A man who only took up golf in his 80s has had his name added to the legends board of a country NSW club.

The families of more than 800 people killed on rural roads in the past year place their loved ones' shoes on display, as part of an action calling for improvements to road safety.

A Ballina Council audit finds 80 per cent of clothes thrown away are in perfect or near-perfect condition, sometimes with the tags still on.

Homelessness outreach centre founder Theresa Mitchell says people were swimming in to get spaghetti she made as floodwater rose through her Tweed Heads kitchen.

After being exonerated for the deaths of her four infant children, Kathleen Folbigg is adjusting to life after 20 years wrongfully imprisoned — thanks to the enduring support of her lifelong friend and biggest advocate, Tracy Chapman.

The city's mayor says high-density development is needed in the area to match state government housing targets.

The fight to save the veined doubletail orchid had a breakthrough in the Black Summer bushfires and now elders are leading a series of cultural burns to regenerate the endangered flower.