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Greens urged to back pathway to end native forest logging

Some of NSW’s most respected and long-standing forest campaigners and scientists have today urged the Greens not to support the Nationals' attempt to disallow the Improved Native Forest Management (INFM) method.
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Byron EchoPatrick Morrisey, Goonengerry - 0

Big Council rates rise coming – We’ve got mail

Dear Mayor Ndiaye, councillors and general manager, we got your letter. You’re telling ratepayers that Council needs more money...
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LettersChris Abraham, Mullumbimby - 0

Rail and community consultation

The first stage of the Casino to Murwillumbah railway was opened in 1894 and shortly after the line was...
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Entertainment NewsThe Echo - 0

Byron’s Philo Café

Byron’s long-running discussion group – Byron Philo Café – is inviting members of the general public to join them on Friday, 4 September, at Marvell Hall, to welcome one of Australia’s most respected journalists.
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LettersJustin Grimson, Tweed Heads - 0

50-metre Olympic-sized pool

We definitely need an updated 50m swimming facility closer to Tweed Heads. My preference is an outdoor facility. The...
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Entertainment NewsThe Echo - 0

Brisbane band awake in Byron

Don’t let the name fool you – Vancouver Sleep Clinic (VSC), who are returning for their first Australian show in half a decade, are not Canadian!
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Byron EchoEve O’Connor, Byron Bay - 0

Ban screens at school

Parents, take a look at the fantastic work the Heads Up Alliance is doing for screen-free schools. Sign the...
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Stories about "Ellen Briggs":

No joke – Mandy quits stand-up comedy

Local News Hans Lovejoy - 6
The north coast comedic baton, or more appropriately, a microphone, has been passed over, with Mandy Nolan saying she will retire from stand-up comedy. Yet...
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Women Like Us bring it home!

Entertainment News The Echo - 0
Women Like Us is the stand up comedy sensation created by local comedians Mandy Nolan and Ellen Briggs.
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Facts, fun and frivolity support refugee families

Local News The Echo - 0
Laughter offers hope for refugee families, thanks to a fundraiser to be hosted by Northern Rivers for Refugees.
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To Hall and Back: Women Like Us come up stumps for Bilambil Hall

Local News The Echo - 1
Our community halls are so vital to our community connection and well being. They are where the community gathers to exercise, or have meetings, or plan, or celebrate or mourn a loved one. Bilambil Hall has been on the critical list, and it's been up to the community to save this old girl. (She was born in 1910!)
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Entertainment in the Byron Shire for the Week Beginning 17 February, 2021

Entertainment News The Echo - 0
Entertainment in the Byron Shire for the Week Beginning 17 February, 2021
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Women Like Us finally put on a Mullum show

Local News The Echo - 0
They’ve been doing it all around the country yet this is the first time the show Women Like Us will be on show in Mullumbimby and they are coming to town to help out kids at our local schools.
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Launching the Women Like Us movement

Local News Aslan Shand - 0
Mandy Nolan and Ellen Briggs are launching a movement as they take their humour off the stage and wrap it up in the pages of Women Like Us so that we can enjoy it time and again.
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Ballina Council makes decision on Ross Lane

David Lowe - 0
With the absence of all four of its progressive councillors for various reasons, Ballina Council pushed ahead with its agenda at yesterday's monthly meeting, including a decision which is likely to close Ross Lane for months while the road is upgraded.
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Mullumbimby puts new governance models first, and now wants to build it

The Echo - 0
Imagine Northern Rivers says Mullumbimby is the only community across the region to rank new models of governance and decision-making as the number one element of its preferred future, and last week locals gathered to work out how to make it real.
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Local News

Appeal to locate man missing from Broadwater

The Echo - 0
Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate a local missing man.
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Local News

Katie Milne responds to Tweed’s draft housing and employment strategy

The Echo - 0
The former mayor of Tweed Shire Council, Kate Milne, has shared her submission to Tweed's Draft Growth Management Housing & Employment Strategy.
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