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The NT intervention laws that shape lives

This Sunday marks 19 years since the then Howard Government announced the Northern Territory Intervention laws – ‘The Intervention’ began with a media release by Mal Brough, Minister for Indigenous Affairs, on June 21, 2007.
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Byron EchoMike Balson, Upper Wilsons Creek - 0

AI roll-out

My dad bought a quarter-acre block overlooking Sydney’s Northern Beaches for 400 pounds. That was about eight week’s salary. Mum...
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Seas the Day in Kingscliff this weekend

This weekend the fourth NRMA Insurance Seas The Day women’s surf festival is back at Kingscliff Beach with Surfing...
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Byron EchoDamian Kassabgi - 0

Mullum takes A grade, Byron takes B, Suffolk takes a sausage

The Northern Rivers NET League Finals went down on Saturday, and it delivered some genuinely good tennis, nervous moments,...
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Men’s Health Week: simple conversations

This National Men’s Health Week experts from Triple P – Positive Parenting Program are encouraging dads, granddads and father figures to embrace something simple but powerful: everyday conversations that support their own wellbeing and their family’s wellbeing.
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Flood gauges installed in Ballina and Wardell 

Residents in Ballina and Wardell will have more more localised flood warnings, giving them time to prepare before floodwaters arrives, thanks to new flood forecast services along the Richmond River.
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LettersLouise Doran, Ocean Shores - 0

Where is the real cost in rail v trail?

When the state government closed the one daily train service on the Casino to Murwillumbah line, which records show...
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Stories about "Festival":

Pups, people and police had a Dogly good time at Love Lennox

Local News Eve Jeffery - 0
This year's Love Lennox Festival went off with a bang and a bark as the much anticipated Dogly Fun Show took over the main stage area for plenty of K9 fun.
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Rainbows but no rain for Bruns Holi Festival

Local News Jeff Dawson - 0
Nearly a hundred women and girls were seen powdering their noses and much more at Brunswick Heads on Sunday for local celebrations of the global Holi Festival of colour.
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Byron’s Main Beach turns Japanese

Local News Jeff Dawson - 0
Some of Japan’s professional Sumo wrestlers have been sharing pics online of their London sight-seeing but it was their micro counterparts who stole the show in Byron last Saturday.
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Ten years of Kinship in Murwillumbah

Local News The Echo - 0
This year the Kinship Festival will celebrate its 10-Year Anniversary in Knox Park, Murwillumbah.
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Inaugural Lindy Hop festival swings into the Bay this October

Local News Eve Jeffery - 0
This October will see the inaugural Byron Bay Lindy Exchange (BBLX), a three-day swing dance festival taking place.
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Third artist announcement for Bluesfest

Local News The Echo - 0
Missy Higgins and Rodrigo y Gabriela are among the latest artists announced for the final edition of Byron Bay Bluesfest, scheduled for April 2025. International blues-rock legends George Thorogood & The Destroyers will also be on the bill, along with the return of Nahko and an exclusive performance from Melody Angel.
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Seas The Day returning to Kingscliff

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Surfing Australia has announced the return of Seas The Day for its second year running. The world’s largest female participation surf event will take place over 22-23 June at Kingscliff Beach.
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It’s a biggest little town festival! 

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Supporters, performers, and volunteers gathered to launch the Mullum Laneways Festival 2024 last Friday. 
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Major cinema and televisual arts festival is coming to the Gold Coast

Entertainment News The Echo - 0
The Australian Academy presents the inaugural AACTA Festival. With more than 70 film, television, music, gaming, pop culture and family events coming to the Gold Coast. The...
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Two dead and 70 charged at Sydney music festivals

National News The Echo - 1
After two deaths – both confirmed to have been at the Knockout festival – NSW police say that there were more than 70 people charged with drug offences at two Sydney music events held on Saturday.
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Hemp industry given boost with development plan

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A Hemp Industry Development Plan has been announced by the NSW government, which promises 'to unlock new opportunities for NSW businesses and add value to the state's low-THC hemp industry, which is forecast to become a $100 million Australian industry by 2032'.
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Gambling harm recognised by Tweed Council, supported by Wesley Mission

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Faith-based, not-for-profit organisation providing community services in NSW, Wesley Mission, has welcomed Tweed Shire Council’s decision to publicly recognise the impact of gambling harm and advocate for stronger harm-minimisation measures.
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Winter Warmer fundraiser for homelessness

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The annual Winter Warmer Homelessness Relief campaign, hosted by Dharma Care, will return for 2026 with cabaret at Salt, Kingscliff, on Thursday 2 July, headlined by comedian Mandy Nolan, interactive performance artist The Space Cowboy and the Kinship Doobai Dancers, with a Welcome to Country from Aunty Jackie.
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Tweed Shire Council presents flood resilience series – part one

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Over the coming weeks, Tweed Shire Council will present a flood resilience series, which looks at how 'Tweed's story is different from the standard flood recovery narrative and what happened next'.
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