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A deer in the headlights
The Tweed Shire, Byron Shire, and Kyogle councils have joined forces to find out just what is happening with feral deer in the region.
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Will Byron kids help to regenerate public land?
Byron school students could take part in regular community tree plantings on land owned by Byron Council as a way of learning about bush regeneration and acting on climate change.
Byron Council compliance staff bolstered
Are the van campers of Brunswick Heads thoughtless travellers with no respect for the town and its inhabitants, or are many in fact local homeless folk looking for a safe space with toilets and running water?
Greens for survival
At the recent Nimbin Town Hall where Sue Higginson, among others, was active in an affirmative action workshop where...
Ballina council votes against investment handicap for fossil fuel-free ventures
Independent Ballina Shire Councillor Jeff Johnson has lost a last-ditch effort to reinstate a council investment policy clause in favour of diverting from fossil fuels.
Dance and escape at the Nudge
Dance and escape before their winter break at June’s Nudge Nudge Wink Wink: The Ultimate Party with a Conscience!
The party of the year...
Help kids fly…
Spaghetti Circus is calling for supporters for their Scholarship Program in 2024.
Spaghetti’s passion is creating healthy, active, happy kids....
Stories about "assaulting police":
Two cops assaulted during Apex Park melee
Two Byron Bay 18-year-olds have been charged with assaulting police, resisting arrest and affray after an incident in Apex Park in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Two charged over separate offences against police
A police officer was assaulted at Byron Bay over the weekend, while, at Kingscliff, a man was arrested for intimidating police officer and resisting arrest.
Man charged with assaulting police in Byron Bay
A 19-year-old male has been arrested after he allegedly threw punches at police when they tried to break up a fight in Byron Bay in the early hours of Saturday morning.
Police officer assaulted following Tweed Heads pub brawl
A police officer has been injured following two separate brawls by the same men at two Tweed Heads pubs on Saturday (September 16).
Two men charged with police assault in separate incidents
Police officers were assaulted in a two separate incidents at Brunswick Heads and Tweed Heads over the weekend.
South Lismore alleged ice dealer to face hearing
He has admitted carrying the drug ice and a pipe used to smoke it - but a South Lismore man will fight charges of supplying the highly addictive substance and allegedly assaulting two police.
Man in rehab misses court on police assault charges
A South Lismore man charged with supplying ice and assaulting police must enter pleas to the charges in court today. (Tuesday April 2).
Man arrested after Lismore Transit Centre fracas
Police had to use capsicum spray to subdue a man who was assaulting people and ‘frothing at the mouth’ at Lismore Transit Centre yesterday afternoon.
Arrests over assaults in Byron, Tweed
A man has been charged with assaulting police in Byron Bay over the weekend. Separately a Tweed Heads man has been charged after another man was found lying injured near a pub in Wharf Street.
Byron Echo
Sustainable fashion course on offer
Born in Byron, bred in a sweatshop, made from earth-destroying parts and brought back to you with copious carbon miles… it’s fast fashion, but it’s not a good look.
Byron Echo
Priorities? Compliance
Despite a ‘tough budget environment’, where Council can’t find $15,000 per annum to maintain a tree planting initiative on land it manages, there will be $250,000 spent on employing two more compliance officers and purchasing another ‘enforcement’ vehicle.
Byron Echo
Bayside Residents Association formed
A new residents association has emerged in what residents say is one of Byron Shire’s ‘forgotten’ suburbs’ – Bayside Brunswick Heads.
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Tweed Council to start nappy rebate scheme but defer Cudgen Creek Masterplan
The last Tweed Shire Council meeting saw the Reusable Nappy Rebate Scheme adopted by councillors, the rail trail impacts were discussed while a decision...
