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NBN News reduces local content, sparks MP concerns

Local federal MP Justine Elliot (Labor) has voiced concerns after NBN News announced a reduction in local TV news quality and service.
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Animals on country roads safety campaign launches

Motorists are being urged to slow down and stay alert for wildlife as Transport for NSW launches its annual ‘Animals on Country Roads’ safety campaign.
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Tweed Shire fisher faces court

A Tweed Shire commercial fisher pleaded guilty last week to six offences in relation to illegal fishing activity.
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Drug driving reform introduced to NSW Parliament

Greens MP and drug harm reduction spokesperson Cate Faehrmann has welcomed news that reform to drug driving laws for medicinal cannabis patients will finally be introduced into NSW Parliament.
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Byron EchoAlison Vickery, Lennox Head - 0

Lennox development

The proposed Saltwood development at Ross Lane raises serious concerns for local residents. You cannot engineer away local knowledge. Residents with...
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Byron EchoRichard White , East Ballina - 0

Silence’ on Gaza

Am I allowed to voice an opinion against the Israeli government? What’s happening in Gaza? The USA, as well as...
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Local NewsEve Jeffery - 0

Remembering the Peacekeepers

Last Friday a small group gathered at the Cenotaph in Mullumbimby to commemorate International UN Peacekeeper Day.
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Stories about "Byron Shire Council elections":

Byron Shire Council elections still being counted

Local News The Echo - 3
There are 25,414 registered voters in the Byron Shire local government area (LGA) who are responsible for electing a mayor and eight councillors. In the...
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Editorial – Council restart and the most unsafe house in the nation 

Editorial The Echo - 1
Expectations of government have been undermined – so where to from here and how to rebuild a nation based on good politics.
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Independents clear election winners in Byron Shire

Local News Hans Lovejoy - 0
Independent candidate Michael Lyon looks to have secured enough votes to be elected Mayor, with 3,372 votes, or 23.11 per cent of the total...
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Time to ride the election cycle

Council Elections David Lisle - 10
Bicycle advocacy is vanishingly rare in our community. Amid all the noise about net zero, my search for bicycle advocate candidates to vote for on Saturday only turned up vague references to ‘reducing our reliance on cars’ and ‘increasing public transport connectivity’. The closest thing to policy was: ‘It’s time to create bike paths all over the Shire.’ 
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Editorial – More Byron Shire council candidate Q&A!

Editorial Hans Lovejoy - 0
Where do candidates stand on disused railways and pay parking? Are they to the left of Chairman Mao Zedong, or the right of Genghis Khan?
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Editorial – A potted history of local elections

Editorial David Lovejoy - 2
The election of the Byron Shire mayor and councillors on December 4 will be the ninth such poll this newspaper has covered.
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Why we should vote with preferences in council elections

Council Elections Paul Jameson - 0
Preference can make a difference when we vote in the upcoming Council elections on Saturday December 4th.
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Byron Mayoral hopefuls form group to wedge other candidates

Local News Hans Lovejoy - 0
The announcement by three mayoral candidates, for the position of Byron's mayor, that they have ‘joined forces to bring better government to Council’ with...
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Conservative Byron Shire cr announces election team

Local News The Echo - 17
The Byron Shire Council’s only conservative member has announced his running team for September’s local government elections.
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Byron Greens ticket announced for Sept elections

Local News The Echo - 3
The Byron Greens say they are running an experienced team for this Council election, to be held September 4. 
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Drug driving reform introduced to NSW Parliament

The Echo - 0
Greens MP and drug harm reduction spokesperson Cate Faehrmann has welcomed news that reform to drug driving laws for medicinal cannabis patients will finally be introduced into NSW Parliament.
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Byron Echo

Financial woes

Edward Kent, Suffolk Park - 0
Byron Shire’s financial woes are not the result of a lack of money, but rather the waste of it. While it might be tempting...
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Byron Echo

Return Mullum hospital to Bundjalung

Gary Opit and Carmel Daoud, Wooyung - 0
‘Public land should serve the public vision,’ Greens councillor Elia Hauge is quoted as saying in The Echo (May 20) under the headline ‘Community...
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Byron Echo

Israel’s rehabilitation

John Scrivener, Main Arm - 0
Israel’s genocide of the Palestinians has not ended and it will not end before Israel officially renounces its intention to exterminate or expel the...
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