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Mick woke up this morning to a great epiphany. So, we’ve decided to forget all our activism, we’re going...
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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...
Editorial: Dear Committee Secretariat
The federal Standing Committee on Communications and the Arts has commenced a new inquiry into Australia’s regional newspapers (print...
Disaster prevention pledge welcomed
The Australian Local Government Association (ALGA) has welcomed a pre-election commitment from Federal Labor to invest up to $200 million per year in disaster prevention and resilience.
TreadLightly on the planet by recycling school shoes
Most Aussie parents know how quickly kids either grow out or wear out of school shoes. They either get handed down or thrown in the rubbish – adding to the millions of shoes that end up in landfill each year
Localisation shines as supply chains weaken
While Coles and Woolworths struggle with supply chain issues caused by the Omicron outbreak, local farmer’s markets and independent food retailers appear to be coming into their own.
NSW COVID update on COVID deaths – vax stats and comorbidities
NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet again opened his COVID update with condolences to families who have lost loved ones, and thanks to the ‘inspirational work of our health workers'.
Stories about "Australian Vaccination-skeptics Network (AVN)":
Pandemic or Plandemic – what is the value of a vaccine?
Given that vaccines are among the best methods that medicine has for controlling viral disease it might seem surprising that so many are opposed to their use on a fundamental level. Especially surprising in the midst of a global p(l)andemic.
Anti-vaxxers are like climate deniers
Warren Kennedy, Mullumbimby.
Meryl Dorey’s piece AVN replies to Mandy Nolan’s Soap Box demonstrates that deniers of climate change and vaccinations have much in common....
Anti-vaxxer group forced to produce fundraising records
Bangalow-based anti-vaccination group the Australian Vaccination-skeptics Network (AVN) will be forced to produce records of its fundraising activities as part of a Fair Trading investigation confirmed last week.
Byron Echo
Boat people we are
We here in this country, now called Australia, need to be reminded that we started off as ‘boat people’.
The First Fleet arrived (including my...
Byron Echo
Israel and Palestine
As an apologist for Israel, Michael Burd (Letters, 12 January) conveniently ignores the harsh truth of Israel’s brutal oppression, while claiming there are two...
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Greens Mandy Nolan to hold community forum in support of nurses and paramedics
Locally and across the state nurses, and paramedics are struggling in the face of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic as they are being asked to do double shifts and manage effectively in health system that is struggling to cope. This has led to an increasing number of nurses and paramedics resigning.
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NSW COVID update on COVID deaths – vax stats and comorbidities
NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet again opened his COVID update with condolences to families who have lost loved ones, and thanks to the ‘inspirational work of our health workers'.
