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COVID-19 updated venues of concern in Lismore and Goonellabah
Northern NSW Local Health District has been notified of a number of venues of concern in Lismore and Goonellabah, associated with a confirmed case of COVID-19 in the region.
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Strange strategy
The strategy applied by Byron Shire Council (BSC) since 2002 is bemusing at best.
Firstly a position was created by...
No blank cheques
Since the United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released its damming ‘code-red’ report on the impending climate emergency...
Cartoon of the week – 15 September, 2021
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Byron’s vaccination level one of the lowest in NSW
The Byron Shire has one of the lowest COVID-19 vaccination levels in the state, according to Federal Government figures, suggesting that a significant proportion of the community may be reluctant to get the jab.
Mandy Nolan’s Soapbox: Will COVID Lose the Government their Next Erection ?
We are hearing about long covid and the many complex health issues that people are facing, long after the virus has passed through their system. I knew about that, but what I didn’t know about was that men who get covid are six times more likely to suffer from erectile dysfunction.
Vaccination by the mob for the mob at Tweed – No appointment needed
The local mob has come together to ensure that vaccination is available for any of the mob in the Northern Rivers who wants to get vaccinated.
Stories about "Crystal Ball":
Thus Spake Mungo: crystal balls
In last week’s truncated edition of parliament, Scott Morrison declared stridently that he did not have a crystal ball.
Local News
Second confirmed COVID case in Lismore
Acting Chief Executive Northern NSW Local Health District, Lynne Weir says there one new case of COVID-19 has been confirmed in a resident of the Northern NSW Local Health District.
Local News
Mandatory mask
Mandatory mask wearing is not working. Supermarkets can’t seem to enforce this, unfortunately. If like me, you see a young couple with two children...
Letters
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 suicide policies, which read like...
Byron Echo
Police arrest 32 in protests across the state
Police say they have prevented the mass gathering of people in various locations across NSW, arresting 32 people and issuing 265 Penalty Infringement Notices in a coordinated and mobile response to planned protest activity.
