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The Buttery celebrates NAIDOC Week with ‘Imagine’

The Buttery, in partnership with its Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) Committee, is proud to celebrate NAIDOC Week with a free community screening of the acclaimed First Nations animated feature film Imagine, inviting the Northern Rivers community to come together to reflect, learn and celebrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, stories and achievements.
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LettersSean Houlahan, Booyong - 0

Booyong Abattoir II

The ongoing discussion surrounding the Booyong Abattoir is about more than a single DA application. It raises broader questions...
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Disclosure Day

If you found out we weren’t alone, if someone showed you, proved it to you, would that frighten you? From legendary three-time Academy Award-winning filmmaker Steven Spielberg, comes the gripping sci-fi thriller Disclosure Day.
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Byron EchoJohn Scrivener, Main Arm  - 0

Iran: honest, sincere

When Israel and the US launched their illegal, unprovoked aggression against Iran at the end of February, they unintentionally...
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Local NewsHans Lovejoy - 0

A deeper dive into Gulgan Village’s affordable housing

If approved, Gulgan Village, proposed on the highway end of The Saddle Road across 37.9 hectares, could eventually (after a development application process) house up to 1,000 people in around 550 homes, ‘depending on the housing mix’ (source: Gulgan Village Civil Engineering Report).
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A Byron kickback with the Gimelli family

The Gimelli family ran a small Italian restaurant on Jonson Street from about 1995 into the early 2000s. It was a classy joint, ahead of Byron’s culinary curve, serving dishes from every corner of Italy.
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Local NewsDavid Lowe - 0

Ballina Council finds savings in chairs

At its last meeting, as part of a long discussion about amendments to Ballina Council's delivery program and operational plan, there was a debate about whether Ballina Richmond Rotary Club should still be paid $8,000 to set up chairs for the RSL Lighthouse Day Club.
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Stories about "Emergency Services":

Elderly man injured in crash near Mullum

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A man in his eighties was airlifted to hospital in serious condition over the weekend, having survived a crash near Mullumbimby.
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Cardiac arrests and sunken boats in marine rescues

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Marine Rescue NSW volunteers say they carried out 37 search and rescue missions across the Northern Rivers last month.
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A very late night for two children and dad rescued from rainforest

Local News Mia Armitage - 0
Two young children and their father were rescued from Mt Nardi in the early hours of Sunday morning after a planned bushwalk ‘took longer than expected'.
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Northern Rivers emergency response strengthened by new SES units and rescue vehicles

Local News The Echo - 1
Northern Rivers disaster response and recovery operations are being strengthened as the NSW government invests more than $6.6 million for facilities and vehicles through the NSW State Emergency Services (SES).
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Flood warnings still in place across Northern Rivers

Local News The Echo - 0
Flood warnings were still in place for the Tweed, Richmond, Clarence, Orara, Bellinger, Macleay, Hastings, Manning, Upper Hunter, Cooks, Gwydir, Namoi, Paroo, Warrego and Culgoa catchments as of Monday morning.
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SES ends ex-Alfred operations

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The NSW State Emergency Service (SES) formally concluded its response to Tropical Cyclone Alfred on Friday 14 March 2025.
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Road works to begin for Byron’s emergency services precinct

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Road works to begin for Byron’s emergency services precinct
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Feedback sought on Disaster Adaptation Plans guidelines

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The NSW government is inviting community consultation on newly released local government draft Disaster Adaptation Plans guidelines.
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Emergency services on show April 27

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Emergency services will be on show in Banner Park, Brunswick Heads on Saturday April 27 from 9am until 2pm.
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Emergency services on show at Bruns, April 6

Local News The Echo - 0
Emergency services will be on show at the next Brunswick Heads Markets in Banner Park on Saturday April 6 from 9am until 2pm.
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CSIRO releases flood mitigation report

David Lowe - 0
After four years of work, the CSIRO has come to the conclusion that multiple water detentions (dams), in the upper reaches of the catchments in the Northern Rivers, along with other flood mitigation engineering, could reduce future catastrophic flooding impacts in Lismore and elsewhere by as much as 2 metres.
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Protecting the Daintree from Mullumbimby 

Richard Christian, Gondwana Rainforest Trust - 0
From a small office in Mullumbimby, a local conservation organisation is helping protect one of the most extraordinary places on Earth, more than 1,500 kilometres to the north. 
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National News

Landlord penalties for premises selling illicit tobacco and vapes

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New laws targeting commercial landlords who knowingly permit tenants to sell illicit tobacco and vaping goods from their premises begin today, as part of the government’s continued crackdown on the illicit market.
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Award-winning writers coming to BWF

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The Byron Writers Festival has announced a number of prize-winning authors who will be appearing among 150 international and Australian writers at this year's festival, representing a wide range of genres.
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