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Medicinal cannabis; a better way forward
For the first time ever, I am living my truths and no one is trying to hurt me because of it. This is a much better way.
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Local MP mute over PM diary secrecy
Local federal Labor MP, Justine Elliot, has declined to comment on why her government are refusing to provide the diary of Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, as a public document.
3×3 basketball rocks far north NSW
Basketball NSW (BNSW) has teamed up with the Office of Sport, Indigenous Basketball Australia and local communities to run...
Mandy Nolan’s Soapbox: Invasion, Survival and Mourning Day
Why does 26 January create so much anger, sadness and frustration? Because it’s a day that is not inclusive. It’s a day that celebrates inequality in this country. It’s a day that says 97 per cent of our population can celebrate the injustices done to thousands and thousands of innocent Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the name of advancement and expansion of the British Empire.
Survival/Australia Day celebration – Byron Shire
There are events being held across the Byron Shire on January 26 to celebrate both Survival and Australia Day.
New blood running again
If you missed out on tickets to October’s sold-out season of the award-winning local musical New Blood, you will be thrilled to know that it’s back by popular demand for a second season in February. The musical that got the whole region talking is back, for two nights only, at the Byron Theatre, 8–9 February. This new musical, created by local musicians and performers, is an absolute ‘must see’ – it’s funny, deeply moving and resonated loudly with local audiences.
For Tony Barry
The Drill Hall Theatre Company’s season of Andrew Bovell’s When the Rain Stops Falling is dedicated to the memory...
Stories about "ALP conference":
Hundreds protest ALP’s support for fossil fuel industry
A coalition of environment, unions and faith groups protested outside the Labor Party’s national conference in Adelaide on Sunday, calling for the party to stop the expansion of the fossil fuel industry.
The long odds on Bill Shorten
Ron Bay, Suffolk Park. Poor old Bill Shorten and his party conference. In typical politician’s style he wants to win. Any race, anywhere, anytime.
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Saint Bob of the Greens in Lennox Head
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With hardly a vacant seat in the auditorium, Bob Brown kept the party faithful’s eyes, ears and hearts glued to the stage on Saturday...
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Environment law fails to protect threatened species
A University of Queensland finding says that the federal environmental laws are failing to mitigate against Australia’s extinction crisis.
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Dr Philip Nitschke to visit Lismore
Controversial founder and director of the pro-euthanasia group Exit International, Dr Philip Nitschke will hold a free public meeting on NSW’s new Voluntary Assisted Dying Act at the Lismore Workers Club on Saturday.
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Bundjalung host Byron Shire Survival Day
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Main Beach Park in Cavanbah – Byron Bay, was the place where both Indigenous and non-Indigenous people gathered yesterday to celebrate the longest-living culture in the world – people who are now living on unceded land.
