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First trot for council hopefulsTuesday, 26 August 2008 | Michael McDonald
Mayoral candidates, from left, Tina Petroff, Jan Barham, John Lazarus and Ross Tucker. The shoe far left belongs to candidate Jack Sugarman.
Candidates for the September 13 council election had their first public outing last Saturday in Mullumbimby at a meeting organised by the Community Action Network (CAN). Over 100 people filled and overflowed the meeting room, which was once the public library, in the revamped civic hall. As one wag remarked, ‘Just the candidates would fill up half the space.’Read More |
An outing for the imaginationTuesday, 26 August 2008 | Eve Jeffery
It was all Harrys and Hermiones, Poohs and Piglets and Peters and pirates and Tinkerbells, when the pages of our children’s imagination sprung to life in Mullumbimby as a collective of schools celebrated Book Week.Read More |
Chance to give your house an eco-makeoverTuesday, 26 August 2008 | The Byron Shire Echo
The Sustainable Streets group, standing from left, Peter Waddams, Crystal Wilkes and Jane Swallow, and sitting from left, Jose Do, Nina Bishop and Council’s sustainability officer Graeme Williams.
The local Sustainable Streets group begins its search this week to find
the ‘right household in the right neighbourhood’ to actively
participate in a home eco- makeover. Read More |
EditorialThe cost of obesityTuesday, 26 August 2008
According to a new report commissioned by Diabetes Australia (www.diabetesaustralia.com.au), 3.71 million Australians are obese, consequently costing the nation $58 billion.
This includes...Read More | Mungo MacCallumRudd dives into the Pacific forumTuesday, 26 August 2008
But last week he was unequivocally right: Australia is undeniably the biggest fish in the South Pacific and is entitled and obliged to take leadership in the area.
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Mandy NolanIn your dreamsTuesday, 26 August 2008
In six short hours every cent was released into the boundless universe to purchase my children joy. Memories don’t come cheap. Artificial fear inducement is a lot more expensive than it...Read More | Victoria CosfordRadicchio and red onionsTuesday, 26 August 2008
Radicchio is a type of red chicory, or endive, whose colour results from the plant being taken from the earth and placed in darkened areas where the ensuing lack of chlorophyll production...Read More |
Live MusicLive MusicTuesday, 26 August 2008
Toni Childs is back in 2008 with a brand new album Keep the Faith! She’s set to tour the country, captivating audiences with her powerful vocals, charismatic live performances and commanding message. Best known for her heavily R&B influenced Don’t Walk Away, Toni hit the big time in 1988 when her critically acclaimed debut album Union went double platinum in Australia. The same year in the US, she was nominated for three Grammys, including Best New Artist. Toni will be playing the fabulous newly refurbished Mullumbimby Civic Hall heralding a whole new era in Mullum of world class talent gracing the stages of the biggest little town in Australia! Friday 26 September, with tickets on sale now. $40 or $45 at the door. On sale from Barebones, Mullumbimby Bookshop, Murwillumbah Music and all Music and Vision stores.
Soul’d at...Read More |
