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Byron’s Winter Whales raise $43,000

The Byron Bay Winter Whales (BBWW) took to the ocean for the 39th time this year on the first Sunday of May and raised $43,000 for local organisations and charities.
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The NT intervention laws that shape lives

This Sunday marks 19 years since the then Howard Government announced the Northern Territory Intervention laws – ‘The Intervention’ began with a media release by Mal Brough, Minister for Indigenous Affairs, on June 21, 2007.
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No Small Thing: NRCF Women’s Giving Circle event, Murwillumbah

Cheek Media founder, Hannah Ferguson, will headline a panel of prominent women leaders at the Regent Theatre in Murwillumbah next Thursday, in an event the organisers say brings, 'the kind of line-up you'd usually travel to Sydney for' to the Northern Rivers.
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Booyong Abattoir I

We strongly believe that the disturbing Booyong Abattoir is a blight on Byron Shire. The health and wellbeing of the local...
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Economics of rail trail

Byron Shire and the North Coast is one of the fastest-growing regions on NSW’s east coast with millions of...
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Byron’s Winter Whales raise $43,000

The Byron Bay Winter Whales (BBWW) took to the ocean for the 39th time this year on the first Sunday of May and raised $43,000 for local organisations and charities.
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Consultation lacking with rail trail

Byron Shire Council is pursuing an unfunded on-formation bike trail, risking significant ratepayer liability for ongoing maintenance, while disregarding...
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Time to enter the 2024 Lismore Business Excellence Awards

The 2024 Lismore Business Excellence Awards are now open for any business in the 2480 postcode.

Business Lismore, AKA the Lismore Chamber of Commerce and Industry is encouraging all businesses ‘big or small’ to enter. 

Business Lismore says that the Lismore Excellence Awards are an important way for businesses to come together to ‘recognize and honour the outstanding achievements of businesses that have persevered through challenges, embraced opportunities, and contributed to the growth and prosperity of our vibrant city’.

There are 23 categories to enter at local, regional and a state level including Retail and Personal Services, Trade, Construction & Manufacturing, Business & Professional Services, Health, Care & Wellness Industries, Agriculture & Primary Industries, and Tourism, Recreation and Visitor Experience among others.  

The Awards night will be held on 10 August in the grounds of the Lismore Turf Club. They will celebrate excellence, innovation, and resilience in the local Lismore business community.

To find out more and enter click here: lismorechamber.com.au.

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When it comes to real estate, everyone can use an advocate

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With 45 years combined experience across both sales and property management, husband and wife team Mark and Michelle Errichiello have recently moved to the Northern Rivers and teamed up with Byron Property Search to provide advocacy services for people looking to buy or sell across the region.
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Savour The Tweed returns, 22 October

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Food and drink event, Savour The Tweed, returns to excite tastebuds this spring, from Wednesday 22 October to Sunday 26 October.
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Conservationists welcome carbon credit scheme to protect forests

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Today’s release of the government’s proposed Improved Native Forest Method, which allows governments to claim carbon credits in return for stopping logging has been welcomed by the North East Forest Alliance and North Coast Environment Council as "providing a way to end native forest logging on public land".
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Charge dismissed for activist hindering coal exports

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An activist who came to national attention after being punched by a police officer while protesting, has had an anti-protest charge dismissed in court today.
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Benhayon’s ‘loss will be felt’ by Lismore chamber

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Whatever her religious affiliations, Deborah Benhayon was a first-rate president of the Lismore Chamber of Commerce, according to a member who spoke to Echonetdaily.
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