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Articles & ColumnsDavid Lowe - 0

Government sells out Pacific, NT, Australia

Last week the government demonstrated its flagrant disregard for science and common sense from Washington to Palau, and from Canberra to Darwin.
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Byron EchoMandy Nolan - 0

Mandy Nolan’s Soapbox: Warning: Choking Hazard

There is no safe way of choking someone.
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Byron EchoGareth W R Smith, Byron Bay - 0

Arrest runners

Palestinian activist and poet, Bassem Tamimi had his visa cancelled just as he was about to depart on an...
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National NewsThe Echo - 0

Thousands of infringements during Operation RAID

More than 7,000 drivers will face enforcement action following a statewide traffic operation conducted by police over the weekend.
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Entertainment NewsThe Echo - 0

Cinema : Three screen divas in nun’s habits

What could possibly go wrong? Judy Davis as Sister Agnes, Miriam Margolyes as Sister Luke and Jacki Weaver as Sister Mary Clare are tossed into the rugged landscapes of 1970s New Zealand in Holy Days.
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Byron EchoPeter Olson, Goonengerry - 0

War in Iran

The reasons given to justify the war in Iran are quite illogical and hence entirely false: in fact, it’s...
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Local NewsAslan Shand - 0

Mullum Primary basketball team bounces their way to state championships

Mullumbimby Public Schools PSSA boys basketball team has made it to the NSW state finals and will be heading to Sydney on Monday, 7 September and they are asking for a bit of a hand to get there. 
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Stories about "driving":

Thousands of infringements during Operation RAID

National News The Echo - 0
More than 7,000 drivers will face enforcement action following a statewide traffic operation conducted by police over the weekend.
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Winter school holidays a dangerous time to be on the road

Local News The Echo - 0
School holidays see 20 per cent of fatal or serious crashes take place with the winter school holidays being the time when weather conditions typically contribute to serious crashes.
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Call to change NSW medicinal cannabis driving laws 

Local News Aslan Shand - 8
A call has gone out to NSW Premier Chris Minns to take action on outdated NSW road laws that effectively ban medicinal cannabis patients from driving even if they haven’t used cannabis for days. 
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Weak politics prevents drug reform

Byron Echo David Heilpern - 8
When I first left the bench, I was approached by a group of enthusiastic, committed young medicinal cannabis entrepreneurs and activists to lead DriveChange – a lobby group for the driving rights of patients. I thought it was such a minimalist no-brainer...
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Excluding medicinal cannabis users from driving offences

Local News The Echo - 3
In news that will make thousands who use medicinal cannabis breathe easier, a NSW Upper House committee is beginning its examination of a bill that seeks to change the Road Transport Act 2013.
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Death by phone?

Byron Echo The Echo - 0
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...
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National News

Greater gliders following thylacine into extinction?

The Echo - 0
An alarming report released by the Natural Resources Commission (NRC) in the leadup to National Threatened Species Day (today), identifies the extent of state forests occupied by endangered greater gliders has declined by two-thirds over 27 years, and within the remaining occupied habitat populations have collapsed by a similar amount.
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National News

Thousands of infringements during Operation RAID

The Echo - 0
More than 7,000 drivers will face enforcement action following a statewide traffic operation conducted by police over the weekend.
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Local News

Chris Fisher has timeless talent

The Echo - 0
Local singer songwriter Chris Fisher has been selected for a Global Age Positive Project: ’50 over 50’ supported by the Talent Is Timeless movement.
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Local News

Lessons from Queensland for the Northern Rivers

David Lowe - 0
Following last week's announcement by the NSW government of a new Richmond River Coordinator, a gathering at Swan Bay heard from Julie McLellan, CEO of Healthy Land & Water, southeast Queensland's natural resource management organisation, about the practicalities of restoring rivers.
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