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Rally calls for ceasefire
A small but staunch group gathered at Main Beach Byron on Saturday to put their voices behind a call for a ceasefire in Palestine and an end to the Israel-Hamas war.
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What if?
The purpose of increasing interest rates as a ‘blunt instrument’ to lower inflation, is simply to take disposable income...
Fire ant update in the Tweed
There were information sessions this morning for local businesses and industry members impacted by the detection of Red Imported Fire Ants (RIFA) at South Murwillumbah, with the opportunity to find out more information about the strategy that the Department of Primary Industries (DPI) are using to contain and eradicate the fire ants.
Rally calls for ceasefire
A small but staunch group gathered at Main Beach Byron on Saturday to put their voices behind a call for a ceasefire in Palestine and an end to the Israel-Hamas war.
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
Years before he would become the tyrannical President of Panem, 18-year-old Coriolanus Snow (Tom Blyth) is the last hope for his fading lineage, a once-proud family that has fallen from grace in a post-war Capitol.
Industrial relations reform bill passes parliament
New industrial relations laws have passed NSW parliament today, which the government says will create the structure needed to deliver meaningful improvements to wages and conditions for hundreds and thousands of workers in the state.
Country Witches are coming!
Historically, difficult women have been outlawed and called witches. That’s been the fate of ordinary women with extraordinary voices – women like singer/songwriter Áine Tyrrell and comedian Mandy Nolan.
Stories about "burial":
Ballina council to search for natural burial ground
Ballina shire councillors have agreed to assess potential sites for a natural burial ground, just weeks after Byron shire council staff reported issues with a proposed site.
Byron’s natural burial ground moves closer
Land adjacent to the Brunswick Valley Sewage Treatment Plant just outside Mullumbimby will be investigated as a possible site for Byron’s first sustainable burial ground.
Support for natural burial grounds sought
Zenith Virago from the NSW Charity, The Natural Death Care Centre, is seeking support from those wishing to be buried in a Byron natural burial ground.
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First West Byron DA pushes planning rules
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Plans for the first major residential development within the West Byron urban release area feature nearly a dozen breaches of planning and environmental protection rules and should not be approved, Byron Council staff say.
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Primary schools celebrate post-flood work completion
A mere 22 months since the catastrophic flooding which caused widespread devastation across the Northern Rivers, a major rebuild and upgrades have been completed at two impacted primary schools
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Pub’s live music under pressure
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Just two weeks after NSW Minister for Music and the Night-time Economy, John Graham, released ‘Vibrancy Reforms’ to ‘encourage businesses to innovate and put on live performance by giving them certainty’, the Eltham Hotel had noise restrictions placed on them by Liquor and Gaming NSW.
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Mandy Nolans Soapbox: Peace Today Peace Tomorrow
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Why is peace so hard? As the assault on Gaza resumes I am reminded of the quote by Albert Einstein: ‘Peace cannot be kept by force, it can only be achieved by understanding’.
