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Local hospitals performing above State average, quarterly report says
Hospitals in Northern NSW performed better than the state average despite recording a high number of emergency department (ED) attendances, according to the latest Bureau of Information (BHI) Healthcare Quarterly report.
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Big donation and new poetry competition for BR4R
Local community group Ballina Region for Refugees is having a big month, with a major anonymous donation amongst other news.
The housing crisis in regional Australia
As someone who rents a home, I’m frustrated with the lack of action on affordable housing. The debate has raged for years, yet the government buries its head in the sand.
Loft: top of the town
S Haslam
Winter doesn’t have to mean hibernation! Shake off those winter woolies and enjoy the best of town again.
Loft...
Celebrating 12 years of liberating food for those in need
Liberation Larder is located on Fletcher St Byron Bay behind the community centre and was founded in 2009 by Venerable Honu, a Buddhist nun, who recognised there were many people in our community struggling to make ends meet.
Grow yourself on a farm tour
S Haslam
The most memorable experiences, those that enrich our lives and take us in new directions, are often hands-on...
NPWS cancels meeting with traditional owners over hazard reduction burn
Local Minjungbal Indigenous leaders are asking the National Parks and Wildlife Service to consult with them over a planned hazard reduction burn at Billinudgel Nature Reserve but a scheduled meeting was cancelled by NPWS.
Stories about "Ballina Hot Meal Centre":
Ballina Hot Meal Centre volunteers very happy to be cooking again, with a new sponsor
Beatrice Gray, the coordinator of the Ballina Hot Meal Centre Inc said yesterday she was 'over the moon' that the Centre was up and running again thanks to a generous donation from Cherry Street Sports Club.
Local News
Celebrating 12 years of liberating food for those in need
Liberation Larder is located on Fletcher St Byron Bay behind the community centre and was founded in 2009 by Venerable Honu, a Buddhist nun, who recognised there were many people in our community struggling to make ends meet.
Local News
Will Multiple Occupancies rise again in Byron?
Paul Bibby - 0
Could Multiple Occupancy housing developments be reintroduced in the Byron Shire as a way of addressing the growing housing crisis?
Letters
Jailer Dutton
Paul Brecht, Evans Head
Peter Dutton, top jailer of poor refugees and kids, and now one very sick one, has spent $50 million of your hard...
Byron Echo
Is it really an MO? Or just a subdivision?
Ray Goodwin, MARRA
Ratepayers and residents are to eat dust, cooked in potholes on Blindmouth Road because of the road conditions and an approval for 12...
