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Beach going, going…
Len Bates, Mullumbimby
I have noticed in the last few years that the poly fibre bags being used to protect the...
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Pfizer available on North Coast, health authorities say
Health authorities on the Northern Rivers say the region now has a supply of the Pfizer Covid 19 vax.
Byron Shire look out
Paul Brecht, Evans Head
Michael Lyon has formed a Council candidates ticket with a couple of now ex-Greens, himself being an...
Jeff off
Stephen Totterman, Ballina
Local Government elections are coming and Cr Jeff Johnson is on the campaign trail, telling us that...
The legalities around pork barrelling in NSW
The misallocation of public funds to benefit partisan interest, to the detriment of making such decisions based on merit, is nothing new in the state of NSW. However, the blatant justifications of the practice by the current coalition government are something new.
Artificial reefs for coastal erosion control
The building of seawalls has been the subject of a controversial court case brought against BSC in recent years. What are the other options?
Old Byron Hospital DA on exhibition
Plans are finally in for the redevelopment of the old Byron Hospital that will facilitate its transformation into a much-needed community hub.
Stories about "Frances McDormand":
Promised Land
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHQt1NAkhIo
John Campbell
When reduced to basic building blocks, all cinema (all art, you might say) is social commentary.
Few filmmakers, however, are as overt in stating...
Byron Echo
The truth about Israel
Danny Wakil, Billinudgel
Gareth Smith, you are clearly very passionate, but constantly providing incredibly one-sided opinions, and half-truths get us nowhere (14 July). I am factual...
Local News
John ‘Strop’ Cornell dies
John Cornell, a character credited with initiating major change in Byron Bay after his purchase of the Beach Hotel, has died at his home in Byron Bay, aged 80, surrounded by his wife Delvene Delaney and family.
Editorial
Editorial – Free fi fo dumb?
Hans Lovejoy, editor
Scientists have warned that now the UK has come out of lockdown on ‘freedom day’ (July 19), it will lead to ‘a...
Articles & Columns
Snakes monitor radioactive contamination
Ten years on from the 2011 Fukushima disaster in Japan – the most severe nuclear accident since Chernobyl – researchers are using Japanese rat snakes to measure radioactivity in the Fukushima Exclusion Zone.
