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Koalas
Don’t rely on any regime to save anything that’s endangered because their mates the miners and developers pay them...
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The humpbacks are heading north
Multiple pods of whales have been spotted off the coast from Seal Rocks to Coffs Harbour in recent days as the northern migration humpback plods its way to warmer waters.
Nakba
Saturday, 13 May marked the 75th anniversary of the founding of the state of apartheid Israel and no doubt...
Political comment: Much ado about housing
PM Anthony Albanese was back on the international stage this weekend, on the sidelines of the G7 in Hiroshima, but a housing minefield awaits him at home, with the government finding few friends for its proposed Housing Australia Future Fund.
Floodplain cynic
It has been like riding on the back of a bumblebee in the attempt to find sweet nectar and...
Ongoing challenges in RVC’s draft budget
Richmond Valley Council says the Draft Operational Plan 2023-2024 acknowledges the challenges ahead, while maintaining vital community services.
Garden waste guru speaks tomorrow
The inventor of the globally renowned in-ground residential composting system, Subpod, has returned home to Byron Bay for a short stay before he embarks on a collaboration with a global company to take his latest project, WastePlant, around the world.
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Local students receive recognition for their achievements
The 15th annual Nanga Mai awards, held virtually yesterday, celebrate the achievements of Aboriginal students and the continued commitment and accomplishments of Aboriginal and...
Byron High School play, June 25–28
Byron Bay High School is hosting its third annual theatre production, presented by the Year 11 drama class.
Indigenous students recognised for academic achievements
Indigenous students from Ballina and Byron Bay receive recognition for their outstanding academic achievements at a Sydney ceremony.
War Crimes: creating identity
Year 11 drama students from Byron Bay High School (BBHS) are excited to be bringing their powerful production of Angela Betzien’s War Crimes to the stage.
Byron and Mullum students build homes in Cambodia
Earlier this year Byron Bay High School student members of Volunteer Building Cambodia handed over the keys to two new homes they helped to build in a rural village there. Not to be outdone, Mullum High students are fundraising for two more.
Government’s Gonski commitments in question
Northern NSW-based Nationals MLC Ben Franklin has announced an increase in needs-based funding for three high schools in the Ballina electorate but parents are still questioning the government’s commitment to the so-called Gonski reforms.
Students shine at ValleyFest
North coast public primary schools wowed a partisan crowd on Wednesday night with some excellent performances at ValleyFest, a biannual singing, dancing and acting extravaganza held at Byron Bay High School.
Teens charged over Byron Bay school break-in
Four teenagers have been charged over last month's break-in at Byron Bay High School where HSC student artworks was damaged.
Byron HSC students’ art works vandalised
Police are appealing for help in trying to track down the vandals who broke into Byron Bay High School at the weekend and smashed art works of students preparing for their Higher School Certificate (HSC).
Littering around Byron Bay High School
Ayesha Salazar, Byron Bay. It is distressing and disconcerting to see the beautiful trails surrounding Byron Bay High School, littered with plastic bottles, aluminum cans, snacks wrapping, foil and rubbish of all kind.
Byron Echo
Posturing politicians
While Greens in the Senate endure the irony of being pilloried by the government for speaking passionately about social justice and housing, Patricia Warren’s...
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National Reconciliation Week starts tomorrow
National Reconciliation Week (NRW) is a time for all Australians to learn about our shared histories, cultures, and achievements, and to explore how each of us can contribute to achieving reconciliation in Australia.
Byron Echo
Thank you from the top of our heads to the bottom of our well-dressed feet
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Saturday's annual Bell & Ford vintage clothes garage sale fundraiser for the SHIFT Project was an incredible success with $36,500 being raised at the Byron Surf Club – this year’s effort was up about $7,500 on the last event.
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Labor Government committed to the demerger of Murwillumbah Education Campus
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The significant issue of a merger of several Murwillumbah schools has been ongoing since 2020 when the then State Government announced via Sarah Mitchell MP that four public schools would be amalgamated into a single Kindergarten to Year 12 campus at Murwillumbah High.
