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No Small Thing: NRCF Women’s Giving Circle event, Murwillumbah

Cheek Media founder, Hannah Ferguson, will headline a panel of prominent women leaders at the Regent Theatre in Murwillumbah next Thursday, in an event the organisers say brings, 'the kind of line-up you'd usually travel to Sydney for' to the Northern Rivers.
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Regional Seniors Travel Card to return if coalition win 2027 election

Member for Tweed Geoff Provest (Nationals) says he will bring back the Regional Seniors Travel Card if his government is voted in at the March 2027 election.
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New bus services for Tweed and Murwillumbah

From 29 June, 175 additional weekly bus services will be added to Tweed and Murwillumbah routes.
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Helping hands create strong communities

Volunteering fosters meaningful connections and Pottsville Beach Neighbourhood Centre creates a shared space where people from all backgrounds and circumstances gather.
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Science in the Pub, Lismore, 16 July

An engaging and informative Science in the Pub event is planned on Thursday, 16 July, from 5pm at Two Mates Brewing, South Lismore.
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Local NewsAslan Shand - 0

Morrison Avenue a ‘disgrace’

Local Mullumbimby residents are saying Byron Shire Council (BSC) needs to step up and fix Morrison Avenue properly.
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Momentum hosts free skate workshop for girls and women

Whether you are stepping on a skateboard for the first time, sharpening your skills or getting ready to compete, a free school holiday workshop is being offered to all female skaters up to 25 years.
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Government squibs it on gambling ads

Articles & Columns David Lowe - 0
In the kind of move that Labor once derided in their opponents, the government used the cover of the federal budget – while most journalists were literally locked up – to deliver its response to the late Peta Murphy's report into online gambling, 'You Win Some, You Lose More'.
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ACOSS responds to federal budget

National News The Echo - 0
Historic housing and trust tax reforms welcomed but people with the least miss out (again).
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Patrick Deegan says Northern Rivers let down by budget

Local News The Echo - 12
Labor candidate for Page, Patrick Deegan, says Northern Rivers employers and their workers have again been let down by the Morrison-Joyce Government after the federal budget failed to deliver to a JobSeeker support package for local businesses.
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Elliot’s response to the budget ‘flood ravaged residents deserve better’

Local News The Echo - 6
Member for Richmond, Justine Elliot has responded to this year's budget by saying there is a trillion dollars in debt, no climate action and the risk of a second wasted decade. She also said flood-ravaged residents deserve better.
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Breathtaking injustice

Byron Echo The Echo - 8
Rhonda Ansiewicz, Federal Here we have Morrison on $10,000 a week and a net worth of $48 million, together with Frydenberg on several hundred thousand a...
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Momentum gets boost to help DV victims in Ballina

Local News David Lowe - 0
The Rotary Club of Ballina-on-Richmond has teamed up with Momentum Collective in Tamar Street to create ten care packs for women and children escaping domestic violence.
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Thus Spake Mungo: ScoMo’s budget and the politics of greed

Articles & Columns Mungo MacCallum - 5
Scott Morrison’s budget has been greeted as underwhelming, which is probably the way he likes it. There are no real losers, apart from… a basket of deplorables who do not normally vote for the coalition.
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What’s in the budget for you?

Local News Chris Dobney - 1
As always with federal budgets, the devil is in the detail. Lucky for you we have combed through myriad commentaries to find out what really matters: will you get anything out of the budget?
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Drug testing to create new trash underclass?

Letters The Echo - 0
Dorothy Mullins, Byron Bay Dear editor Random drug testing for welfare recipients? This pearl from Budget 2017 makes the brain spin it raises so many questions: basic human...
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Unemployed and pensioners ‘collateral damage’ in budget fight

National News The Echo - 0
Dr Cassandra Goldie, CEO of the Australian Council of Social Services (ACOSS), said on Monday the budget fight looming at the start 45th Parliament...
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Consultation closes Friday on Lismore’s 60,000 population plans

The Echo - 0
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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Science in the Pub, Lismore, 16 July

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An engaging and informative Science in the Pub event is planned on Thursday, 16 July, from 5pm at Two Mates Brewing, South Lismore.
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Six dwellings proposed on flood-prone Mullum block

The Echo - 0
Six units are proposed at the eastern end of New City Road, Mullumbimby, on a site that was inundated during the 2022 floods. Submitted by Duncan Band's Kollective, Development Application (DA) 10.2026.269.1 at 73 New City Road is on public exhibition with Byron Shire Council, and sits within the Shire's flood planning area.
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Mullum Scout Hall fire overnight

Aslan Shand - 0
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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