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MAYDAY – MAYDAY – One hundred years ago today
One hundred years ago this week, around noon on Saturday 14 May 1921, the 2,000 tonne steamship Wollongbar ran aground on Belongil beach.
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NewsCorp announces August revival of regional news print in QLD
Less than a week after the two major NewsCorp-owned outlets on the Northern Rivers lost their websites and redirected readers via The Daily Telegraph (TDT), sister publications in Queensland announced almost the opposite.
Assange’s father to beg Biden for son’s freedom
John Shipton, father of detained WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, says he’ll return to the United States to ask President Joe Biden to drop legal action against his son.
Interview with Bob Vegas
The glorious Bob Downe is back with a brand new show: Viva Bob Vegas! at the Brunswick Picture House. He gave Seven the Downe low…
Comparisons
Gareth Smith, Byron Bay
Trade Minister Dan Tehan wants to refer China to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) because he...
A grubby business
Cr Cate Coorey, Byron Shire Council
Among the reasons Simon Richardson gave for his retirement from the mayoralty was the...
Doing it right
How do you know you’re doing hummus right? When the international visitors tell you it’s some of the best...
Stories about "Dunecare":
Tread lightly on the dunes this summer
Plantings and seeding work has been undertaken by Byron Shire Council recently in the New Brighton dunes following beach scraping works earlier this year.
Letters
Development of the Belongil Spit
Jo Faith, Newtown
I was gobsmacked when I read that the ‘Greens’ mayor’s parting gift was to aid privatisation of land at the Belongil Spit. Indeed, it...
Local News
Michael Lyon elected as Byron Mayor
Owing to the resignation of former Mayor at the end of April, a vote was held today to replace Simon Richardson, until the next election
Byron Echo
Locals question placing homes in areas of inundation risk
Aslan Shand - 2
It is where the community fought off Club Med and it is once again in the spotlight as the current owners, Elements, are seeking to have the zoning of the environmentally sensitive area in Bayshore Drive changed from tourism to residential
Local News
Go straight to the source on the Future Water Project
Rous County Council has announced a series of information days to be held this month where the community can ‘drop in’ and find out more about the revised draft Future Water Project 2060.
