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West Byron flooding
All east coast communities are now daily regularly warned by the ABC radio/TV, by the Bureau of Meteorology, to...
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Koala stranded
The plight of koalas was demonstrated very well this week with a koala found dangerously stranded in the main...
Body of missing swimmer found at Chinderah
NSW Police say the body of a man believed to be that of a missing swimmer has been located following a wide-scale search yesterday.
Students in the dark about milk production
NSW Farmers says an Australian university study has discovered four in five primary school students have no idea how modern milk is produced.
Surf life savers return
The red and yellow is back on NSW beaches with more than 20,000 surf life saving volunteers ready to welcome beachgoers for the official beginning of patrol season.
Origin walks away from Beetaloo Basin
In a major victory for community pressure and investor activism, Origin Energy announced yesterday that they would divest 100 per cent of their gas interests in the Northern Territory's massive Beetaloo Basin, along with fracking plans in the Lake Eyre Basin and WA's Kimberley region.
Something about Ash and Sara
The Rock & Roll Coffee Company is proud to present the second showcase in their Something About Songwriters series featuring...
Stories about "Gloucester Valley":
Protests erupt as CSG fracking approved
Anti-coal seam gas (CSG) campaigners from around NSW are set to join around 30 farmers and residents of the Gloucester Valley after the state government’s controversial approval for giant miner AGL to frack for gas on farmland near their homes.
Byron Echo
Odd row of lights
Just following up the letter from Sarah Smith in the August 31 issue. It was a Starlink satellite train. My webcam captured the scene.
Michael...
Articles & Columns
Trampling of the graves of the murdered: reply to Will Liley
As I read Will Liley’s response to my article in dedication to my late uncle, I recalled the poem in Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s novel Clandestine in Chile:
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Murwillumbah mega-school merger public meeting on Monday
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Opposition to the merger of the four Murwillumbah Schools, which includes two primary and two high schools, remains strong. Monday will see Leader of the NSW opposition MP Chris Minns and local MP Janelle Saffin joining concerned parents, students and community members at a town hall meeting in Murwillumbah on Monday at 5.30pm.
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Byron Council looking at rain damage
Byron Shire Council says they have staff out and about across the Shire today assessing damage from the rain.
