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Local NewsMia Armitage - 0

Families consider class action against Intrapac over cancelled Banyan Hill house and land contracts

Nearly fifty local Intrapac house and land buyers on the Northern Rivers may need to take Supreme Court action to avoid being short-changed and priced out of the region.
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Urban increase blueprint unveiled for Byron Shire

meeting that, if eventually adopted, could see upscaled urban development across the Shire via ‘infill, new release, existing zoned vacant land and living differently’.
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Local NewsMia Armitage - 12

Ballina MP accuses Labor state budget of failing social housing needs

‘Basically, I get less than $2 million for my electorate for social housing,’ Greens Member for Ballina Tamara Smith said in response to this week’s state budget announcement.
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LettersDesmond Bellamy, PETA - 9

The war on cats

Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek marked National Threatened Species Day by 'declaring war on feral cats'. She wants to give...
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Byron EchoZane Danesi - 2

Review on remote Indigenous Australians sheds light on the Voice to Parliament

As a white man living on Bundjalung Country, I acknowledge that it is not easy to make the cross-cultural shift from a Western paradigm lens to comprehend and appreciate the rich diversity and complexity of 65,000 years of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ sociocultural and spiritual history.
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Byron EchoJenny Ogle - 0

Byron basketballers score clean sweep

The Beez basketballers were swarming at the Cavanbah Centre ‘hive’ scoring three out of three wins across the men’s...
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Byron EchoErik Adams, South Golden Beach - 1

Nuance needed

The plight of Matt Bruce, now getting press in the Guardian, is an issue that demands greater nuance from...
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      • My vibes are coming from a QLD Aboriginal organisation. The Centre For Indigenous Training. You can book for an Aboriginal Engagement course at their website, or checkout their youtube channel for free information on how to deal with Aboriginal people.

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Former NSW Premier Bob Carr backs end to land clearing in NSW

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Former NSW Premier Bob Carr backs end to land clearing in NSW

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Recognising the impacts of logging and clearing native forests former NSW Premier Bob Carr has backed ongoing calls to halt land clearing in NSW.
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Families consider class action against Intrapac over cancelled Banyan Hill house and land contracts

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Nearly fifty local Intrapac house and land buyers on the Northern Rivers may need to take Supreme Court action to avoid being short-changed and priced out of the region.
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Byron homeless hub forced to cut vital services

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Kingscliff’s amenity or company profit?

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