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Underwater Turbine Wins Australian Engineering Award - Energy Digital
Underwater Turbine Wins Australian Engineering AwardEnergy DigitalIn a field of 16 finalists, which included BHP Billiton's $100M plus remediation of the Hunter River and the $1 billion plus Ballina By-Pass project, the SeaUrchin™ secured the Overall Winner GHD Award for Engineering Excellence, the UGL Award for ...

NSW police target heavy vehicles - Ballina Shire Advocate
NSW police target heavy vehiclesBallina Shire AdvocateA JOINT NSW Police and Roads and Maritime Services operation code-named operation dusty is focusing on heavy vehicles to combat fatigue, speed and vehicle defects on the Pacific Highway between Tweed Heads and Ballina. As part of the operation, ...and more »

Ballina gets full-time tourist office - Mayo Today
Ballina gets full-time tourist officeMayo TodayFine Gael TD for Mayo, Michelle Mulherin TD, has welcomed the decision to give the green light to the proposal by Ballina Chamber to open a year-round tourist office in Ballina and the awarding of funding of €5000 to help in its operation.

B-double found with 12 bald tyres - Ballina Shire Advocate
B-double found with 12 bald tyresBallina Shire AdvocatePolice and RMS are continuing Operation Dusty 3 2012 to clamp down on speeding, fatigue and mechanical defects involving heavy vehicles in the Ballina and Tweed Heads areas. "By demonstrating this sort of lack of personal responsibility, truck drivers ...and more »

Ballina joins lower fuel price list - Ballina Shire Advocate
NEWS.com.auBallina joins lower fuel price listBallina Shire AdvocatePETROL prices in Ballina are among the cheapest in the state according to a new website called Bowser Buster. The website has been created by the NRMA to show which towns and suburbs have cheap petrol prices and which places are getting ripped-off.Border petrol among the cheapestThe Border MailWesbite ranks cheapiest petrol townsNEWS.com.auall 23 news articles »

Ballina Stephenites head shave raises €6261.20 for Irish Cancer Society Featured - Mayo Today
Ballina Stephenites head shave raises €6261.20 for Irish Cancer Society FeaturedMayo TodayBallina Stephenites GAA Club has raised €6261.20 for the Irish Cancer Society through the annual Shave or Dye charity fundraiser in association with Today FM. A group of Ballina Stephenites players, club officers, members, supporters and friends ...

Byron remains anti-fluoride - ABC Online
Byron remains anti-fluorideABC OnlineFluoride is set to be added to the water supply of thousands of households in the Lismore, Ballina and Richmond Valley local government areas. The Land and Environment Court this week dismissed a challenge against plans to build five dosing plants in ...Fluoride battle to Court of AppealNorthern Starall 4 news articles »

Two surf comps vie for one spot - Northern Star
Two surf comps vie for one spotNorthern StarBut Ballina Shire Council has now received a proposal from the Lennox-Ballina Boardriders Club (Le-Ba) to run a junior surfing event during the same period, to be called the Skullcandy Oz Grom Open. The event application is now being assessed.

Ballina finally knocks Head - Northern Star
Ballina finally knocks HeadNorthern StarBallina hooker Aidan Cub is tackled in the game against Lennox Head at Quays Reserve, Ballina. BALLINA has broken the drought against neighbours and rivals Lennox Head with a 25-20 win in Far North Coast rugby union. It was the first time since the ...

Ballina woman failed drink-driving test while driving her kids - Mayo News
Ballina woman failed drink-driving test while driving her kidsMayo NewsA Ballina woman failed a roadside breath test whilst driving her three young children, the local district court has heard. Donna Murray (34) of Gortogher, Cloghans, Ballina, has contested charges against her of drink-driving and dangerous driving on ...

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