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Beware the Thucydides Trap

President Xi Jinping gave a sinister warning to President Trump that would have gone way over his head and baffled his dwindling band of MAGA fanatics.
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Byron EchoRoger Seccombe, Ballina - 0

Not a hoax

Spot on, Mike Balson (Letters, 16 September). Many of us know ‘increasing carbon dioxide levels... turbocharges the global climate’. Next...
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Mia and Carter continue in dad’s footsteps

When Grant Cook died in a tragic rugby league accident in 2016, the Cookie Cup began as a memorial match between the Mullumbimby Giants, who he played for from U6s, and the Murwillumbah Mustangs.
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Entertainment NewsEve Jeffery - 0

Interview with Paul Bender

Few contemporary bands have reshaped the language of modern music like Hiatus Kaiyote. Formed in Melbourne in 2011, the quartet of Nai Palm (vocals, guitar), Paul Bender (bass), Simon Mavin (keys) and Perrin Moss (drums) has become one of Australia’s most celebrated musical exports, earning global acclaim for a sound that seamlessly bridges jazz, soul, funk, hip hop, electronic music and progressive composition.
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57 Station Street public meeting moved

A motion for Byron Shire Council to tell Landcom it was withdrawing support for the 57 Station Street affordable housing project was lost on Mayor Ndiaye’s casting vote at Council’s ordinary meeting on 17 September.
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Construction company fined $225,000 after cyclist fatality

NSW Kerbing Pty Ltd has been convicted and fined $225,000 in the Industrial Court of NSW as a result of a prosecution by SafeWork NSW.
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Byron EchoThe Echo - 0

Fuel prices

I have just driven the return trip to Sydney on the motorway in my diesel-fuelled Toyota. A few things...
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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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Have you seen Natalie Whalan?

The Echo - 0
Police are appealing for public assistance to locate a woman reported missing and last seen in Kingscliff.
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Four charged after rifles, drugs and police uniforms allegedly seized at Banora Point

The Echo - 0
Three men and a woman have been charged after police allegedly seized four kilograms of drugs, six rifles, ammunition and Queensland Police uniform items during an operation at Banora Point.
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First East Lismore lots approved, with flood-buyback residents first in line

The Echo - 0
Flood-affected homeowners will get first opportunity to buy 19 residential lots in East Lismore following approval of the first stage of a new housing development at Crawford Road.
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Byron Echo

Boycott bloody insurance

Gareth W R Smith, Byron Bay - 0
Those of us who strive for a just and peaceful world are shocked to learn that insurance companies like Allianz and Zurich are complicit...
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