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Calls for Minister to conduct ‘genuine’ consultation on Murwillumbah mega-school
The Murwillumbah community and SOS (Save Our Schools) are calling on the NSW Minister for Education, Sarah Mitchell to...
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Loft: top of the town
S Haslam
Winter doesn’t have to mean hibernation! Shake off those winter woolies and enjoy the best of town again.
Loft...
Bring them home to Biloela
Marilyn Perkins, MEd, JP, Wollongbar
Given the recent news that Tharnicaa is seriously ill, and has been flown to hospital in...
COVID-19 vaccination clinic opens at Tweed Mall
Northern NSW Local Health District (NNSWLHD) has announced that a new location for getting the COVID -19 vaccination has opened today in Tweed Heads.
Gambian: ‘State budget must encourage uptake of electric vehicles’
The Nature Conservation Council has launched a campaign to accelerate the uptake of electric vehicles in NSW, with a video and a petition.
You Can Close Your Eyes
There is a beautiful James Taylor song (‘You Can Close Your Eyes’) that commences with the words;
Oh, the sun is surely sinking down, But the moon is slowly rising.
Roar
Kate Coxall, BSC Green candidate, Wilsons Creek
In response to the silencing tactics of unaware and privileged men in last week’s Echo,...
Stories about "dangerous driving":
Death by phone?
Joel McPhee, Mullumbimby
To the irresponsible person who was looking at her phone whilst driving on Myocum Road on 21 January, causing her to cross...
Driver reaches 100km/h on wrong side of road in school zone
Police have arrested an unlicensed driver from Queensland, who they allege reached speeds of more 100km/h in Lismore yesterday and drove through a school zone on the wrong side of the road.
Man sideswipes three cop cars in Lismore chase
A man driving a red Toyota Camry has been charged following a police pursuit in Lismore yesterday, which left three police vehicles and at least one other car damaged.
Three charged after two police pursuits in Tweed
Drivers of a car and a motorcycle have been charged with failing to stop for police over the weekend, while an occupant of the car has been charged over outstanding warrants.
Drug seized after prime mover tailgated car
Drugs have been seized after Traffic and Highway Patrol Command officers responded to a driving complaint about a truck on the road from Lismore to Casino on Friday night.
Man caught driving on wrong side of highway at Ewingsdale
A Queensland man arrested for driving on the wrong side of the M1 Pacific Motorway at Ewingsdale on Saturday had driven almost 43 kilometres from Clothiers Creek.
Teenager charged over single-vehicle accident near Alstonville
Police have charged a 17-year-old male after the car he was driving, with four passengers inside, rolled off the road and into a paddock near Alstonville earlier this year.
Elderly driver who killed motorcyclist fails to appear in court
Expert evidence is outstanding in the case against the driver of a ute involved in a fatal crash with a motorcycle at Numinbah, north west of Murwillumbah, last October.
Lismore Heights man pleads not guilty to dangerous driving
Brendan Thomas Tickle was driving a Subaru Forrester along Bentley Rd at Tuncester on December 12 last year when police allege he overtook a car unsafely and collided with another vehicle, resulting in serious injuries to the occupant.
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Young animators shine on Ballina’s big screen
David Lowe - 1
A group of up and coming local indigenous animators were excited to see their first films on the big screen at Ballina Fair Cinemas on Tuesday night.
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Nurses and midwives rally during Health Inquiry in Lismore
Nurses and midwives will be holding lunchtime rallies across the Northern Rivers calling for nurse-to-patient ratios and highlighting widespread issues being exposed at the rural health inquiry, which is due to hear submissions today in Lismore.
Byron Echo
‘Influencers’ – just another advertising platform…
Aslan Shand - 2
The question being asked by many consumers is 'are influencers genuinely promoting products that they like and believe in, or is it just more advertising?
Byron Echo
Professor Offord makes Queen’s Birthday Honours List
Ocean Shores resident and Emeritus Professor, Baden Offord, has been named on the Queen’s Birthday 2021 Honours List, ‘For distinguished service to tertiary education in the field of human rights, social justice, and cultural diversity’.
