Tag COVID19
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Lismore MP Janelle Saffin has highlighted the that some people and areas still need manual sign-in systems around COVID-19 safety plans and there is not a one size fits all policy available.
28 days ago | Echonetdaily | 1 -
Special rate arrangements should continue: staff
At this Thursday’s meeting, Byron councillors will vote upon extending special payment arrangements for ratepayers affected by COVID-19 to the end of the year.
September 24, 2020 | Paul Bibby | 0 -
We need a pandemic of imaginative change
Everyone agrees that this virus pandemic has changed everything. Questions must be answered now that will remake everything: do we need office buildings, how do we relate to our neighbours, our pets, and our devices, international travel, coughs and sneezes in public places. Is Daniel Andrews God or Lucifer?
September 10, 2020 | Echonetdaily | 3 -
Exploring the risks of illegal dwellings
The Byron Shire and the Northern Rivers are well known for their abundent range of illegal dwellings, additions, and converted garages.
September 9, 2020 | Aslan Shand | 0 -
COVID, hospitals, and mask wearing
If you have pre-existing health conditions, or you are associated with people who are at risk if they contract COVID-19, the impact of other people not taking basic COVID precautions can be highly stressful.
August 27, 2020 | Aslan Shand | 2 -
Investing in people will rebuild the economy
Eight hundred people were considered homeless in each of the federal government electorates of Richmond and Page, according to the census data from 2016. That was before the impact of Black Summer bushfires and the COVID-19 pandemic.
August 7, 2020 | Echonetdaily | 1 -
How to avoid pirates and make the long journey home
To sail or to stay? That was the decision that Craig Plummer and Claudia Schick from Bangalow had to make when the COVID-19 pandemic hit and they sailed into an Indonesian port, from Thailand.
August 7, 2020 | Aslan Shand | 0 -
Wear masks
Dr John Langford-Smith, West Ballina With an Australian case fatality rate of 1.1 per cent for COVID-19, it is tempting to suggest that SARS-CoV-2 is not that serious, and that the actions of politicians are disproportionate to the threat the virus... Read More →
August 5, 2020 | Echonetdaily | 14 -
Tightening borders as charges laid for false border declarations
As of yesterday there were 11 active cases of COVID-19 in Queensland with five of them being treated in hospital. This has led to a tightening of the NSW QLD border and charges being laid.
July 31, 2020 | Echonetdaily | 2 -
Moving Queensland/NSW border check points gets mixed response
The impact of COVID-19 on the border towns of NSW and Queensland is having a significant consequences with delays in crossing the border as well as being a challenge for the integrated communities as they move forward.
July 30, 2020 | Aslan Shand | 7 -
Avoid non-essential travel, social gatherings: Health Dept
The recent case of COVID-19 detected at Ballina-Byron Airport appears to have involved a young woman wearing a face mask, raising hopes that the virus may not have spread into the community.
July 23, 2020 | Paul Bibby | 0 -
No easy path with this virulent pathogen
While New Zealand declares itself COVID-19 free this week, Australia, particularly Victoria and now NSW residents, are bracing themselves for fresh cases of the virus.
July 17, 2020 | Hans Lovejoy | 6 -
Are Byron visitors following COVID-19 safe practices?
The identification of a new case of COVID-19 arriving at Ballina airport earlier in the week has reminded everyone in the Northern Rivers that the threat of COVID-19 transmission is not contained within city limits.
July 17, 2020 | Echonetdaily | 2 -
COVID case flies into Ballina airport
A passenger on a flight from Melbourne to Ballina has been confirmed with COVID-19.
July 16, 2020 | Echonetdaily | 17 -
Councils suffer up to $6m loss in revenue
Local councils have lost significant revenue as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic as it hit local communities with the closure of businesses and loss of jobs.
July 16, 2020 | Aslan Shand | 1 -
Helping communities help themselves
Community groups that are looking to help support people and communities recovering from the recent swathe of crisis that have confronted Australian’s can now apply for grants through the Northern Rivers Community Foundation.
July 9, 2020 | Echonetdaily | 0 -
Queensland set to tighten border crossings
The border crossing between NSW and Queensland will become stricter from midday on Friday with a mix of checkpoints and hard closures between the states.
July 9, 2020 | Echonetdaily | 2 -
Liberal–National party cuts to ABC risk Australian lives
Cuts to Australia’s national broadcaster, the ABC, during a time when media outlets across the country are closing and cutting staff has been roundly criticised. Local MP Justine Elliot has joined the criticism condemning the Morrison Liberal-National government for it’s budget cuts.
June 26, 2020 | Echonetdaily | 13 -
Drop in Byron Shire greenhouse gas emissions owing to lockdown
Electricity emissions in Byron Shire were reduced by 21 per cent in April this year, while private transport emissions were estimated to have reduced by 50 per cent to 75 per cent over the month of April.
June 25, 2020 | Echonetdaily | 0 -
Helping communities cope through multiple crises
Looking at how communities are responding and what help they need to build resilience and capacity to cope now and into the future is a key aim of the Northern Rivers Community Foundation (NRCF) and its recently launched Resilience and Regeneration Fund.
June 18, 2020 | Aslan Shand | 0 -
Local artist calls for living wage
Creatives need the community to get behind them. That’s the message from Emmy winning and three times Grammy nominated recording artist, Toni Childs.
June 18, 2020 | Echonetdaily | 5 -
Health boss says region is prepared for virus clusters
Wayne Jones, chief executive Northern NSW Local Health District, says he is extremely positive about the way our region has adhered to the COVID-19 regulations and how well health services have adapted to be ‘COVID ready’.
May 29, 2020 | Mandy Nolan | 0 -
Storylines: Winds of change
What is the fear that immerses us to such a degree that we become immobilised? I felt that fear in the initial days of the COVID-19 pandemic. All of the news actually started to make me feel ill, so I turned off the news and tuned in to my life.
May 29, 2020 | Echonetdaily | 0 -
Festival of COVID-19
Oliver Dunne, Byron Bay In the past few days, the NSW government appears to have changed direction on managing the COVID-19 pandemic. Not surprisingly, this has left many who had praised its performance and its ‘slow and steady’ strategy feeling... Read More →
May 27, 2020 | Echonetdaily | 1 -
Protest at Byron Hospital over wage freeze
The Byron Central Hospital branch of the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association has condemned the NSW government plan to freeze public sector workers’ wages that will also include police and teachers wages.
May 22, 2020 | Echonetdaily | 0
