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Byron’s Winter Whales raise $43,000

The Byron Bay Winter Whales (BBWW) took to the ocean for the 39th time this year on the first Sunday of May and raised $43,000 for local organisations and charities.
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LettersRobert Podhajsky, Ocean Shores - 0

Discursion on ‘reserve’

Reserve is a word with many meanings. What is the Reserve Bank of Australia? Does it have a ‘reserve’? Reserve...
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Local NewsThe Echo - 0

Break-ins leave Uniting Church volunteers struggling

The Uniting Church Op Shop and Church Hall in Mullumbimby have been broken into three times in the last few months with the television being repeatedly stolen, donated stock stolen, and general damage to the shop.
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Byron EchoBen Fawcett, Wilsons Creek - 0

Mullum water supply, a new twist

Debates on the future of Mullumbimby’s water supply took a new twist at Council’s meeting on 18 June. The latest...
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Local NewsThe Echo - 0

Lismore wants a a safe, accessible and long-term home for the Hannah Cabinet

The Hannah Cabinet was created by Lismore master craftsman Geoff Hannah OAM over six-and-a-half years and is widely regarded as one of Australia’s most significant pieces of contemporary decorative furniture.
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Local NewsThe Echo - 0

Consultation closes Friday on Lismore’s 60,000 population plans

The future of Lismore is now up for discussion, with Council's Strategic Planning Framework currently out for public exhibition. Now is your time to have your say – consultation closes 26 June.
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Local NewsAslan Shand - 0

Mullum Scout Hall fire overnight

At 1.45am this morning the NSW Fire and Rescue Mullumbimby Station 388 Sans and Brunswick Station 240 were called to a fire at the Mullumbimby Scout Hall.
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Stories about "Election 2022":

Can our new democracy save us?

Byron Echo Dr Jeffrey Lewis and Dr Belinda Lewis - 7
There’s been a great deal of self-congratulation over Federal Labor’s first 100 days in office. The 47th parliament, with its tinge of green, seems set to address climate change, constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians, and issues of parliamentary integrity.
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Energy policy a priority, says Elliot

Local News Eve Jeffery - 10
Reflecting on the recent win for federal Labor, local MP, Justine Elliot, says that without a doubt, Australians wanted change.
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Local MP scores role in new Labor government

Local News Eve Jeffery - 5
The first in a series of interviews with the re-elected local MP, Justine Elliot
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No time for complacency – this is just the beginning

Articles & Columns Richard Hil - 5
What a blessed relief! Are most of you, like me, still breathing a little more easily? The election has delivered ‘a seismic shift in Australia’s political landscape’.
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Editorial – AA versus scary plodder

Editorial Hans Lovejoy - 6
Life under Labor communism, week one:
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Comment – National Party encumbrance a problem for Liberals in NSW too

Articles & Columns Justin Field, Independent Member of the NSW Legislative Council - 1
There is no shortage of NSW Liberal MPs out in the media warning they could be next to fall in the push from independent candidates that saw a massive shake up of politics in Australia last weekend. 
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The postal vote that never arrived

Local News Eve Jeffery - 19
At 91, there are many things that you can no longer do, but one of the things you still can do is have your voice heard in an election – but not for at least one Byron Shire resident.
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Will Morrison’s gas-led recovery delete the IPCC’s belief we need climate action now?

Sustainability Jim Beatson - 5
Most Australians know the news, or have had firsthand experiences themselves, of two years of floods, fires, coastal erosion, and storms, both here and overseas. In fact Australia has warmed on average by 1.44 ± 0.24 °C since national records began in 1910.
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Coal fired. How are the major parties planning for its end?

Federal election Cosmos Magazine - 2
There’s very little economic future for fossil fuels, even if you ignore the environmental effects. Renewable energy is cheaper, including battery storage.
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The floods are leaving people homeless and families split

Local News Aslan Shand - 2
There was a housing crisis on the Northern Rivers, then we had the floods of 2022 and the issue has left increasing numbers of people homeless and struggling to find alternative accommodation.
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Byron Echo

When it comes to real estate, everyone can use an advocate

David Lowe - 0
With 45 years combined experience across both sales and property management, husband and wife team Mark and Michelle Errichiello have recently moved to the Northern Rivers and teamed up with Byron Property Search to provide advocacy services for people looking to buy or sell across the region.
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Local News

Savour The Tweed returns, 22 October

The Echo - 0
Food and drink event, Savour The Tweed, returns to excite tastebuds this spring, from Wednesday 22 October to Sunday 26 October.
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Local News

Conservationists welcome carbon credit scheme to protect forests

The Echo - 0
Today’s release of the government’s proposed Improved Native Forest Method, which allows governments to claim carbon credits in return for stopping logging has been welcomed by the North East Forest Alliance and North Coast Environment Council as "providing a way to end native forest logging on public land".
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Local News

Charge dismissed for activist hindering coal exports

The Echo - 0
An activist who came to national attention after being punched by a police officer while protesting, has had an anti-protest charge dismissed in court today.
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