Pro-Islamists hack SES websites
The Lismore SES website has been targeted by suspected pro-Islamist hackers
View ArticleGillard goes viral
A social media expert explains why a video of Julia Gillard's parliamentary speech slamming Tony Abbott has been an online phenomenon
View ArticleABC forum feedback
The ABC must maintain its commitment to quality journalism, including local news and programming, as the media increasingly moves into the online sphere.
View ArticleAssange: The Most Dangerous Man in the World
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is one of the most fascinating figures to appear in decades. But who is he? ABC investigative reporter Andrew Fowler has come closer to understanding the mercurial Mr...
View ArticleTweed gallery director force in art world
The Tweed River Art Gallery may be tucked away, but Susi Muddiman has helped to shine the spotlight on it. A leading blog has listed her in the top 50 most powerful people in Australian art.
View ArticleNBN rollout planned for northern NSW
The National Broadband Network will be rolled out to seven council areas in northern New South Wales, providing high speed fixed-wireless broadband to locals.
View ArticleRegional media under regulation changes
Senator Conroy's media changes may yet be defeated on the floor of Parliament but what would they mean for regional Australia if they do get through?
View ArticleNorthern Rivers joins suspended coffee movement
When you order your next flat white, would you consider putting one aside for someone who can't afford one? Lismore has joined the movement of coffee banking for those in need.
View ArticleLismore man to face child pornography charges
A Lismore man will face court next month after being charged with six child pornography offences. Police raided a house in the city yesterday morning, seizing computers and electronic storage equipment.
View ArticleA known sex offender is targeting north coast school girls through Facebook
School girls tell how a man used Facebook for online sex grooming in the Tweed Byron area
View ArticleDeath goes viral: international concepts get people talking about end of life
Death is the central theme of two projects that have spread around the world and made their way to Australia. A pop-up Death Cafe will support the mail art exhibition 'A Book About Death' at Tweed...
View Article2013 photos of the north coast
ABC North Coast cross-media reporter Margaret Burin shares some of her favourite photos of the region from 2013.
View ArticleNorth coast man lures boys to send nude photos
Police are urging parents to be wary of the dangers involved with the internet, following the arrest of a man on grooming charges.This week a 23 year old north coast man was charged with more than 20...
View ArticleKyle and Jackie O mocked on social media after asking for 'thoughts' about...
A woman who was featured in a post by Kyle and Jackie O about breastfeeding backstage on the television show The Voice says she's pleased to see the image has had overwhelming support. Her husband,...
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View ArticleIce Bucket Challenge: Kevin Hogan gets iced in Lismore
The Federal Member for Page, Kevin Hogan, is one of the latest politicians to take part in the Ice Bucket Challenge. The viral campaign began to raise funds for ALS, also known as Motor Neuron Disease.
View ArticleMungo MacCallum's death 'greatly exaggerated' on social media
All it took was a single tweet to kill off journalist Mungo MacCallum on Monday, who was instead sitting in a Mullumbimby cafe sipping on a coffee.
View ArticleHelp find the mystery owner of lost camera
The search is on for the jetsetting owner of a digital camera full of precious memories that washed up on a beach south of the Gold Coast.
View ArticleSocial media reunites mystery traveller with lost camera
The owner of a lost camera discovered washed up on a beach south of the Gold Coast has been found thanks to a social media campaign.
View ArticleFacebook and online community crowdfund friend's funeral
Stephen Doran's body was found in his London flat almost three weeks after he passed away. It could've been much longer if it wasn't for some friends he had made online.
View ArticleCyber-bullying victims launch 'Take the Hate and Create' campaign
Two victims of cyber-bullying have launched a campaign called 'Take the Hate and Create'.
View ArticleSharks feed media frenzy
A former newspaper editor says the media has become hysterical in its coverage of shark incidents on the North Coast
View ArticleTwitter accounts shut down after Lismore Mayor threatened online
Lismore Mayor Jenny Dowell is concerned that abuse on social media may deter people from pursuing positions in public office.
View ArticleDriving Miss Sadie - road trip raises Alzheimer's awareness
Blogger takes her mum on road trip to raise awareness of Alzheimer's disease.
View ArticleTom Hiddleston fan fiction writer grows her own online fan base
Kingscliff fan fiction writer Tania Phillips is growing her own fan base of thousands of readers.
View ArticleCoraki Public School students hope to become YouTube hip hop stars
Coraki Public School students have created a hip hop film clip for YouTube that they hope will put their tiny town on the map.
View ArticleCoraki Public School students become YouTube hip hop stars
Coraki Public School students have created a hip hop film clip for YouTube that they hope will put their tiny town on the map.
View ArticleDrone fishing video featuring school of hungry tuna on NSW north coast goes...
A NSW north coast recreational fisherman's drone baiting video has proved a viral success.
View ArticleAustralian mummy bloggers unite to help abused African girls
Popular Australian mummy bloggers rally their followers to help fund a safe house for abused African girls.
View ArticleCelebrity blogger Constance Hall opens up about giving back
Constance Hall is one of Australia's best-known bloggers, but says it is charity rather than fame that motivates her.
View ArticlePokemon Go players using game for community good in northern NSW
Pokemon Go fans are picking up litter, donating blood and helping hospital patients while playing the video game in northern New South Wales.
View ArticleSplendour in the Grass producers say they warned festival-goers to expect delays
Producers of the Splendour in the Grass music festival have responded to criticism about extensive transport issues at this year's event, saying they warned patrons of potential delays.
View ArticleMeet Aussie woman Sorelle Amore who got 'the best job in the world'
Former Ballina High student Sorelle Amore spent 13 weeks travelling 12 countries, living in some of the most beautiful houses in the world.
View ArticleArtist encourages school students to take yellow brick road to cyber safety
Northern NSW artist Sam Wortelhock uses her talents to draw murals on school buildings to visually remind children about cyber safety.
View ArticleAre we killing tourist destinations for an Instagram photo?
From Barcelona to Byron Bay, locals are in revolt against "overtourism". Some in the industry say we need to rethink how we travel, lest we love our favourite places to death.
View ArticleCompetition watchdog re-examines contracts tying motels to online booking sites
The ACCC is reinvestigating whether contract conditions imposed by online accommodation booking agencies are legal.
View Article'Arsehole' geese become internet sensations as farmer writes honest for-sale...
Five geese for $50 and a bottle of scotch seems like a good deal, but there's a catch. They are "arseholes", according to the seller on Facebook.
View ArticleOnline influencer Constance Hall mobilises Australian 'queens' to help save...
Online influencer Constance Hall has mobilised her 1.2 million Facebook followers, who she calls her "queens", to help rescue abused children in Kenya.
View ArticleAccused Christchurch mosque shooter Brenton Tarrant used same radicalisation...
As experts warn of the "growing threat" of white nationalist recruitment strategies in Australia, a Harvard fellow says accused shooter Brenton Tarrant's rollout of his manifesto was the "white...
View ArticleChristchurch shooter Brenton Tarrant's travels to Bulgaria investigated for...
Balkan governments are investigating why Brenton Tarrant visited Bulgaria in 2016 and 2018 but one former security boss says there are "gaps" in the system that will keep them from answers.
View ArticleHow Insta-farming has led to blooming business at rural farms
They were planted as a way to make people smile, but the sunflowers on one NSW farm have become so popular on social media they are attracting tourists from all over the world.
View ArticleInstagram weddings blamed for popularity of pampas grass, a noxious weed
Biosecurity officers raid florists in the Byron Bay and Tweed regions of New South Wales to seize highly invasive pampas grass, a noxious weed that is banned from sale in parts of the state.
View ArticleFormer neo-Nazi and counter-violent extremism experts issue warning to Australia
Arno joined a neo-Nazi skin head group to "repulse" society. He says governments are ignoring his warnings about far-right extremists like he once was.
View ArticleDungeons & Dragons resurrected from basement into mainstream
Once the subject of "satanic panic" and seen as the epitome of nerd-dom, roleplaying game Dungeons & Dragons finally hits the mainstream and is bigger than ever.
View ArticleCountry Press Australia and Deakin University study into regional news decline
The largest study of country newspapers ever undertaken in Australia is hoping to develop sustainable models that can help the declining regional media landscape survive into the future.
View ArticleAfter Vanity Fair came to town, Byron Bay took a long hard look at itself
After a US magazine visited the far-north NSW coast town, Byron Bay was abuzz. Dig a little deeper and the stories pour forth from angered locals.
View ArticleSocial media abuse taken into account in sentencing of surf rage attacker at...
The magistrate who sentenced a man over the assault of a champion surfer says she took into account the public scolding he's received when deciding his punishment.
View ArticleSA woman convicted of stalking over war with stranger in Pickering Post...
A South Australian woman who posted "vile, vicious and vitriolic" comments about sexual impropriety, incest and drunkenness that were directed at another user of an online political forum is convicted...
View ArticleAdelaide cyber sleuths win the National Missing Persons Hackathon with almost...
A group of cyber sleuths from Adelaide takes out the national missing persons "hackathon", finding nearly 100 new pieces of information for police to investigate.
View ArticleByron Bay tourists pose in the middle of #yesroad for the perfect Instagram...
Taking selfies at Byron Bay's #yesroad is growing in popularity, with several groups of Instagrammers heading to the site each day to handstand, hug or lie down next to the graffiti
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