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Byron Bay beach party end in PINS and a charge for biting
Police say a woman has been charged and four Penalty Infringement Notices (PINs) issued following a beach party in the Byron Bay area overnight.
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Tony’s reflections as king of the Macadamia Castle
Looking back on 14 years at the Macadamia Castle, Tony Gilding says the important things to him were the conservation of the animals and the development of staff.
Champion a cause
Delighted to read Dan Reade’s letter (September 1) calling for everyone to take a new cause to champion. I...
Mechanism of so much destructive economic policy re ‘la covida’, IMF
The IMF (US controlled, unelected) offered governments $650 billion in Special Drawing Rights, to buffer losses caused by economic...
Mandy Nolan’s Soapbox: We are not for sale
It seems content creators are running out of ideas to make cheap TV. It’s amazing what you can come up with when you lose your ethics! Here’s a few quick pitches: How about a show about chubby rich women trying to drop weight by living in Ethiopia with a malnourished family for six weeks? No?
Greed
I write to express my concern with greedy landlords who seem to go by the sandpit mantra ‘they did...
Woman charged over alleged Public Health Order Breaches – Tweed/Byron
A woman has been charged over multiple alleged breaches of the Public Health Orders in the Tweed and Byron shires.
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Lismore residents invited to ‘Dress Like Ray’ to show the love
‘When something bad happens to one of us, we all suffer.’ Lismore’s mayor Jenny Dowell yesterday summed up the feeling of many people left bewildered and angry at the cowardly attack on one of the city’s beloved characters, Ray Parry, at the weekend.
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Fundraising for koala signs for Bangalow
As the koala mating season has started, Bangalow Koalas has set up fundraising to
create incorporate more koala road signs.
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Nuclear Submarines – just a foot in the door
In the next few months we will hear a lot about how superior nuclear-powered submarines are. Vice Admiral Mike Noonan is even claiming superior stealth characteristics – which is simply not true. Yes, they tend to be faster. This is great if you want to go thousands of kilometres in a matter of days. But they are also much more expensive.
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Compost back on Lismore’s gardening menu
Lismore City Council says that their BIOCycle Compost is again on sale from the Lismore Recycling & Recovery Centre and Nimbin Transfer Station, after a two-year break.
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Tony’s reflections as king of the Macadamia Castle
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Looking back on 14 years at the Macadamia Castle, Tony Gilding says the important things to him were the conservation of the animals and the development of staff.
