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Ballina Shire Council supports application for new croquet club
The Ballina Croquet Club is hoping to receive up to $300,000 in funding for a new club house at Cawarra Park.
Other News
Green is the colour of my discontent
Tom Tabart, Co-founder, Byron Greens
The Greens team for the Council election has a problem with the inclusion of Sarah Ndiaye,...
There’s a Byron Shire north?
Jenny Mansfield, Ocean Shores
I received a calendar via letterbox drop from Alan Hunter ‘Vote 1 for Byron Shire Council’. They...
Ink Gin still a winner
S Haslam
Has it already been six years since I first saw a demonstration of the curious colour-changing properties of...
Entertainment in the Byron Shire and beyond for the week beginning July 28, 2021
It's amazing what you can still go and see and do. Check it out!
Cartoon of the week – 28 July, 2021
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Riverland Wine: A hidden gem
Julz Recsei*
As I navigate the vast world of wine, I am constantly looking for something new and I found...
Stories about "First Nation":
Storylines – the education gap
Access to a good quality education can ensure that an individual will be successful in life. Unfortunately for Indigenous Australians, equal access to educational...
Storylines: Uluru Statement from the Heart
The 'Uluru Statement from the Heart' seeks constitutional reform to empower Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to have a say and be involved over matters that impact their lives.
NAIDOC family fun day in Mullum
The tenth annual Mullumbimby Family Fun Day was held in yesterday at the Mullumbimby Neighbourhood Centre on a beautiful sunny day just right for a peaceful celebration of NAIDOC, family, culture and country.
Storylines
Storylines: Growing hope
Hope is a fragile thing in 2021. With the current pandemic and the uncertainty in so many aspects of life, our hope is being shadowed by fear. It is profoundly affecting our humanity.
Local News
Northern Rivers responds to cal for COVID-19 testing
Following the flight of a COVID positive traveller from Sydney to Ballina and the detection of COVID fragments in the Byron Bay Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) both locals and visitors have responded to calls for more testing in the region.
Local News
Open-air art walk by the river at Murwillumbah completed
Aslan Shand - 0
The Ages of the Tweed mural that accompanies the open-air riverside art walk has now been completed.
Science Goes Viral
Cherry-picked COVID-19 statistics: Were the weekend’s ‘Freedom Rallies’ based on science?
A flyer recently dropped into the letterboxes of some New South Wales residents urged people to attend the controversial ‘Freedom Rallies’ – Let’s break it down and present some context.
