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Premium Content Subscriber only A BALLNA man who left his victim with cracked ribs after a random assault and fled police at speed in a stolen car while drunk, has avoided more time behind bars. Jake Parke, 23, was sentenced for a host of crimes before the court in Byron Bay on Monday. In the first incident, Parke was with another unknown man outside Ballina Court House shortly before 5am on January 15 this year. According to court documents the victim, Anthony Reid, was released from the a...

Premium Content Subscriber only BEACHGOERS have been warned that a great white shark has been lurking off Evans Heads Main Beach this morning. DPI Fisheries advised the tagged shark was detected by the receiver 12 times between 2.50am and 5am. Earlier this week a 3.23m white shark was tagged and released from a SMART drumline off the same beach. A 1.36m tiger shark was tagged and released from the drumline at Boulder Beach, Skennars Head, and another tiger shark measuring 1.39m was caught o...