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Cinema: NAZA

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Culvert remediation works

Byron Shire Council says repairs to the damaged culvert on Coolamon Scenic Drive, between Dudgeons Road and Synotts Lane, will commence tomorrow (20 October 2026). The remediation works will address damage that has restricted traffic to one lane through the affected section.

Eve Sinton, Upper Main Arm

Scott Morrison just dug a deeper hole for himself with his disastrous press conference on women. It was all about HIM.

ME, I, MY WIFE, MY CHILDREN, AND MY WIDOWED MOTHER.

What he should have said: All people working in Parliament and the political sphere, take note – it is not okay to ply your workmates (male or female) with drink or drugs to the point where you can take advantage of them – whether sexually or in any of the many ways bullies assert power over others.

If the only way you can get off on sex is to compromise others and force yourself on them, you are a pathetic wanker who is so inadequate with human relationships you degrade yourself by taking advantage of other human beings. That is disgusting to anyone with a moral compass.

And if you are so degraded that you get off secretly wanking and fucking around in Parliament House, you belong at the bottom of the dole queue. Forever.

Every person who takes a job here is serving the Australian nation and deserves to be supported to achieve their career best.

If you are a pathetic, exploitive, ethically bankrupt individual, a parasite on decent taxpayers, you deserve to be exposed, shamed, and sacked.

Now, why can’t he and his motley crew just come out and say this?



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