Media Releases

Community services workers from across the region will today converge on Lismore as part of the national day of action in support of equal pay for community services workers.

Northern Rivers Social Development Council today welcomed the release of the North Coast Homelessness Action Plan and called on all candidates to commit to maintain federal funding for the action plan over the next three years.

Northern Rivers Social Development Council has joined calls to ensure that funding for social housing is not cut as part of any wind back of stimulus funding. Stimulus funding for social housing has already been cut once and key community groups, including the Australian Council for Social Service, National Shelter and the ACTU, are concerned that further cuts to funding for social housing may be made in response to improving economic conditions.

The Official Launch of the Lismore Community Garden will be held on site at 50 Brewster St. (cnr Magellan & Brewster Sts) at 11am on Friday October 16th 2009.This will be a major media event for the Community Garden with an invitation list of over 50 people...

In a region marked by transport disadvantage, many people are not aware of what transport options are available to them and having access to good transport information can open up opportunities for people to play a greater role in their community” states Tony Davies, CEO of NRSDC.  Both the Transport Information Pages and Going Places website provide contact and route information for a wide range of transport services including local, regional and state services...