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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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Liberal candidate for Tweed Council James Owen seeks ‘for better outcomes for our community’
James Owen is a Liberal Party candidate from Casuarina who has served on the Tweed Shire Council for five...
Time to ride the election cycle
Bicycle advocacy is vanishingly rare in our community. Amid all the noise about net zero, my search for bicycle advocate candidates to vote for on Saturday only turned up vague references to ‘reducing our reliance on cars’ and ‘increasing public transport connectivity’. The closest thing to policy was: ‘It’s time to create bike paths all over the Shire.’
New COVID exposure site on the Gold Coast
Queensland Health says that a public health alert is being issued for contact tracing locations on the Gold Coast.
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I wanted to give credit where it is due and thank the editor for the preferences article, which I...
James McKenzie runs for Tweed Shire Council
James McKenzie is running as an ungrouped candidate running in the upcoming Tweed Council election and is from Eungella.
Last mayoral candidates Q and A: are you a landlord?
Here at The Echo we have seen and heard the word ‘housing’ come up time and again throughout the local government election campaign period, whether it’s from candidates or other voters.
Stories about "Ballina Mayor":
Keith Williams announces Labor team for Ballina
Ballina Cr Keith Williams has announced his team for the much-delayed local government elections in December, in which he hopes to become mayor. This time he's running on an ALP ticket, and not as an independent.
Independent councillor brings Dunoon Dam into Ballina mayoral campaign
‘I think I’ve done my apprenticeship,’ independent Ballina Shire Councillor Sharon Cadwallader says after seventeen years in the role and announcing her intention to run for mayor.
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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.
