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Craig Zerk, East Ballina As an engineer with over 45 years’ experience working in the water supply industry, I support the new water Strategy proposed by Rous Water and I am opposed to the Dunoon Dam. There are some very significant reasons for favouring groundwater over construction of a new dam downstream of the existing Rocky Creek Dam. Economically, groundwater offers the lowest Net Present Value and can be sequentially staged over decades to meet the needs of a growing population. By comparison, the dam involves a huge up-front cost (the estimate as at 2020 was $220 million – but we...

Melissa McCarthy’s new Netflix series will be filmed in Lismore this week.

Premium Content Subscriber only UPDATE 5.30pm: Film crews are set to move into Lismore's CBD from as early as 3pm tomorrow. To facilitate filming, barricades will be erected along the western side of Molesworth Street, near Spinks Park and the Lismore Historical Society. Access to Molesworth St by pedestrians and traffic is not expected to be impacted. The section of road will be barricaded from  3pm on Tuesday 9 to 6am on Wednesday 10 for film vehicles to arrive. Vehicles will be parked along the street and in the carpark at 165 Molesworth St from 6am-8pm on Wednesday. The filming wil...