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Rally in Byron against Gaza war

Locals are being called to join in a rally at Byron Bay this Saturday at 2pm calling on the Australian government to take action against the deaths of Palestinians in the invasion of Gaza by Israel. 

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Groundwater contamination

Regarding groundwater contamination (Echo, May 24), for a period of some 30 plus years I have been trying to...

No room for koalas in budget?

Friends of the Koala is not impressed by the lack of provision for wildlife protection in the federal budget announced last night, as species including the koala move closer to extinction.

Labor NSW spruiks healthcare worker incentives as QLD continues to poach

More than a thousand nursing graduates and students have received offers under Labor’s NSW Tertiary Health Study Subsidy Program as part of state efforts to counter staff shortages.

SCU Lismore ‘suspends’ music degree, adds others

The Bachelor of Contemporary Music has been ‘suspended’ from Southern Cross University’s Lismore campus, owing to ‘low demand’ from students, a spokesperson says.

Rally in Byron against Gaza war

Locals are being called to join in a rally at Byron Bay this Saturday at 2pm calling on the Australian government to take action against the deaths of Palestinians in the invasion of Gaza by Israel. 

Northern rivers surfers help Australia win the World Junior Surfing Championships

Fingal Head surfer Dane Henry has won an individual gold to help Australia claim its eighth World Junior Surfing...

The Cabbage Tree Island mob want to go home to where very little flood damage occurred, while Lismore people, who really should be relocated, are told to stay and encouraged to reopen their shops etc?! Something is wrong here. 

A conspiracy theorist might think a sugar baron wants it? So before they are cheated out of their entitlement, they could: go there by boat, plant their flags, nail their declaration of possession to the flagpole, move back into their homes. 

Simple! And it’s legal under the ‘Terra Nullius’. The precedent was somewhere or other but I can’t remember where. 

Lester Prouse, Huonbrook


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