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Greens urged to back pathway to end native forest logging

Some of NSW’s most respected and long-standing forest campaigners and scientists have today urged the Greens not to support the Nationals' attempt to disallow the Improved Native Forest Management (INFM) method.
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Byron EchoPatrick Morrisey, Goonengerry - 0

Big Council rates rise coming – We’ve got mail

Dear Mayor Ndiaye, councillors and general manager, we got your letter. You’re telling ratepayers that Council needs more money...
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LettersPeter Olson, Goonengerry - 0

Robot armies

Nuclear war now seems a matter of not if, but when: the bulletin of atomic scientists now has us...
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Local NewsThe Echo - 0

Mullumbimby puts new governance models first, and now wants to build it

Imagine Northern Rivers says Mullumbimby is the only community across the region to rank new models of governance and decision-making as the number one element of its preferred future, and last week locals gathered to work out how to make it real.
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Byron EchoJim Ewan, Main Arm - 0

Happy councillors

Our councillors should be happy, even proud to be part of a community that so values participatory democracy. A...
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Entertainment NewsThe Echo - 0

One Night Only

What if one messy night turns out to be the best thing that ever happened to you? Will Gluck, the filmmaker of Anyone but You and Easy’, celebrates modern romantic comedy on the big screen with a fresh, witty, swoony, original film about searching for love on the least romantic night of the year in One Night Only.
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Byron EchoIan Blair Hamilton, Myocum - 0

Swain on Station St

This morning at Ocean Shores Shopping Centre, a lovely lady by the name of Janet Swain was holding an...
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Stories about "COVID 19":

COVID-19 reduces Australian life expectancy

Local News The Echo - 43
New data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics Life shows life expectancy in Australia has decreased slightly for the second year in a row.
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Wuhan market increasingly likely origin point for COVID-19

Articles & Columns Cosmos Magazine - 23
An international team of researchers has found more evidence that COVID-19 came from animals in a Wuhan food market.
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Editorial – There’s a bat in my lab! 

Editorial Hans Lovejoy - 10
The lab-leak theory that Covid-19 came from the Wuhan Institute of Virology – instead of a nearby wet market – was thrashed about in public recently, with the US Senate Homeland Security Committee holding a hearing into Covid-19. 
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Fresh air federal funds for Northern Rivers schools in need

Local News Mia Armitage - 1
Eighteen schools in the Northern Rivers division of Richmond have received $25,000 each as part of the federal government’s School Upgrade Fund, Labor Member for Richmond Justine Elliot said last week.
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COVID-19 pandemic has cut life expectancy globally

Articles & Columns Cosmos Magazine - 1
COVID-19 reversed earlier trends toward longer life expectancies. During the pandemic, life expectancies globally dropped by 1.6 years according to a new study published in the Lancet medical journal.
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COVID-19 update for New South Wales

Local News The Echo - 9
Let’s not forget that Covid-19 is still a big issue in our community with 31,935 cases reported across Australia in the last week – an average of 4,562 cases per day.
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Five graphs you need to see before the Global Carbon Budget update

Articles & Columns Cosmos Magazine - 2
The Global Carbon Budget is about to be refreshed, giving the world a critical insight into how efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions are (or are not) progressing.
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Public transport mask mandate to end

National News The Echo - 1
Masks will no longer be mandatory on public transport from tomorrow, Wednesday 21 September.
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NSW Police: be COVID-vigilant at Splendour in the Grass

Local News The Echo - 2
SW Police are urging festival-goers at this weekend’s music festival to celebrate in a safe and responsible manner, whilst also being aware of COVID-Safety measures.
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COVID-19 update for the NNSWLHD – May 23

Local News The Echo - 0
The Northern NSW Local Health District reports that to 4pm yesterday, Sunday May 22, there were 40 COVID-19 positive patients in hospital in Northern NSW, with one of these in ICU.
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Local News

Ballina Council makes decision on Ross Lane

David Lowe - 0
With the absence of all four of its progressive councillors for various reasons, Ballina Council pushed ahead with its agenda at yesterday's monthly meeting, including a decision which is likely to close Ross Lane for months while the road is upgraded.
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Local News

Mullumbimby puts new governance models first, and now wants to build it

The Echo - 0
Imagine Northern Rivers says Mullumbimby is the only community across the region to rank new models of governance and decision-making as the number one element of its preferred future, and last week locals gathered to work out how to make it real.
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Local News

Appeal to locate man missing from Broadwater

The Echo - 0
Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate a local missing man.
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Local News

Katie Milne responds to Tweed’s draft housing and employment strategy

The Echo - 0
The former mayor of Tweed Shire Council, Kate Milne, has shared her submission to Tweed's Draft Growth Management Housing & Employment Strategy.
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