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COVID-19 updated venues of concern in Lismore and Goonellabah
Northern NSW Local Health District has been notified of a number of venues of concern in Lismore and Goonellabah, associated with a confirmed case of COVID-19 in the region.
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State gov’t services failing to keep up with regional population growth, says independent Ballina councillor
Cr Cadwallader told The Echo on Thursday she’d be asking council staff to pursue the matter of policing resources in the shire after last month winning majority council support to pressure the government on the future of Lennox Head Public School.
Goonellabah drive-thru COVID testing this weekend at GSAC
With the community in lockdown, Lismore City Council says it is important for to get tested for COVID-19, even if you only have the mildest of symptoms.
Second confirmed COVID case in Lismore
Acting Chief Executive Northern NSW Local Health District, Lynne Weir says there one new case of COVID-19 has been confirmed in a resident of the Northern NSW Local Health District.
Confirmed COVID-19 case in Goonellabah
A local case of COVID-19 has been confirmed in the Lismore area.
Lockdown cells
Michael Lyon, I understand you took the initiative to collaborate with neighbouring mayors in the Northern Rivers to address...
COVID venues of concern at Evans Head and Lismore
Three new venues of concern have been added to the list of COVID-19 venues of concern following a student...
Stories about "Award":
Bangalow Music Festival nominated for award
APRA AMCOS has just announced the nominations for this year's Art Music Awards and the Bangalow Music Festival is a finalist in the category – Award for Excellence in a Regional Area.
Local poet’s raw honesty rewarded
Local Lismore poet Peter Mitchell's collection Conspiracy of Skin was Highly Recommended at the Australian Centre Literary Awards last month.
Maddy’s a winner for wildlife
A year 6 student from Bangalow Public school has been getting up to award-winning extracurricular activities and making life better for koalas and humans.
Lismore’s solar farm wins Climate Council award
Several local councils were yesterday awarded top honours for their work on the climate change frontline, at the inaugural Cities Power Partner Summit Awards
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Second confirmed COVID case in Lismore
Acting Chief Executive Northern NSW Local Health District, Lynne Weir says there one new case of COVID-19 has been confirmed in a resident of the Northern NSW Local Health District.
Local News
Mandatory mask
Mandatory mask wearing is not working. Supermarkets can’t seem to enforce this, unfortunately. If like me, you see a young couple with two children...
Letters
Mechanism of so much destructive economic policy re ‘la covida’, IMF
The IMF (US controlled, unelected) offered governments $650 billion in Special Drawing Rights, to buffer losses caused by economic suicide policies, which read like...
Byron Echo
Police arrest 32 in protests across the state
Police say they have prevented the mass gathering of people in various locations across NSW, arresting 32 people and issuing 265 Penalty Infringement Notices in a coordinated and mobile response to planned protest activity.
