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Join Clarkes Beach paddle out this weekend to stop massive oil and gas field project
Hundreds of local surfers and water-lovers will paddle out at Clarke’s Beach over the weekend to protest against a massive oil and gas field proposed for the NSW coast.
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More money for Byron Shire roads and bridges
The NSW government has announced almost $5 million dollars in funding for Byron Shire infrastructure.
Respect for Country
Léandra Martiniello, Whian Whian
It is the night of the full moon, I have just watched it rise. On the...
On-farm restaurant’s sustainable vision
Frida’s Field is an on-farm restaurant based in Nashua, just ten minutes from Bangalow. Hosting three long lunches per...
What’s going on with gas?
David Lowe
According to the prime minister, we’re in the midst of a ‘gas-led recovery’. Until about five minutes ago,...
Why do we destroy what we love?
Nan Nicholson, The Channon
I have been an environmental activist for over 50 years (I started when I was a...
No air for Ben
Rhonda Ansiewicz, Federal
Stop giving Franklin air time.
Mayor Richardson, in his usual fashion, joins up with his mate Franklin...
Stories about "Glenugie":
Pacific Highway from Glenugie to Tyndale open
A large section of roadworks on the Pacific Highway is complete and today the 36 kilometre Glenugie to Tyndale section of the Woolgoolga to Ballina Pacific Highway upgrade is open.
Woman hospitalised after caravan catches fire
A 45-year old woman has been hositalised with burns to 20 per cent of her body after a caravan caught fire on the Pacific Highway near Glenugie.
Glenugie two years on
It was a peaceful day on Saturday at Glenugie, a long way from the fight two years ago when the headlines read 'More arrests follow new Glenugie lock-on'.
Glenugie CSG case dismissed
Magistrate David Heilpern yesterday dismissed charges against eight people who were arrested during protests at Glenugie in January against gas exploration company Metgasco.
Glenugie CSG charges ‘vexatious’
A magistrate has thrown out police charges against two protesters at Metgasco’s Glenugie test site, saying they were ‘innocuous’ and a waste of the court’s time. He considered there may have been political interference.
CSG campaigner’s charges dismissed
An anti coal seam gas campaigner whose actions in following a truck driver who had been dumping toxic drill mud from a Metgasco test...
Local News
Man dead after boat capsizes near Yamba
Police say a man has died and a second has been taken to hospital after a boat capsized south of Yamba this morning.
Local News
Jonson Street bus shelter gone and an era ended
Byron Shire Council says that the wooden bus shelter on Jonson Street outside the Byron Visitors Centre is being removed today with all bus services operating from the new bus interchange on Butler Street in Byron Bay
Letters
Upside down river
Tim Harrington, Lennox Head
Letter contributor Richard White (letters 21/4/21) quite correctly identifies the Richmond River as an ‘upside down river’ and nowhere is this more...
Local News
Ballina Dragons’ great results at Urunga
Eve Jeffery - 0
The Ballina Dragon Boat Racing Club is a group of paddling people from all walks of life who enjoy being out on the water having fun and keeping fit.
