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Northern Rivers Animal Services needs helpers
Ballina-based animal welfare organisation Northern Rivers Animal Services Inc is on the lookout for cat-lovers to help at their cat cottage, and foster carers for both dogs and cats.
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Interview with Tex Perkins
It is understandably difficult to pull together a coherent picture of Tex Perkins – a man whose career has included everything from the lilting, dark country of the Dark Horses, to the hard-edged and snarling pub rock of the Beasts Of Bourbon, through to the evocative soundscapes of the Cruel Sea and beyond...
Psychedelic medical trials to begin
A new clinical trial exploring the impact of psychedelic medicines on brain activity has come a step closer to fruition, after being partially funded and granted ethics approval.
RATs to the rescue: understanding our transition to rapid antigen testing
At-home testing kits herald a new phase of pandemic management – but how do they work?
Pivoting quickly from the...
Man dead after Lismore stabbing
NSW Police say a man has died, and two others have been injured, following a stabbing in Lismore overnight.
Southern Cross University awarded almost $2 million for innovative research
Southern Cross University has received more than $1.94 million in government funding for innovative research at the institution.
Lismore Council votes in Cr Peter Colby as the new Deputy Mayor
The new Lismore Council met last night for the first time and one of the first orders of business was to elect a Deputy Mayor. The position will be held until September this year.
Stories about "Byron Bay rugby union":
Stage set for local league finals – Ballina Sea Eagles the team to beat
The Ballina Sea Eagles have emerged from the COVID-ravaged 2020 Northern Rivers Rural Rugby League local competition as the team to beat, with the grandfinal looming on October 18.
Byron Bay sink Bangalow to claim local rugby derby
Byron Bay Rugby Union have gone to the top of the competition ladder after beating rivals Bangalow 20–17.
The top-of-the-table clash was hard fought and...
Much-loved Byron Rugby 7s celebrate 25th year
The colourful Byron Bay Rugby Union – Rugby 7s Tournament, along with some superb running rugby, is likely to feature a ref in penguin costume and a spot of streaking.
Byron one win away from grand final
Byron Bay rugby are one win away from the First Grade Grand Final after ending the season of five-time champions Lennox Head on Saturday.
Union final begins on Bay’s Ladies Day
Peter Griffin
The much-anticipated final-round clash between Byron Bay rugby and the Lennox Head Trojans has taken on added significance in the race to the...
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Free KYUP! Project workshops
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Empowering our next generation to value and champion their safety and well being through self-worth and self-defence is the mission of the KYUP Project who are running free workshops in the Northern Rivers today and tomorrow.
Byron Echo
Renew Fest hosts May vigil for grief
Renew Fest will host a weekend-long Vigil For Grief in May 2022, and will return with the festival itself in 2023.
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BoM tsunami warning for the NSW Coastline
The State Emergency Service (SES) has issued a tsunami warning as a result of an eruption of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apa in the Tongan Islands at 3.10pm AEDT yesterday, Saturday, January 15.
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Man dead after Lismore stabbing
NSW Police say a man has died, and two others have been injured, following a stabbing in Lismore overnight.
