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Appeal to locate elderly missing woman – Ballina
Police are appealing for public assistance to locate an elderly woman missing on the state's North Coast area.
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Acting Prime Ministers
Last week, Acting PM Michael McCormack managed the tricky feat of making the absent Scott Morrison look good, at least by comparison. Perhaps that's now the Nationals' role in the Canberra circus?
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.
Two mumma koalas with joeys hit on Terranora Road
Tweed Council is warning motorists that koalas are on the move and is asking drivers to take extra caution through new koala zones marked on Terranora Road, following several sightings and two accidents involving the much-loved marsupials in recent weeks.
More bullying stories emerge in Lismore
Since local woman Sally Flannery decided to quit the Lismore City Council race, more stories of harassment and attacks have emerged, affecting councillors and others across the political spectrum.
SOS says there was no community consultation for ‘super-school’
Governments regularly resort to spin to deceive the public and avoid accountability says Save Our Schools.
Echo ad leads to AVO arrest of Council activist
Vocal Council critic and longtime activist, John Anderson, aka Fast Buck$, was arrested last Friday night for allegedly breaching his Apprehended Violence Order (AVO) by an Echo ad.
Stories about "Draft Biodiversity Management Strategy":
Lismore seeks feedback on biodiversity rates plan
Lismore City Council will tomorrow place on public exhibition its Draft Biodiversity Management Strategy (BMS) and begin community consultations around the proposed rate increase to fund it.
Special rate to protect Lismore’s environment
Lismore residents say they love the natural environment … but do they love it enough to spend 70 cents a week?
Mandy Nolan's Soapbox
Mandy Nolan’s Soapbox: Climate Change, Coal and the Flushing Toilet
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Sometimes I wonder why people seem to have stopped caring about climate change. Is it because it’s too big? Is it because we have a Prime Minister who is in a dirty love triangle with coal and gas? Or is it the convenience of the flushing toilet?
Byron Echo
Entertainment in the Byron Shire for the Week Begining 23 June, 2021
A dazzling array of talent to be seen live, in and around the Byron Shire
The Good Life
The Sourdough Chick rises to the occasion!
When you talk to Susann Wiedermann, her passion for sourdough is clearly evident. She describes the world of sourdough as like ‘falling down a...
The Good Life
Frida’s Field winter menu
If you’re thinking of a long lunch on Friday, Saturday or Sunday, out in the country with a beautiful outlook across the fields, then...
