Community Building Partnerships grants 2018 now open
Member for Ballina, Tamara Smith MP has announced applications are now open for the 2018 Community Building Partnership Program, unlocking $30 million for community infrastructure projects across NSW.
“This year $330,000 is available for projects in our electorate, which is an increase of $30,000 on 2017. I encourage local councils and not-for-profit groups to apply for the funds they need to deliver projects with social, environmental and recreational outcomes,” said Ms Smith.
Photo: Tamara Smith MP (centre) with members of the Richmond Valley Woodcrafters Club at their Club workshop which received $5,000 to complete works on the shed and $15,000 to buy and install solar panels on the workshop roof in the 2017 round of Community Building Partnership grants.
Newsletter - No New Sand Mine for Lennox
Dear Friend --
No New Sand Mine for Lennox Public Action Meeting
The huge sand mine proposed for Newrybar Swamp Road will severely impact upon fragile coastal ecosystems and the Lennox Head community and everyone accessing the coast along Ross Lane.
Wollongbar the winner on the sports fields
Greens Member for Ballina Tamara Smith today congratulated the Wollongbar community on its efforts to get its new 13 hectare sporting fields open and announced Local Sport Grant funding for its rugby team.
Read: New Sportsfields Opened in Wollongbar (Echo Net Daily)
Slim hope for fig's reprieve
Photo: Jenny Grinlington
Published in the Ballina Shire Advocate Wednesday 14 March 2018:
Options for Lennox tree still under investigation
HOPE still remains for a 200-year-old fig tree at Lennox Head to be saved from the chainsaws – even months after the elected council decided to remove the tree.
Koalas are our national treasure
Opinion: Published in Byron Shire News
8 March
Tamara Smith
Member for Ballina
Koalas are a national treasure – so why are we forcing them into extinction locally?
Koalas are one of our most precious iconic species, an animal entwined with our national identity around the world. The upcoming Gold Coast Commonwealth Games uses a koala as its mascot but in NSW they are a vulnerable species, rapidly declining in numbers due to native forest clearing and logging and face ever increasing habitat destruction from roads and urban sprawl.