALLINA Shire Council has successfully applied for $12.65 million through the NSW Government’s Local Infrastructure Fund.

  • 4WD permits planned

    DENIS Magnay has welcomed moves by Ballina Shire Council to introduce a four-wheel-drive permit system for Lennox Head’s Seven Mile Beach.

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Sea Shepherd in water cannon stoush

ANTI-WHALING activists hope to prevent Japanese whalers from making a kill for the next three weeks, as they exchange water cannon fire on the high seas.

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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.

Pitt and Jolie sue over break up story

CELEBRITY couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have begun legal action against a British tabloid that reported they were going to split.

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Temperature rise threatens 97% of coral

THE risk of a mass coral bleaching in the Great Barrier Reef is low for the time being, but climate change remains a great concern to scientists.

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Ballina dancers get physical

BALLINA on Richmond Physical Culture Club performed well at zone and national levels, in teams and individual competitions.

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Money

David Jones H1 sales up 2.3%

DEPARTMENT store David Jones Ltd has increased its first half sales by 2.3 per cent and sharply raised its interim and second half profit guidance.

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