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Main Arm road works update

Further to last week’s Echo newspaper story Main Arm Road repairs grant unsuccessful, Council’s General Manager, Mark Arnold, told...

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Man dies in custody in Casino

A critical incident investigation is underway following the death of a man in Casino today.

Cleaning up the Richmond River

Like many who have suffered in the floods the Richmond River estuary is still feeling the weight of last year's floods.

Election 2023 – Clarence: George Keller 

George Keller is running for the seat of Clarence on behalf of the Sustainable Australia Party sees corruption and vested interests having more impact on MP's decisions than the genuine interests of the community.

Nats candidate for Ballina responds to pork barrelling claims

The Nationals’ candidate for the seat of Ballina in this month’s state election has defended practices labelled ‘pork-barrelling’ in the lead-up to a Meet the Candidates forum in Byron.

Debrah Novak on mining and waste incinerators in Clarence

Independent candidate for Clancence, Debrah Novak, tells The Echo what her position is on mining in the Clarance catchment and the proposed Casino thermal waste incinerator. 

Child protection and DCJ workers ‘feeling abandoned’ in Lismore

The failure of the NSW government to support the most vulnerable people in Lismore and the Northern Rivers a year on from the devastating 2022 floods is being called out.

Last week I joined the Australian Republican Movement. So?

That mendacious mediocrity little Johnny (remember ‘never ever, ever a GST’?) conned me and other genuine republicans into voting ‘no’ in the last referendum because we wanted a directly elected president.

If this letter is published then William Saxe-Coburg-Gotha and his celebrity wife Kate Middle Class will have pissed off home after attending our Anzac Day. Good.

Fact: a much higher percentage of Australian troops per head of population were killed than the Poms because the British public would have revolted if their losses were as high as colonial troop losses.

Bill’s great grandad George V changed the family name to Windsor in 1917 as it wasn’t a good look to have a German king of Britain fighting his first cousin, another Bill (Kasier Wilhem II) of Germany .

The Coburgs were known as the stud farm of Europe as they produced most of the spouses of the inbred chinless wonders of the European aristocracy.

Even Earl Spencer, Princess Di’s brother, commented at the time of her death that his family had more English blood in it than future (?) Charles III’s.

When Liz II carks it if Charlie installs his former mistress as Queen of Oz, well… ‘Viva la republique.’

Poor fella, my country.

Jack Sugarman, Hayters Hill

 

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