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Union wants mandatory vaccination across the board
Representatives of NSW prison officers say they are demanding mandatory vaccinations be adopted across the NSW justice system, with the union saying inmates who refuse the jab should face the same public health restrictions unvaccinated members of the public do.
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COVID-19 updated venues of concern in Lismore and Goonellabah
Northern NSW Local Health District has been notified of a number of venues of concern in Lismore and Goonellabah, associated with a confirmed case of COVID-19 in the region.
Comedic paranoia
Despite Peter Olsen’s limitless comedic ability, perhaps it’s time for The Echo to curtail his paranoid multi conspiracy theories...
Printmakers make their mark at Tweed Regional Gallery
A new exhibition featuring the work of some of Australia’s leading printmakers has been installed and is ready to be enjoyed by visitors when the Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre reopens tomorrow.
Creatives feature in Lismore plan
Creative industries, climate resilience, building more homes and supporting a flourishing food sector are all aspirations within a 15-year vision for Lismore.
Bangalow’s modern baker
S Haslam
Being a baker in a modern town like Bangalow these days involves a lot more than getting up...
Lockdown cells
Michael Lyon, I understand you took the initiative to collaborate with neighbouring mayors in the Northern Rivers to address...
Stories about "Brunswick Heads parks":
Bruns Holiday parks
Dave Kolb, Brunswick Heads
The Crown Trust managers of our parks at Brunswick Heads are unsuitable managers of public parkland and here is why.
Recent statements...
Don’t be a tosser – pick it up and bin it
It may have looked pretty clean but the volunteers who launched the ‘Pick It Up and Bin It’ project at Banner Park in Brunswick on Saturday there was still plenty of rubbish to collect.
New gravel work at Bruns park puzzles locals
Luis Feliu
Brunswick Heads’ popular central park has suffered from recent hot and windy conditions, like most of the area, with its family-friendly grassed areas...
Bruns parks drying out, yet council has excess of re-use water
Alan Dickens, Mullumbimby. Byron shire's mayor Simon Richardson and council officer Phil Holloway know council has an excess of reuse water available: my suggestion is that the council water truck be used to transport and irrigate the Brunswick Heads parks, preferably in the early morning and late afternoon.
Cash-strapped council wants vollies to tart up park
Byron Shire Council has funded a controversial ‘upgrade’ of Brunswick Heads’ main street but when it comes to a much-needed make-over of a local park, it’s calling on residents to come to the rescue.
‘Pruned’ historic trees are memorial to kids
Patricia Warren, Brunswick Heads. Coastal Cypress pines at the Terrance Crown Reserve/caravan park were planted as a memorial to the primary school children who died during the Great Depression of a diphtheria epidemic that swept through Brunswick Valley.
Bruns tree-chopping plan ‘suspicious’
Patricia Warren, Brunswick Heads. Locals have every right to be highly suspicious of North Coast Accommodation Trust (NCAT) and its signing that the gum tree in Banner Park opposite the Brunswick Hotel is dangerous.
Majestic old tree faces the axe
The state agency charged with running public crown reserves and caravan parks at Brunswick Heads plans to chop down a historic gum tree in the middle of a popular park opposite the local pub.
Letters
Champion a cause
Delighted to read Dan Reade’s letter (September 1) calling for everyone to take a new cause to champion. I have it, it’s called true...
Local News
COVID-19 updated venues of concern in Lismore and Goonellabah
Northern NSW Local Health District has been notified of a number of venues of concern in Lismore and Goonellabah, associated with a confirmed case of COVID-19 in the region.
Local News
Second confirmed COVID case in Lismore
Acting Chief Executive Northern NSW Local Health District, Lynne Weir says there one new case of COVID-19 has been confirmed in a resident of the Northern NSW Local Health District.
Local News
Mandatory mask
Mandatory mask wearing is not working. Supermarkets can’t seem to enforce this, unfortunately. If like me, you see a young couple with two children...
