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Sparks of hope

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Highway crash heading north from Byron

A crash on the Pacific Motorway heading north from the Byron Shire on Monday morning reduced traffic to a single lane around 11am.
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Success for Queensland’s first drug testing at Rabbits Eat Lettuce festival

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The Indigenous Literacy Foundation wins major international prize

Australia's Indigenous Literacy Foundation is the 2024 recipient of the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award for children’s literature – a global award given annually to a person or organisation for their outstanding contribution to children’s and young adult literature.
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Mass tree-planting planned for Bruns River in Mullum

More than five thousand native plants are to be planted along Brunswick River banks in Mullumbimby.
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Speed limits

I’m surprised to see that when you drive from Bangalow to Lismore via Clunes and Bexhill the speed limit...
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Local wins Pan American BJJ Championship

Multiple times world champion and head coach of Jiu Jitsu at The Academy Byron Bay, Thalison Soares, is continuing his 2024 dominance on the world stage with a win at the prestigious Pan American Championship in Orlando, Florida in late March.
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Amber alert for blue green algae at Lake Ainsworth

Blue green algae status in Lake Ainsworth currently is Amber level and investigations into the causes and increased sampling will be in place.
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Jill Keogh, Federal. 

Two things I learnt on Anzac Day;-

  1.  warpowersreform.org.au is working to have the decision to send Australian men and women to war, made by the entire parliament, NOT the prime minister or executive alone.
  2.  APEEL a group of highly- qualified environmental law experts is working to overhaul our environmental systems to protect what’s left of the natural world. The blueprint will be released within the next few months.

Considering the destructive effects of the former, as an eco-feminist great grandmother I connect the two concepts, and have renewed hope for the life of my next great granddaughter, due May 12.

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