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$3 million for regional news outlets in NSW
The NSW government has announced a new $3 million fund to assist regional communities to have access to trusted news sources covering the stories that matter.
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$3 million for regional news outlets in NSW
The NSW government has announced a new $3 million fund to assist regional communities to have access to trusted news sources covering the stories that matter.
Environment law fails to protect threatened species
A University of Queensland finding says that the federal environmental laws are failing to mitigate against Australia’s extinction crisis.
Bundjalung host Byron Shire Survival Day
Main Beach Park in Cavanbah – Byron Bay, was the place where both Indigenous and non-Indigenous people gathered yesterday to celebrate the longest-living culture in the world – people who are now living on unceded land.
Family and domestic violence leave comes into force tomorrow
New laws to provide 10 days paid Family and Domestic Violence Leave will come into force tomorrow for workers...
Australia Day in the Tweed
The Tweed community will reflect, respect and celebrate what it means to be part of the unfolding national story on Australia Day.
Coastal dystopia
Proto-existentialist philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer wrote ‘Money is human happiness in the abstract, and so the man who is no...
Stories about "global temperatures":
Climate change likely to bring more compound disasters
The 2022 floods have caused $5.3billion in damage. Black Summer bushfires caused almost $2.5 billion in damage. Three consecutive La Nina events, or multiple droughts and heatwaves likely to become more common.
National News
Vale Professor Will Steffen – leading climate scientist
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Leading climate scientist Professor Will Steffen has died of pancreatic cancer in Canberra at 75.
Local News
Oil spill on M1 near Byron, traffic backed up to Brunswick Heads exit
An accident on the M1 has brought southbound traffic to a standstill from the Brunswick Heads exit at Gulgan Road and Tweed Street.
Local News
Four arrested over alleged break-ins, trespass – Casino
Four boys have been arrested by police investigating alleged aggravated break and enter and trespass offences in Casino on Monday, 30 January.
Byron Echo
V-Day returns to Byron Bay, February 14
A mass global action, One Billion Rising, which aims to end violence against women and children, is planned for V-Day on February 14, Main Beach, Byron Bay from 7am.
