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Beach going, going…
Len Bates, Mullumbimby
I have noticed in the last few years that the poly fibre bags being used to protect the...
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Artificial reefs for coastal erosion control
The building of seawalls has been the subject of a controversial court case brought against BSC in recent years. What are the other options?
Police report Covid 19 public health order breaches in Tweed-Byron
Tweed-Byron police fined a 25-year-old Main Arm man $1,000 for breaching state public health orders over the weekend.
The truth about Israel
Danny Wakil, Billinudgel
Gareth Smith, you are clearly very passionate, but constantly providing incredibly one-sided opinions, and half-truths get us nowhere...
Onsite build of manufactured homes in South Tweed deferred
The estimated $13,800,000 manufactured home development slated for 30 Fraser Drive, Tweed Heads South was seeking to build the houses onsite rather than offsite as required by the legislation.
Green is the colour of my discontent
Tom Tabart, Co-founder, Byron Greens
The Greens team for the Council election has a problem with the inclusion of Sarah Ndiaye,...
Homeless man to undergo surgery after Byron CBD crash
Byron police were still investigating a crash that left a homeless man in his sixties seriously injured last week, Inspector Matt Kehoe said Monday morning.
Stories about "byron surf festival":
Interview with Glen Casey, one of the sponsers for the Byron Surf Festival
The Byron Surf Festival is now 11 years old. Like any seasoned surfer it has survived some gnarly conditions. Right now it’s about negotiating an event during COVID-19, something organisers have embraced with a mix of low-key outdoor and indoor events across the three-day festival.
Byron Echo
The truth about Israel
Danny Wakil, Billinudgel
Gareth Smith, you are clearly very passionate, but constantly providing incredibly one-sided opinions, and half-truths get us nowhere (14 July). I am factual...
Local News
John ‘Strop’ Cornell dies
John Cornell, a character credited with initiating major change in Byron Bay after his purchase of the Beach Hotel, has died at his home in Byron Bay, aged 80, surrounded by his wife Delvene Delaney and family.
Editorial
Editorial – Free fi fo dumb?
Hans Lovejoy, editor
Scientists have warned that now the UK has come out of lockdown on ‘freedom day’ (July 19), it will lead to ‘a...
Articles & Columns
Snakes monitor radioactive contamination
Ten years on from the 2011 Fukushima disaster in Japan – the most severe nuclear accident since Chernobyl – researchers are using Japanese rat snakes to measure radioactivity in the Fukushima Exclusion Zone.
