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Aussie MPs celebrate World Bicycle Day

The leaders of the Parliamentary Friends of Cycling have joined in front of Parliament House in Canberra to celebrate the United Nations’ World Bicycle Day.
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Free Indigenous aquatic programs on offer in Tweed

Free aquatic exercise programs are now on offer in the Tweed Shire for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community members and their families. 
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The Good LifeAllie Godfrey - 0

Greens from The Farm are flourshing

At the heart of a thriving market garden is timing, soil health, and a deep connection to the seasons...
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Byron EchoIan Pratt, Bilinga  - 0

Lord of the land

Slaughtering 30,000 is fine; causing starvation is fine; making homeless a million is fine; demolishing homes is fine; wrecking...
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‘Forever’ chemical maker M3 faces court

NSW Greens MLC and Chair of the NSW Inquiry into PFAS contamination, Cate Faehrmann, say she has welcomed the federal government’s decision to launch legal action against chemicals giant 3M over PFAS contamination, but warned that communities and state governments must not again be left to foot the bill.
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Local NewsEve Jeffery - 0

Remembering the Peacekeepers

Last Friday a small group gathered at the Cenotaph in Mullumbimby to commemorate International UN Peacekeeper Day.
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$10m Booyong mansion on exhibition

A large dual occupancy (detached) proposal with a five bedroom mansion, swimming pool and a three bedroom caretakers dwelling is proposed for 501A Booyong Rd, Booyong.
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Stories about "festival closures":

Mandy Nolan’s Soapbox: Where Has the Music Gone?

Byron Echo Mandy Nolan - 7
What happens when you take hundreds of millions of dollars of revenue out of our local economy? We’re about to find out. The Falls Festival is no more. Splendour has finished. And this year Festival Director Peter Noble told us this would be the last Bluesfest. It seems unfathomable that our iconic signature event will be no more.
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Lennox headland tree planting day this Friday

The Echo - 0
Ballina Shire Council, GeoLINK and Rous Council are inviting the community to roll up their sleeves and help restore the iconic Lennox Headland, at the 21st Lennox Head Community Tree Planting Day on Friday 5 June.
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Local News

Norths desert Bangalow Bowlo… again

Anna Vinfield - 0
Eight Bangalow community members attended Norths AGM on Monday, 25 May, to seek answers about the future of Bangalow Bowlo, but received no meaningful engagement, with their concerns merely ‘noted’.
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Local News

Gathering in the beauty of community

The Echo - 0
Community garden committees and volunteers from across the Northern Rivers and into South East Queensland gathered at Shara Community Gardens in North Ocean Shores...
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Local News

Ballina Shire Council’s special rate variation approved

The Echo - 0
Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) has approved Ballina Shire Council's application to increase its general income through a permanent special variation (SV) of 26.25% [in rates] over four years, from 2026-27 to 2029-30.
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