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Greens urged to back pathway to end native forest logging

Some of NSW’s most respected and long-standing forest campaigners and scientists have today urged the Greens not to support the Nationals' attempt to disallow the Improved Native Forest Management (INFM) method.
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Byron Bay fights for its low-rise character as 16m to 21m height breaches loom

Urgent questions are being raised about Byron Bay’s future as the NSW government increasingly uses fast-tracked planning pathways that can allow major developments to bypass or vary local planning controls, including height limits, raising concerns about how Byron’s unique character, built environment, and community expectations will be protected.
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Need a little free legal advice?

Lawyers from Tyndall & Co say they will provide free legal advice covering most areas of law including domestic violence, elder abuse and visa issues at their upcoming Pro Bono Cafe in Byron.
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Byron Writers Fest

Like everyone else, I am still bathing in the warm inner glow and sanctuary of being surrounded by like-minded...
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Mullum CWA celebrates 100 years

The Mullumbimby Country Women’s Association has played a pivotal role in the local community for the last 100 years.
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Rally against changes to RDT laws at Queensland Parliament House

The Legalise Cannabis Queensland Party (LCQ) and its members are up in arms about the proposed changes to Roadside Drug Testing (RDT) that are destined to pass into law by a majority LNP government.
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It’s Scam Awareness Week

Quick thinking and strong scams awareness from a bank branch manager has prevented a woman from losing almost $10,000 to an impersonation scam.
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Horror day for Tasmanian forests and wildlife

National News The Echo - 0
Environmentalists have described yesterday’s detonation of more than 20 ‘regeneration burns’ in Tasmania’s forests as a day of horror for the Tasmanian wilds.
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Australian environmentalists of the year recognised

National News The Echo - 0
Australia’s leading environmentalists for 2025 have been recognised by the Bob Brown Foundation at its annual event in Hobart.
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Stadiums, health and extinction on the ballot in Tasmania, as majors race to the bottom

Articles & Columns David Lowe - 8
Just over a year since its last state election, Tasmania is about to return to the polls, as the beautiful but troubled island state sinks further into debt and dysfunction.
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6,000 people rally to vote salmon out

Federal election The Echo - 3
Yesterday, more than 6,000 people gathered on Parliament Lawns in Hobart for Bob Brown Foundation's rally to vote salmon out.
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A vote to destroy forests?

National News The Echo - 8
The Bob Brown Foundation says that a federal Liberal government, if elected, would deliver more forest killing-fields, global heating and climate pollution.
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Huon pine destruction in Tasmania

National News The Echo - 4
Bob Brown Foundation says dramatic photos of burnt and collapsed Huon pines beside Takayna’s Harman River put the lie to the Rockliff government’s claim that 'high-conservation stands of ancient trees have been confirmed to be intact and undamaged by the bushfires impacting Tasmania’s rugged West Coast.'
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Bob Brown to join Mandy Nolan in Murwillumbah

Local News The Echo - 4
Mandy Nolan will be talking to former Greens leader Bob Brown in Murwillumbah on Friday, February 21 to look at the issues Mandy will be working on if she is elected.
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Forest forum in federal parliament

Federal election The Echo - 4
A delegation of forest campaigners, scientists and activists brought the plight of forests and wildlife to federal parliament yesterday.
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Australians welcome decision not to extradite Paul Watson to Japan

National News The Echo - 6
Environmentalists around Australia and the world are celebrating Denmark’s decision not to extradite Captain Paul Watson from a Danish prison in Greenland to Japan, former Greens leader Bob Brown said in Tasmania last night.
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Thousands rally for native forest protection nationwide

National News The Echo - 5
Yesterday, more than 7,000 people at rallies across Australia issued an urgent call to the country’s politicians to protect native forests and immediately end native forest logging.
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Local News

Ballina Council makes decision on Ross Lane

David Lowe - 0
With the absence of all four of its progressive councillors for various reasons, Ballina Council pushed ahead with its agenda at yesterday's monthly meeting, including a decision which is likely to close Ross Lane for months while the road is upgraded.
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Mullumbimby puts new governance models first, and now wants to build it

The Echo - 0
Imagine Northern Rivers says Mullumbimby is the only community across the region to rank new models of governance and decision-making as the number one element of its preferred future, and last week locals gathered to work out how to make it real.
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Appeal to locate man missing from Broadwater

The Echo - 0
Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate a local missing man.
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Katie Milne responds to Tweed’s draft housing and employment strategy

The Echo - 0
The former mayor of Tweed Shire Council, Kate Milne, has shared her submission to Tweed's Draft Growth Management Housing & Employment Strategy.
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