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Calls for Minister to conduct ‘genuine’ consultation on Murwillumbah mega-school
The Murwillumbah community and SOS (Save Our Schools) are calling on the NSW Minister for Education, Sarah Mitchell to...
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Big donation and new poetry competition for BR4R
Local community group Ballina Region for Refugees is having a big month, with a major anonymous donation amongst other news.
Cyclists please
Denise Nagorcka, Byron Bay
I am a driver, cyclist, pedestrian: so cyclists for your safety, could you please:
1. Make yourselves visible...
Entertainment in the Byron Shire and Beyond for the Week Beginning 16 June
check out whats on in the Shire this week
Young animators shine on Ballina’s big screen
A group of up and coming local indigenous animators were excited to see their first films on the big screen at Ballina Fair Cinemas on Tuesday night.
Celebrating 12 years of liberating food for those in need
Liberation Larder is located on Fletcher St Byron Bay behind the community centre and was founded in 2009 by Venerable Honu, a Buddhist nun, who recognised there were many people in our community struggling to make ends meet.
Connor just wants to finish his HSC in 2021
On March 23 2019 Connor Meldrum’s life changed forever and he has spent much of the last two years trying to regain normality – that is, as much normality as you can with only half a skull.
Stories about "education funding":
‘We are not pointless’: fee hikes for the humanities
An overhaul of fees in Australian universities will see humanity courses cost more than double of what students are paying right now. But what does this mean for Australia and its future?
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Young animators shine on Ballina’s big screen
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A group of up and coming local indigenous animators were excited to see their first films on the big screen at Ballina Fair Cinemas on Tuesday night.
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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.
Byron Echo
‘Influencers’ – just another advertising platform…
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The question being asked by many consumers is 'are influencers genuinely promoting products that they like and believe in, or is it just more advertising?
Byron Echo
Professor Offord makes Queen’s Birthday Honours List
Ocean Shores resident and Emeritus Professor, Baden Offord, has been named on the Queen’s Birthday 2021 Honours List, ‘For distinguished service to tertiary education in the field of human rights, social justice, and cultural diversity’.
