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Thus Spake Mungo #79

By Mungo MacCallum
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Cinema: The Creator

The Creator – against the backdrop of a war between humans and robots with artificial intelligence, a former soldier finds the secret weapon, a robot in the form of a young child.
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Byron homeless hub forced to cut vital services

Byron’s only homeless hub says it has to reduce services owing to an increase in demand and a lack of government funding.
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DV awareness run on October 15

I Run For Her is an annual community event held by Got Your Back Sista, which aims to spark critical conversations around domestic violence on a national scale, and for the first time will host events across Australia on October 15. 
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Lennox roundabout pledged by federal Labor MP 

Federal funding to build a new two-lane roundabout at the intersection of Byron Bay Road and Byron Street, Lennox Head has been pledged by local MP Justine Elliot (Labor). 
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Epic beats in October

Epic beats and making a difference are what it’s all about at October’s Nudge Nudge Wink Wink: The Ultimate Party with a Conscience!
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Lismore Masters Games: It’s a wrap

The Lismore Masters Games included over 1,000 competitors across 11 sports and played out over the weekend of September...
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Bigger outlet means better suicide services for the Northern Rivers

Lifeline has moved to bigger premises and doubled in size so that they can offer more pre-loved goods and generate more funding for local suicide prevention services.
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Racism is still rife

Many Australians still don’t get it, and not just our sportloving ones. Racism is cruelty wherever and whenever it rears its ugly head and should be condemned in the strongest possible terms. Last week’s widespread publicity on racist taunts in sport revealed some progress in dealing with it as a nation, but only just.

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Lucky, Lucky, Friday the 13th encore!

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Experience the enchantment once again – The Magic of the Mundane returns to the Byron Theatre for an encore performance that promises to be nothing short of extraordinary. Written by the brilliant Mikey Bryant of Mt Warning and brought to life by the captivating Elodie Crowe, with the mesmerising accompaniment of Tara Lee Byrne on the cello, this is an event you won’t want to miss.
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Bluesfest 2024 – here we go!

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Festival Director, Peter Noble OAM, says it’s Bluesfest Byron Bay’s 35th birthday next Easter, and as usual they’ll be rolling out multiple artist announcements over the coming months – here’s a couple of names you might know…
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The Almighty Sometimes

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The Drill Hall was built in 1916 as home to the Mullumbimby Platoon of the 41st Battalion. It was later converted into a theatre in the 1970s. Over the years the interior was modified with the addition of a stage and raked seating installed in 2016. Thanks to a grant from Regional Development Australia and support from North Coast Events, AAE Industries and JC Coastal Construction, it has now been converted into a modern Black Box Theatre.
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Athlete clears hurdle to high perfomance centre

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Blade Thompson from the Tweed Little Athletics Centre has been selected to be part of the National High-Performance Camp held in the Gold Coast...
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The time has come for Byron Shire to save the world – Mandy’s in, are you?

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When we met, in 1971, Mungo MacCallum was already piercing the egos of Canberra pollies, and I was putting out a paper called 'The Digger', which championed the many movements seeking to replace cultures that had passed their use-by dates.
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Oh, how we will miss Mungo’s column!

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Carole Gamble, Mullumbimby Creek One of the unexpected joys of moving to Mullumbimby fifteen years ago was to discover the treasures in our midst. Certainly to...
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Mungo Wentworth MacCallum: December 21, 1941 – December 9, 2020
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Go well Mungo

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Dave Lisle, Goonengerry A brief note appended to Mungo’s column last week advised that he was too ill to continue working. His swansong was, as always,...
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