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Brunswick Heads going for Gold & Old

The village of Brunswick Heads is set to host its Old & Gold Festival tomorrow with three big fairs, entertainment and plenty of fun – come rain or shine. 
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Byron EchoEve Jeffery - 0

It’s a lady tradie workshop!

Mullumbimby High School hosted a practical workshop for year 9 and 10 girls. The event was supported by Supporting and Linking Tradeswomen and the DoE Educational Pathways Program.
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Israel/Palestine

As usual Dany Wakil presents his distorted view of the Palestine/Israel conflict. His assertion that Arabs expelled other Arabs...
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Fire season is coming – time to join the RFS

As the landscape dried out in the leadup, and during, the 2019–20 Black Summer fires, Ocean Shores resident, Kitty Crain, began to look around and wonder who would come to her rescue if a fire started in the bush around her home?
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Byron EchoHans Lovejoy - 5

Let’s unpack federal Labor’s housing bill and attack ads! 

Political attack ads are underway by the local sitting Labor MP just a week after Greens candidate, Mandy Nolan, announced her second tilt for the local federal seat of Richmond.
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Keep the homeless in Tweed warm

It’s no secret that the Far North Coast has some of the highest homelessness figures in the country and...
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Interview about the Spaghetti Circus Scholarship Program

Spaghetti Circus is helping kids fly! Spaghetti Circus’ passion is empowering healthy, active, happy kids. Despite being a small not-for-profit...
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Michael Reynolds received a standing ovation at Bangalow A&I Hall last Thursday evening. He has dedicated more than half his lifetime to developing an amazing sustainable home built from recyclable materials. It’s fully self-sufficient and it works!

With about $6k, a working model the size of a studio could be built in Mullumbimby in 4–5 days. It’s happening around the world, so it would be great if the Alternative capital of Australia, Byron Shire, showed the initiative to examine closely and then implement it if successful.

The people of Haiti, Anadaman Islands (off India), Jamaica and Sierra Leone appeared well satisfied.

Michael builds with the locals and trains them along the way. Other more elaborate models are now being build in the USA, Norway, Mexico, Holland, Canada, France and England. This is awesome. Watch the DVD Garbage Warrior or visit www.earthship.com for details.

Peter Duke

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Brunswick Heads going for Gold & Old

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Definitely the newest, and possibly the best tourist attraction Byron has to offer, Jarjumirr Park, is a competition-level skate park that is located between the courthouse, library and Youth Activities Centre.
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Hey govt! leave koalas alone! 

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