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Record pokies losses in 2023 as NSW waits for real reform

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Other News

School’s long-awaited bus stop on the way

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Public interest litigation under threat

Australia’s peak environment groups have slammed a Federal Court decision which allows mining company Santos to pursue environment groups that were not directly involved in a recent court case against them.

Northern Rivers post-flood PTSD trial featuring MDMA approved

More than 200 people with post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of the 2022 Northern Rivers floods and landslides are to receive support through a clinical trial.

Husk: Tweed pioneers in rum and gin

The picturesque Husk Distillery is just an enjoyable 45-minute drive north of Byron, in the Tweed Valley, and is a wonderful place to visit if you like gin – it’s the home of the popular and innovative Ink Gin, and other gins made with local botanicals. Also, if you like rum and would like to try something really worthwhile, it’s also the pioneering home of Australia’s first farm-to-bottle rum, made entirely from sugar cane grown onsite.

Graham and Pearce crowned pairs champions

Tracie Graham and Sherril Pearce have won the 2024 Brunswick Heads Women’s Bowling Club pairs final. They beat Judy Smith...

Remember to ‘Wage Peace, Not War’ says Lismore local 

Last week a global peace movement started in Lismore and the idea behind it is to blanket the world in peace signs.

Jem Blendell

Join a Q&A with Jem Bendell for one night only in Byron Bay – Professor of Sustainability, Jem Bendell, was one of the first to directly name and speak out about what the climate crisis means for our civilisation. His seminal paper Deep Adaptation started a global movement by that name as well as inspiring the creation of Extinction Rebellion.

When faced with the magnitude of the ecological and societal changes emerging now, Jem warns about the dangers of false solutions and the potential of panicking elites making the situation worse. His recent book Breaking Together was described by Charles Eisenstein as being ‘part of a healing movement that extends beyond what we normally think of as ecological’. Jem encourages us to face the truth and then to use it to become kinder, more alive and more potent human beings.

This is a rare chance to hear Jem speak live, and in our community, as well as a chance to ask your questions.

Saturday at Marvell Hall, Byron Bay from 6.30pm. Tickets from www.trybooking.com/CPERS or pay cash $20/ $10 at the door.


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