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February 12, 2025

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Celebrate International Women’s Day at the Lismore Women’s Festival

Northern Rivers Women and Children's Services Inc. (NORWACS) is proud to announce the Lismore Women's Festival, a vibrant and inclusive event celebrating women, will be held on  Saturday, 8 March  at the Quad in Lismore from  9am to 4pm.

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Diversity is weakness, according to some

Until recently the acronym DEI was unknown in Australia. Now it's become one of those annoying Americanisms like vacation, SUV and soda which are steadily invading our language. Like 'woke', its meaning has been inverted by malicious actors seeking to confuse, divide and conquer.

Editorial – The uninformed state of NSW 

Asking a straightforward question of the NSW Labor government gets you conflicting non-responses. Yay. What fun!

Alarm raised over possible Varroa mite infestation

Tyagarah residents are alarmed at what they believe to be Varroa mite infested hives in the nature reserve.

Forest forum in federal parliament

A delegation of forest campaigners, scientists and activists brought the plight of forests and wildlife to federal parliament yesterday.

Rally in support of trans youth this Saturday in Lismore

A Protect Trans Youth Day of Action will be taking place across Australia tomorrow with a rally for the North Coast taking place in Lismore at 11am at Pride Corner on the corner of Molesworth and Magellan streets, Lismore.

Something extra for NSW nurses and midwives

The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) has called on the Minns government to put its extra share of federal health funding towards NSW nurses and midwives’ wages.

With regards to the Echo article, ‘Let’s dive deep into potholes’ (May 15), I am appalled at the attitude and the utter sense of a lack of responsibility of Byron Shire Council and local MP Tamara Smith.

Our local roads are an absolute disgrace! And not just the hinterland backroads – roads through Byron’s CBD, even the road to Rae’s at Wategos is in an abhorrently embarrassing state of disrepair.

While the article focuses on the dire state of Main Arm’s roads, it’s abundantly apparent Byron Shire cannot seriously fund any sort of  meaningful roads repair program with the current level of funding. It’s time for our local MPs (including Justine Elliott MP) to take some serious responsibility and start relentlessly knocking on doors in Macquarie Street and Capital Hill, today! Stop passing the buck and fix our dilapidated roads!

Tasman Brown, Lennox Head


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  1. If they spent the money on roads they spend on keeping McDonalds out of town you would have great roads……

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