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Mud benda rant
Regarding last week’s Splendour Festival and all the ‘haters’ out there. I took along a few seriously fun-deprived teenage...
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The COVID-19 Booster: Latest news from the pandemic
The COVID-19 Booster is Cosmos Magazine’s weekly shot of the latest research, news and data from the pandemic.
Tragedy of the commons
The tragedy of the commons refers to a situation in which individuals with access to a public resource (also...
A voice for koalas: Vale Olivia Newton-John
The Rainforest Information Centre has expressed its deep condolences to the family and close friends of Olivia Newton-John who was literally the voice of the koala.
OS Community Garden launches food stall
Members of the Shara Community Gardens gathered on July 31 to launch their new food exchange stall on Shara...
Flat Earth Byron councillors
In face of the facts, an approval of the development application (DA) for a basement car park in Brunswick...
Council: Goonellabah park not available for pods
Tuesday’s debate in the Lismore Council chambers was mostly about the community’s need for open, green space for sport and recreation balanced against the need for places to live.
Stories about "Birds":
Fly free from toxic chemical use
From the days of the dinosaurs, birds have been an integral part of our world. People have always watched and listened to them and members of a wise culture would also be learning from them. But are we?
Dead seabirds litter Byron coastline
Sections of the the Australian coastline are currently littered with the bodies of dead or dying seabirds as the annual migration of shearwaters continues.
Motorbike track ‘will harm bird life’
Concerns have been raised over the potential impacts that a proposed dirt motorcycle track on Murwillumbah’s former landfill site would have on several rare bird species living in an adjacent wetland.
Letters
Autocracy or democracy for Byron Shire?
The New Yorker Magazine recently wrote a quote from Mr Rupert Murdoch ‘The truth is authoritarian governments do work!’ Hold that thought.
It has been...
Byron Echo
Criminalising protest
In another Sstate government descent into criminalising protest, to protect their own government’s sabotage of a liveable planet, last Thursday new laws were passed...
Byron Echo
Mullum pods
First, Hans Lovejoy’s article ‘emergency wedged’ was educational, factual and provided valuable information to the community. Michele Grant’s letter (27 July) was emotive overgeneralisations...
Local News
Flood residents get $650 from Lismore Council
Lismore City Mayor Steve Krieg today announced that 1,558 residents will receive a grant of $650 from the Lismore Flood Appeal.
