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Maclean Lions Awareness Day

On Saturday March 9, Maclean Lions’ most dedicated and hard-working volunteers will be on deck at the Community Markets to let you know more about what Lions Australia does. After more than 75 years of helping others in Australia, we know our role as a service club is becoming increasingly important. It may be providing emergency relief during natural disasters…

Climate Scientist addresses CRU3A

Why is it important that humans are not fish? Distinguished Australian climate scientist Emeritus Professor David Karoly, asked the question of a bemused CRU3A audience via zoom at the Yamba Bowling Club last week. It is, of course, responded participants, because when the sea level rises, the homes of many humans will flood. Not so much, said Professor Karoly. The…

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ARR NEWS QUIZ-4.3.24

What is the name for a plant that lives longer than an annual or biennial? What type of corporal punishment is used in Singapore? In what part of the body would you find a hammer, anvil, and stirrup? What country has de-facto control over most of the disputed territory Western Sahara? What is it considered bad luck to walk underneath?…

Voices For The Earth

Time to Act on Mining The world premiere screening of ‘Rivertree’, Dan Ross’ and Haley Talbott’s documentary showcasing the Clarence River, and the potential risk to those splendours from mining, has reinvigorated the ‘No Mines’ Clarence Valley’ campaign. The film, tracking the pair on an epic kayak journey along the entire length of the Clarence River, attracted over a thousand…