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Casino Suspension Bridge opens

Minister For Small Business, Recovery and North Coast Janelle Saffin joined Mayor Robert Mustow and Member for Page Kevin Hogan to officially opening the Casino Suspension Bridge today (Saturday).
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Six dwellings proposed on flood-prone Mullum block

Six units are proposed at the eastern end of New City Road, Mullumbimby, on a site that was inundated during the 2022 floods. Submitted by Duncan Band's Kollective, Development Application (DA) 10.2026.269.1 at 73 New City Road is on public exhibition with Byron Shire Council, and sits within the Shire's flood planning area.
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LettersSean Houlahan, Booyong - 0

Booyong Abattoir II

The ongoing discussion surrounding the Booyong Abattoir is about more than a single DA application. It raises broader questions...
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Byron EchoAnnie Radermacher, Brunswick Heads - 0

Sustainable infrastructure

I attended the last Byron Council meeting – thanks to the community members who were able to come. The frustration...
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Monk’s meditation and ceremonies return to Crystal Castle

During the Gyuto Monks’ stay they will conduct daily programs from 10.30am to 4.30pm which include meditation, multiphonic chanting, Buddhist talks, tantric art classes, and empowerment ceremonies, all included in the general admission price to Crystal Castle precinct.
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Floodland

Local filmmaker Darius Devas is bringing Floodland – winner of the Sustainable Futures Award at the Sydney Film Festival – to Mullumbimby, for one night only.
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Local NewsAslan Shand - 0

Eleven winners at Byron Bay Herb Nursery

The Byron Bay Herb Nursery continues to create constructive pathways to achievement with twelve students from Byron Bay Herb Nursery’s disability support program recently graduating with a Certificate II in Horticulture.
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Stories about "ban":

NSW Labor government accused of misusing power as protest ban extended

Local News The Echo - 0
Public criticism has been quick to come in response to Tuesday’s NSW Police Commissioner announcement of an extension to a Public Assembly Restriction Declaration first issued Christmas Eve.
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GPs say social media ban no silver bullet

National News The Echo - 0
The Royal Australian College of GPs (RACGP) has supported the Social Media Minimum Age obligation requiring social media platforms to prevent children under 16 from creating accounts from today, although it notes harmful content will still be accessible.
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BBF supports ban on industrial fishing in Antarctica

National News The Echo - 2
In the 21st century we have come to realise just how important the health of our oceans and seas are, and the Bob Brown Foundation has backed an international call for a ban on industrial fishing in Antarctica.
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Minns government welcomes engineered stone importation ban

National News The Echo - 3
The NSW government has welcomed the ban on the importation of engineered stone products from today, 1 January 2025, to protect the future health and safety of workers.
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Mobile phones banned in public high schools

Local News The Echo - 2
Today is the beginning of a new-old era when mobile phones didn’t exist, at least in NSW public schools – students in public high schools across the state must have their mobile phones turned off and out of sight from today.
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Queensland bans single-use plastic

Local News The Echo - 0
On Friday Queensland began a ban on single-use plastics in a bid to better protect the environment from plastic litter.
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NCC urges NSW to follow Victoria’s gas ban lead  

Local News The Echo - 11
Following Friday's announcement that Victoria will ban gas connection to new homes from January 1, 2024,  the Nature Conservation Council of New South Wales (NCC), is urging NSW to follow their lead.  
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Victoria to ban gas connection to all new homes

National News Eve Jeffery - 6
Conservationists and the healthcare workers industry are just two sectors of the community overjoyed about the news that the Victorian government will ban gas connections to new houses from January 1 next year.
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Federal Labor tightens procurement regs on consultancy firms, as PwC scandal deepens

Byron Echo Hans Lovejoy - 3
With the revelations that large consultancy firm, PwC, had misused government information for commercial gain, The Echo asked local federal MP, Justine Elliot, whether she supports a ‘royal commission into the consulting industry and to formally ban firms that breach legal and ethical standards?’ 
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Byron Echo

Byron’s Winter Whales raise $43,000

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The Byron Bay Winter Whales (BBWW) took to the ocean for the 39th time this year on the first Sunday of May and raised $43,000 for local organisations and charities.
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Byron Echo

When it comes to real estate, everyone can use an advocate

David Lowe - 0
With 45 years combined experience across both sales and property management, husband and wife team Mark and Michelle Errichiello have recently moved to the Northern Rivers and teamed up with Byron Property Search to provide advocacy services for people looking to buy or sell across the region.
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Savour The Tweed returns, 22 October

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Food and drink event, Savour The Tweed, returns to excite tastebuds this spring, from Wednesday 22 October to Sunday 26 October.
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Conservationists welcome carbon credit scheme to protect forests

The Echo - 0
Today’s release of the government’s proposed Improved Native Forest Method, which allows governments to claim carbon credits in return for stopping logging has been welcomed by the North East Forest Alliance and North Coast Environment Council as "providing a way to end native forest logging on public land".
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