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Forum to address housing emergency, March 8
A grassroots movement is bringing women, community and art together on International Women’s Day (March 8) in an urgent push to solve the local housing emergency.
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Belongil beach hut
L S Lambert, Byron Bay
The illegal building on Belongil Beach (Letters, 12 February) is a permanent structure with no...
Ballina Dragon Boaters win world championships
Shelley Cornish from Tintenbar has won two gold medals in the world indoor rowing championships as well as a world record time, while husband Paul Hurley chimed in with a silver medal.
So you think you’d like to run for Council?
Residents considering running for Tweed Council can attend briefing sessions to find out about being a councillor ahead of local government elections.
Bringing down the heat in our ‘hood
How well we survive the future depends on our vision for our towns and suburbs – and on how we bring that vision about.
Motion to save Lennox pavilion fails
Ballina Cr Eoin Johnston's attempt to save the seventy year old weather shed at Lennox Head went down at council's meeting yesterday, attracting only one other councillor's support.
Family Court scrapped
Despite overwhelming opposition from Australia’s family law specialists and advocates, the federal Liberal-Nationals government and cross benchers scrapped the Family Law Court and subsumed it into the circuit courts last week.
Stories about "Belle Hendrik":
A smoking dish of soul-searing, hip-grinding blues
The Propellers are a local northern rivers band made up of some of the finest musos in the area.
Music history made in front of your eyes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzX3RBnIuNk
The dawn of a new era begins next Saturday when Upper Main Arm’s Kohinur Hall hosts the first of the North Coast Songwriters Group...
Local News
Bangalow blackspot puts school children at risk
Paul Bibby - 0
Will action ever be taken to protect school kids getting on and off the bus on Lismore Road, Bangalow as trucks fly by at 80km/h?
Local News
Lifting the lid on plans to build a retirement village in Ewingsdale
Paul Bibby - 0
The letter sent to the residents of Ewingsdale last year by holiday park owner Ingenia seemed fairly innocuous at first glance...
Local News
Byron’s new road: the good and not so
After more than 30 years of talk, debate, disagreements, tears and political gridlock, Byron Bay has a new road to divert traffic from the CBD to the southern end of town.
Byron Echo
Interview with Janet Swain
Janet Swain is 14. She’s in love with the tragic and brilliant cellist Jacquleine DuPré. But one day her mother arrives home with a bassoon.
