There’s growing speculation Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting will stand down.
The 36-year-old is believed to have decided to relinquish his one-day and Test captaincy roles with his deputy Michael Clarke tipped to be announced as his successor at a press conference today.
A man has suffered serious chest injuries after a motorbike accident in Goonellabah this morning.
Witnesses say he hit concrete barriers, before losing control and colliding with an oncoming car.
Lismore poultry breeder John Gibson has been named a show champion.
Mr Gibson has been exhibiting and judging poultry at the Royal Easter Show since the early 1960s.
The Fair Work Australia tribunal was in Lismore this morning, undertaking consultations with local businesses as part of its annual review of minimum wages.
Lismore was one of seven regional and non-capital city locations chosen for the panel meetings.
And students have become the teachers in a successful new reading program at a north coast school.
Year six students from Summerland Christian College act as reading buddies to those in lower grades to improve literacy skills.
