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‘Hollywood’ drug squads over the top
I guess we have to thank Hollywood for the enduring myth that a black-clad squad of elite 'blokes', preferably with cool helicopters, from the capital are needed to crack down on really serious crime in hick parts of the country like Mullumbimby.
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Interview with Michael Balson, creator of Ocean to Sky
Local filmmaker helps tell the story of Edmund Hillary’s last adventure, in the film, Ocean to Sky
The lunatics have taken over the asylum…
The Zombies of the Climate ApoCOALpse have today swarmed around Queensland's Parliament House this morning to highlight impending climate chaos.
Local fisherfolk caught in the parking fine net
FIsherfolk have been caught in the net of parking fines designed to stop travellers parking up for the night on the Tweed Coast Road and they are seeking help to access their beaches at night without fines.
Community bar – not
Liz Levy, Suffolk Park
I couldn’t believe what I was reading in The Echo: a plan to turn an ‘iconic’...
Entertainment in the Byron Shire and beyond for the week beginning 24 February, 2021
Entertainment in the Byron Shire and beyond for the week beginning 24 February, 2021
Letting the love light SHINE in Lismore
A discovery focused light festival in August hopes to attract locals and visitors to Lismore.
Stories about "biobanking":
Byron Shire Council accused of maladministration over bypass
A formal complaint of maladministration by Byron Shire Council over the management of the Byron bypass process and implementation has been lodged with BSC’s general manager, Mark Arnold.
Former mayor Jan Barham WARNS Bypass Biodiversity destruction – ACT NOW
Byron Shire’s proud history of requiring developers to deliver high standards for biodiversity assessment is undermined by Council’s biobanking approval for the Byron bypass.
Local News
Local fisherfolk caught in the parking fine net
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FIsherfolk have been caught in the net of parking fines designed to stop travellers parking up for the night on the Tweed Coast Road and they are seeking help to access their beaches at night without fines.
National News
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.
Sport
Cavanbah centre gets a taste of 3×3 basketball
The Byron Beez basketball team in collaboration with the U League hosted a 3x3 tournament at the Cavanbah centre at the end of January that attracted 30 teams.
Local News
Northern Rivers policeman accused of youth assault acquitted
Magistrate Michael Dakin has ordered a common assault charge against a former Byron-based policeman be dropped after an altercation involving a naked youth in Byron Bay three years ago.
