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Did you try to vote with iVote in the LGA elections?
The NSW Electoral Commission says they are aware that some iVote users were unable to gain access to the system to vote on Saturday.
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Want to make your own nest box and help with bushfire recovery on Friday?
Conservation Volunteers Australia are running a nest-building workshop in one of Australia’s most biodiverse hotspots, the Nightcap Range, ‘to create homes and hope for wildlife’.
Former Byron Mayor talks about the ‘Green challenge’
It’s not easy being green, it never has been, but we are proud of our long-term commitment to Greens...
Cr Basil Cameron’s Mayoral choice
Cr Cate Coorey is my choice for mayor.
I have worked with Cate on Council for the last five years....
Aussies got drunk more than any other country during the pandemic (are we surprised?)
The Global Drug Survey 2021 reveals that Australians got drunk the most during 2020 and that drug and alcohol habits changed during the pandemic.
Nothing cute about the Frogbit alien invasion
Frogbit (Limnobium laevigatum) is an invasive, smothering waterweed that poses a serious environmental threat which has been found in the Richmond River and at Chinderah.
Ballina Shire Council defs not a ‘boys’ club’, says outgoing female councillor
This person is claiming that the council is a 'boys'' club and that the out-going mayor is one of them.
Stories about "Australian Influencer Marketing Council (AiMCO)":
‘Influencers’ – just another advertising platform…
The question being asked by many consumers is 'are influencers genuinely promoting products that they like and believe in, or is it just more advertising?
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And just like that the border opens (next Monday)
In a Ministerial press release, Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has announced Queensland borders will re-open to domestic hotspots from 1am, Monday December 13.
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Minister causing ‘serious and irreversible harm’ in State forests
North East Forest Alliance have accused the Ministers for Environment and Foresty, Matt Kean and Paul Toole, of dereliction of duty for failing to implement the minimal changes recommended by the Natural Resources Commission.
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Dunghutti artist wins Koori Mail Indigenous Art Award
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Dunghutti artist and elder Gus Kelly has won the first Koori Mail Indigenous Art Award with his powerful drawing Nobody Told Me There’d Be...
Science Goes Viral
Pedalling towards better health
A new study estimates that millions of lives could be extended if people rode bicycles rather than driving cars.
