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Richmond candidates 2022: The Greens, Mandy Nolan
Mandy Nolan needs little introduction to most readers of The Echo, where she has a weekly column. She is a comedian and journalist running as a candidate for The Greens in the federal seat of Richmond.
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What happens after two years?
The recent floods have left many people homeless. Trying to address this problem, local councils have waived some of...
NSW councils call for social, affordable housing
With ‘Intergenerational inequality growing dramatically’, the peak body representing NSW councils has issued an open letter to all federal election candidates, calling on them to commit to a four-point housing plan.
Secret agreements and done deals
Government and Byron Council refuse to explain details around temporary accommodation plans
Interviews with Richmond candidates 2022: Independent Nathan Jones
Nathan Jones lives in Cudgen, owns a small business and is running as an Independent for the federal seat of Richmond.
Fighting food waste
Did you know that wasting food is a greater contributor (6 per cent) to total greenhouse gas emissions than...
Cost of living and taxes
Why is there so much interest in stats and percentages? How does the average house price or rent translate...
Stories about "Dr Peter McCullough":
Editorial: Discourse, of course!
Ever since the pandemic erupted in early 2020, the narrative by the Western world’s governments, big pharma and complicit corporate media, has been ever-present, and dominant.
Letters
The protest vote
Uncanny that in this federal election, in Richmond as elsewhere, the freedom/protest vote parties just about all preference the National or Liberal candidate. To...
Letters
Inflated Scomo
During his term, Scomo made plenty of decisions that helped lead us to the inflation we face today.
When he says we should not...
Letters
Our sitting member
The sitting member for Richmond, Labor’s Justine Elliott, is aptly named because, as far as I have seen, that’s all she’s done for the...
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Bittersweet announcement about koalas
Bitter in its necessity and sweet in the action it might prompt, it has been announced today that koalas have been listed as Endangered under the Biodiversity Conservation Act.