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March 29, 2024

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Man charged over domestic violence and pursuit offences – Tweed Heads

A man has been charged following a pursuit near Tweed Heads on Monday.

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How the coral crisis affects other marine wildlife

Marine heatwaves are killing coral and denuding reefs of their colourful beauty – but in a world where everything is food for something else, these heatwaves also pose a major threat to biodiversity.

Mandy Nolan’s Soapbox: Why Being Seen is Beautiful

There is something profound about being seen. Being accepted and loved for exactly who you are. It’s life changing. It’s simple. It’s transformative. But some people don’t get to experience this. Nearly half of transgender Australians have attempted suicide.That data tells the very real impact of discrimination, stigma and lack of access to gender-affirming surgery. I write this as a woman who was born a woman, who identifies as a woman. I’ll admit, that even in that gender role, that fits within the societal binary, I’ve had my own challenges.

Workshop in Creative Writing For Beginners

Have you always felt like you have a novel in you, but don’t know where to start? Or have...

Roller derby rocks the Cavanbah Centre

The Red Kennedys have once again dominated the Northern Rivers Revolt Roller Derby Tournament held at the Cavanbah Centre over the weekend of March 16-17.

Iconic Lennox beach shed upgraded –  not demolished

Lennox Park and the shelter shed has now been upgraded and reopened.

Byron Council staff baulk at councillors’ promise of free parking for locals

Will Byron Council deliver on its pledge to make parking permits free for locals across the Shire when paid parking comes into force in Brunswick Heads?

Jo Faith, Newtown

Many thanks for the last editorial addressing road funding and the dynamic between Ben Franklin, the Byron Shire Mayor and snubbed local MP Tamara Smith.

May I take this moment to thank Tamara for all of her excellent ‘green’ work. Yes the snubbing of you is misogynist but from the history of preceding Council dynamics concerning women speaking out – it is not only sexist, ignorant, and appalling – but sad, sad, sad, that the offenders cling to such a low level of consciousness.

Jan Barham, ex- Mayor, was ordered by the current Mayor not to speak in Council resulting in her symbolically placing black tape over her mouth. Michael Lyon commented that you ‘should look after your patch’ and not enter the male dominated world of local politics. Such snubbing is hardly surprising. Indeed, it has been noted by the community that they were hoodwinked democratically when they voted unknowingly for a Faux Green Council. A very dishonest strategy. 

Indeed, the recent Masterplan strategy, attempting to appear ‘democratic’, is a strategy from the modern corporate handbook of creating ‘focus groups’ to enhance the neoliberal market. A favourite corporate strategy for decades in America.

Perhaps you were saved by this snub of the Nationals/Faux Green Byron Brand Party! We all witness the corporatisation of nature, mind, and soul of humans in the Byron Shire (and elsewhere). 

Stay on your real ‘green’ path Tamara. It’s the protesters that step out, chain themselves to trees to be logged, the protesters that demand rights for First Nation Peoples, the local people that seek nature respecting alternatives to sustaining sentient life and this suffering climate change planet, the fate of future generations, journalists, and much more.

The karmic wheel will turn again and again. Just keep the good struggle going,


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