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New COVID-19 cases in Byron, Kyogle and Casino
Two new cases of COVID-19 have been identified on the North Coast of NSW casting doubt over Byron Shire coming out of lockdown at midnight.
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A matter of choice
I have chosen to receive a vaccination.
Others have chosen not to.
Unless we are living in some totalitarian state, that...
Covid 19 virus fragments in Ballina Shire and Grafton sewage
The Northern NSW Local Health District says fragments of the virus that causes COVID-19 were detected in samples taken from the North and South Grafton sewage treatment plants on 24 September.
The circular economy in action
Life Cykel is a versatile, forward thinking and high ethos company that focuses on harnessing the circular economy and the great potential that mushrooms possess to create quality products for human, and planetary, health.
Bioenergy facility
Council continued to downplay the noise from trucks associated with the proposed bioenergy plant in last week’s Echo.
This is...
Greed
I write to express my concern with greedy landlords who seem to go by the sandpit mantra ‘they did...
New venues of concern in Ballina
The Northern NSW Local Health District has been notified of a number of new venues of
concern associated with a confirmed case of COVID-19.
Stories about "Front Line Action on Coal":
Coal joins tobacco and asbestos as one of the bad guys
Gloucester herb farmer Karen O'Brien was jubilant at this morning's news from the Land and Environment Court. Photo Tree Faerie.
Eve Jeffery
Court rules out Hunter...
Geography teacher blockades coal train in ‘self-defence’
Early Wednesday morning 37-year-old Victorian geography teacher Greg Rolles became the third person person to mount a tripod blocking Aurizon's coal railway. Mr Rolles says he is doing it n the hope of saving himself from the risks of premature climate related death.
Newcastle youth puts future on the line to end coal exports
Early this morning Ballyn Teagle, a 17-year-old from Newcastle, put his freedom on the line to take a stance against the coal industry. He is currently in a ten-metre-high tripod, blocking coal trains entering Newcastle coal port.
Locals unite against Adani
Protesters gathered in Byron on Saturday as part of the National Day of Action organised by Frontline Action on Coal. There were 25 other actions taking place around Australia as people once again made a stand against opening up future coal mines.
Melbourne men drop daks in ‘cheeky’ coal protest
As part of a 30-hour demonstration at the Flinders Street Station intersection, members of Frontline Action on Coal Melbourne bared their backsides under the clocks at Flinders St Station.
Byron mother-daughter activists fined more than Adani
A Byron mother and her daughter have been fined a combined $16,000 for their part in an action that stopped Adani’s Abbot Point coal loading facility for about eight hours in January.
Coal protesters block rail line near Bowen
Two protesters from Front Line Action on Coal are currently blocking Aurizon’s coal railway near Bowen, calling on the Queensland Government to rule out funding for Aurizon.
Peaceful protest halts Whitehaven coal trains
On Sunday peaceful protest, at Willow Tree, NSW, halted Whitehaven Coal's trains from reaching Newcastle Port. Trains were stopped for five hours after 33-year-old Jamie Dunnit scaled, and occupied, the locomotives.
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The circular economy in action
Life Cykel is a versatile, forward thinking and high ethos company that focuses on harnessing the circular economy and the great potential that mushrooms possess to create quality products for human, and planetary, health.
Byron Echo
Entertainment in the Byron Shire for the week beginning 29 September, 2021
Byron Writers Festival co-presents a special online event with acclaimed author Jonathan Franzen.
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Organic local Koala Tea
Koala Tea has won several awards over the years and has been inducted into the ACO Organic Hall of Fame.
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Organic Forrest
Pioneers of the organic food movement, David Forrest and Sue Mangan have been farming in Federal since 1978.
