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Benefits of microplastic
I loved Hannah Grace’s fanciful letter about sprinkling young men and boys with microplastic dust to lower the sperm...
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Splendour found in the brass
The sound of music has well and truly returned to our schools, following the eerie silence of the pandemic.
Basketballers head to the Cavanbah Centre for carnival
Byron Bay Basketball Association held their senior carnival at the Cavanbah Centre last weekend in preparation for hosting Sunshine...
Liberal councillors walk out during Tweed mayoral election
Yesterday Liberal councillors James Owen and Rhiannon Brinsmead walked out of the extraordinary Tweed Shire Council meeting in protest against the way the Mayor of Tweed Shire is elected.
Options explored to save Bruns native habitat
Byron Council could seek federal government intervention in a last-ditch effort to protect a pocket of precious bushland in Brunswick Heads from development.
Cinema: The mutants are back!
They’re teenagers and they’re mutants! The turtles that rose to fame in the 80s are back (again) in the 2023 edition of reptilian ninjas – this chapter is computer-animated and ready for kick-butt fun.
Car crashes through door at Ballina Coles
Yesterday (Tuesday, 20 September) a vehicle crashed into the Ballina Coles supermarket. The elderly driver was accompanied by a male passenger.
Stories about "Byron Rugby Club":
Byron Rebels set up grand final double header
A last-gasp penalty goal from the Byron Shire Rebels got them a 20–19 win in last Saturday’s first-grade rugby union semi-final against Casuarina.
It also...
Lennox Head Trojans win rugby final
Far North Coast Rugby came to an end for 2020 on the weekend, with Lennox Head claiming the first-grade premiership with a dominating finals run.
Comp leaders triumph in local rugby derby
Byron Bay Rugby continued their unbeaten form by defeating the Bangalow Rebels 22–8 in a night game held last Thursday under lights at Alby...
Rosebank arson victim helped out by rugby club
A Byron Bay businesswoman whose home-stay business at Rosebank was burnt to the ground by a tenant two months ago has praised the Byron Bay Rugby Club for helping to clear up the ruins last Saturday, enabling her to rebuild sooner than she hoped.
Byron Echo
‘Yes’ posters dismantled
I’m feeling a ‘tad’ disillusioned with the human species. My two ‘Yes’ posters were violated and removed just last night. One on my property...
Letters
The war on cats
Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek marked National Threatened Species Day by 'declaring war on feral cats'. She wants to give councils the power to impose...
Byron Echo
No more Hottentot
I have received a petition from Change.org to change the name of Hottentot Crescent, Mullumbimby to another South African word, ‘Khoisan’, also totally irrelevant...
Byron Echo
Call to Jewish my brethren
I call upon my brethren and Jewish Australians and Israelis who have made their permanent home here and are eligible to vote in the...
