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From border to border – an ocean pools odyssey
Three women on a mission plan to ride their eBikes along the NSW Coast from the Victorian border to the Queensland border and visit ocean pools on the way in a quest to raise money for three deserving charities.
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Happiness
Mick woke up this morning to a great epiphany. So, we’ve decided to forget all our activism, we’re going...
The Lord and that ‘dance’
Two things happened during the last week that perfectly illustrate the federal government’s position on religious discrimination in Australia.
Can you volunteer to help Friends of the Koala in Lismore?
Lismore’s Friends of the Koala have been on the frontline of saving koalas for many long years and are looking for volunteers to help them keep the species alive.
Hospitals under strain
With ever increasing pressure on health services across the nation and locally, how are health staff coping – and are there enough ICU beds and ventilators to cope with the ongoing surge in COVID-19 cases?
Casino’s winning tap water ways
Yesterday Casino was announced as the winner of the Water Industry Operators Association of Australia’s Ixom 2021 Best Tasting Tap Water in Australia competition.
Lismore Women’s Festival cancelled
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis that is sweeping NSW and other states in Australia the Lismore Women’s Festival has been cancelled.
Stories about "Australian Institute of Sport":
AIS looks at medications and supplements
The Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) is holding the inaugural National Summit on Medications and Supplements in Sport in Canberra.
O’Grady suspended from ‘Best of the Best’
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Australian cyclist Stuart O’Grady was today suspended indefinitely from the Australian Institute of Sport’s (AIS) ‘Best of the Best’ honour list following his admission...
Boxing Australia Futures Camp at the AIS
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Boxing Australia assembled 18 of Australia’s best young boxers into a week-long camp at the Australian Institute of Sport.
The squad includes 15-year-old Nikita Tszyu,...
Local News
COVID update for January 24
Dr Kerry Chant spoke to the media this morning with a COVID update saying that in terms of our hospitals, we've currently got 2,816 People in hospital including 196 People in ICU, of whom 69 are ventilated.
Science Goes Viral
TGA grants provisional approval to oral COVID-19 treatments
At last, some good news on the COVID front: the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has provisionally approved the first oral antiviral treatments for COVID-19.
Byron Echo
Free Skills for Recovery course available
Byron Community College say they have received NSW Government funding as part of the Skills for Recovery initiative.
Byron Echo
Daintree buyback sees more forest retained
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Over the last two-and-a-half years, the Mullumbimby based Rainforest 4 Foundation has had a mission to buy back parts of the Daintree Lowland Rainforest that were subdivided for sale in the 1980s.
