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Science in the Pub, Lismore, 16 July

An engaging and informative Science in the Pub event is planned on Thursday, 16 July, from 5pm at Two Mates Brewing, South Lismore.
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Are retirement villages what Byron Bay needs?

Developer DD Resort Living is seeking community feedback until June 18 on its proposed retirement living development in Byron Bay.
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Lismore Council spruiks 150 projects since 2022 floods

A milestone of 150 projects has been reached since the 2022 disasters, says Lismore City Council.
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Putting their money where their mouth and conscience is

Climate action group Rising Tide say they will disrupt business at Tweed City ANZ today, as local long-term customers withdraw their life savings from the bank.
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Difficult times

We live in difficult times: so it’s good to know some things are certain; the sun will rise in...
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Douglas Dickie retires after 51 years as firefighter

As the bagpipes let out their mournful melody approaching Wandana Brewing, Douglas Dickie was celebrated for his 51 years of service in fire brigades from Scotland to Australia.
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More comes out on Byron and Mullum pools saga

The problem with Byron Shire councillors making decisions in confidential sessions ‘behind closed doors’ is that no-one knows what really happened apart from those in the room.
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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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Six dwellings proposed on flood-prone Mullum block

The Echo - 0
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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Mullum Scout Hall fire overnight

Aslan Shand - 0
At 1.45am this morning the NSW Fire and Rescue Mullumbimby Station 388 Sans and Brunswick Station 240 were called to a fire at the Mullumbimby Scout Hall.
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Expansion on farmland around Tweed Valley Hospital opposed

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Residents are holding firm against a proposal to develop State Significant Farmland (SSF) near the Tweed Valley Hospital at Cudgen, after the Northern Regional Planning Panel (NRPP) held a public meeting on Friday 19 June around the Planning Proposal for Cudgen Connection (PP-2023-2669-Cudgen Connection).
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E-bikes destroyed by police in Tweed

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Thirty-five e-bikes that were seized during police operations near Tweed Heads have been destroyed, say police.
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