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Byron EchoMargaret Keating, Ocean Shores - 0

Let’s get real

AFL Aussie Rules Grand Final in Western Australia... Rugby League Grand Final in Queensland... Melbourne Cup in Tasmania?    Margaret Keating,...
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Byron EchoPaul Bibby - 11

Police call for busking ban, backed by Byron mayor

Have you noticed that the streets of Byron Bay have been a less tuneful and colourful place in the past week or so?
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Byron EchoHenrietta (Ri) Fraser, Ocean Shores - 0

Thanks Frank Mills

We had lost our highway protest, but during those colourful marches we had the beginnings of a stronger sense...
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Byron EchoPaul Bibby - 0

Creative definition of affordable housing before Byron Council 

A development application is (again) coming before this week’s planning meeting, which attempts to use ‘farm stay’ accommodation to provide affordable housing for students enrolled in agriculture-related courses.
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Byron EchoJohn Millard, Mullumbimby - 7

Vaxing the community divide

Okay, so this issue is dividing our community into: ‘vaxing is great for our community’ and ‘vaxing is bad’. One...
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Byron EchoFrank Lynch, Wilsons Creek - 0

Gladys’ resignation

The entrenched corruption that tied senior politicians and police to notorious underworld figures in NSW for decades from the...
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The Good LifeThe Echo - 1

The Glasshouse

A driving holiday, inland from Byron, often serves as a healthy reminder that we’re spoilt for choice here with...
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Stories about "Aid development":

Child sponsorship and the decolonising aid debate

Byron Echo The Echo - 1
Having worked in the international aid and development sector for thirty years, it is good to see CEOs and their senior staff are finally engaging in discussions to end racist and paternalistic practices.
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Letters

Mandatory vax

Michelle Saunders, Byron Bay - 0
I write to you in response to the article on the front page of The Echo relating to mandatory vax. I find it extremely...
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Byron Echo

End the cult

Robin Harrison, Binna Burra - 0
A military conflict between China and the USA would very likely result in global nuclear war, a major setback to human civilisation and possibly...
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Local News

Hundreds queue to have COVID test and two new cases in the NNSWLHD

The Echo - 0
Northern NSW Local Health District (NNSWLHD) is urging people to continue coming forward for testing and vaccination after two further COVID-19 cases were reported in the 24 hours to 8pm last night, October 14. 
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Charges after cars damaged in police pursuit – Coffs Harbour

The Echo - 0
Police say a man has been charged following a pursuit, where a number of cars – including an unmarked police car – were sideswiped on the Mid-North Coast yesterday.
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COVID-19 hospital horror – opening up and the dangers ahead

Byron Echo Dr Who - 12
A hospital is not a health farm. For a start, the food has a terrible reputation. Seriously though, when life is on the brink, a hospital is the destination.
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Have you seen Bo?

Local News The Echo - 0
Police are appealing for public assistance to locate Bo Whitton 32 years old, from the Mullumbimby area, who was last seen at Tweed Heads on December 19.
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Lismore Council votes to naturalise Browns Creek

Local News Eve Jeffery - 2
At Tuesday’s Lismore Council meeting, Councillor Vanessa Ekins moved a motion to begin the Browns Creek Naturalisation Project, which involves the removal of the existing concrete stormwater drain that traverses Lismore Park from Brewster Street through to Uralba Street, and reconstruction as a more natural watercourse.
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Lismore school closed and COVID venues of concern and – October 14

Local News The Echo - 0
Northern NSW Local Health District has been notified of new venues of concern associated with confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the region.
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Kingscliff’s amenity or company profit?

Local News The Echo - 10
Kingscliff property developer Gales Holgins is seeking to increase truck movements by bringing in fill from the M1 road works rather than using fill from the development site. But Kingscliff Ratepayers and Progress Association say that the impact on residents and business is too high a cost to pay.
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Local concert series organiser hit with $5,000 fine

Local News Paul Bibby - 12
When local musician Lisa Hunt arrived for a meeting with police last Thursday she was hoping for a somewhat friendlier reception than she had received on the last occasion.
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Car mania clogs Mullumbimby

Byron Echo The Echo - 18
It was a fatal error – driving half a kilometre into Mullumbimby to pick up a carton of milk. My partner drove while I conducted reconnaissance for that elusive parking spot. 
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Byron Shire Mayor, staff mute over Council court loss

Byron Echo Hans Lovejoy - 0
Byron Mayor, Simon Richardson (Greens), is again remaining mute over questions around Council’s court loss, this time over a fencing dispute in Suffolk Park.
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