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Greens urged to back pathway to end native forest logging

Some of NSW’s most respected and long-standing forest campaigners and scientists have today urged the Greens not to support the Nationals' attempt to disallow the Improved Native Forest Management (INFM) method.
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Local NewsLeah Day, Northern Rivers Community Foundation - 0

New research highlights pressures facing Northern Rivers community organisations

More than 50 representatives from grassroots organisations across the Northern Rivers came together at Bangalow A&I Hall last week for the Northern Rivers Community Sector Sustainability Summit.
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Byron EchoSapoty Brook, Main Arm - 0

Being un conscious

There is a general belief that consciousness is an entity in itself or something that is non-physical. I don’t...
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Mullum Gold Club charity day Saturday

This Saturday, 29 August  the Mullumbimby Golf Club (MGC) is hosting its rescheduled MND (Motor Neurone Disease) Charity Day in honour of Steve Ryan.
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Local NewsThe Echo - 0

Troubled Hastings Point sewage plant upgrade goes back to the community

A long-running battle over the future of the Hastings Point Wastewater Treatment Plant has entered another round, with Tweed Council putting its preferred upgrade option back before the community.
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The Good LifeThe Echo - 0

No food fraud at the farmers’ market

Food fraud has made headlines recently after an investigation by ABC program Four Corners found the issue is rampant in major supermarket aisles in Australia.
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National NewsThe Echo - 0

NSW gambling reforms announced

The Minns government says it is delivering on a key election commitment with its latest tranche of gaming reforms, giving people and families stronger protections against gambling harm and tightening the rules concerning gambling promotion and marketing.
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Stories about "Democracy":

The Greens’ 3-way comp: Ballina Councillor vs Byron candidates for state preselection

Local News Mia Armitage - 0
Byron Greens members could expect to be asked to take the future of the Richmond River further south into account when choosing a candidate for next year’s state election.
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No mention of oil crisis in Byron Council budget alert

Local News The Echo - 0
Byron Shire Council is to host two ‘Community Conversation’ events related to next year’s budget and operational plan but has not mentioned the geopolitical oil crisis.
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Tweed Council budget partly ‘aspirational’ thanks to oil crisis

Local News The Echo - 0
While local governments in Ballina, Byron and Lismore were yet to publicly consider impacts of the geopolitical oil crisis on the Northern Rivers, the Tweed Shire Council said last week budget adjustments may be needed.
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Editorial – Academic freedumbs under threat

Editorial Hans Lovejoy - 5
Academic freedom is the lifeblood of universities – a principle that ensures scholars and students can pursue knowledge, challenge orthodoxy, and engage in open debate without fear of censorship or reprisal.
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Fascism and journalism don’t mix

Editorial Hans Lovejoy - 11
Attacks on journalists – whether by military forces in conflict zones or by law enforcement during civil unrest – pose a grave threat to freedom of speech and the health of democracy.
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Race for Richmond: Labor winning but tally still too close to call

Local News Mia Armitage - 27
The federal electoral race for Richmond was officially too close to call as counting finished Sunday but a nation-wide so-called ‘Labor landslide’ looked likely to include the marginal seat.
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How much more of the two-party nonsense? There is an alternative!

Federal election Dr Klaas Woldring - 4
Climate change is real. One only has to consider the serious floods in Northern NSW and Queensland to realise that.
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Race for Richmond: The Greens’ push for minority gov’t with Mandy Nolan

Local News Mia Armitage - 15
We spoke with The Greens federal candidate for the seat of Richmond, Mandy Nolan, on day three of pre-polling at the Richmond Room pre-poll booth in Ballina.
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Australian Koala Foundation bringing back Democracy Booklet

National News The Echo - 0
The non-profit NGO Australian Koala Foundation (AKF) are preparing to re-launch a refreshed version of their Democracy Booklet initiative, ahead of the federal election this year.
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Greens-majority Byron Shire Council again in sight

Local News Mia Armitage - 25
Counting in the 2024 Byron Shire Council election after polling booths closed Saturday suggested a Greens-majority was again in sight for the first time since 2016.
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Local News

Ballina Council makes decision on Ross Lane

David Lowe - 0
With the absence of all four of its progressive councillors for various reasons, Ballina Council pushed ahead with its agenda at yesterday's monthly meeting, including a decision which is likely to close Ross Lane for months while the road is upgraded.
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Local News

Mullumbimby puts new governance models first, and now wants to build it

The Echo - 0
Imagine Northern Rivers says Mullumbimby is the only community across the region to rank new models of governance and decision-making as the number one element of its preferred future, and last week locals gathered to work out how to make it real.
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Local News

Appeal to locate man missing from Broadwater

The Echo - 0
Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate a local missing man.
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Katie Milne responds to Tweed’s draft housing and employment strategy

The Echo - 0
The former mayor of Tweed Shire Council, Kate Milne, has shared her submission to Tweed's Draft Growth Management Housing & Employment Strategy.
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