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Freedoms and rights
Whilst I agree with most of Adrian Gattenhoff’s assertions in Letters (13 October: Perrotet and Opus Dei) I urge...
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The Rebels and the Wraiths visit Nationals: ‘We are facing a planetary crisis’
As part of a fortnight of climate actions and protests with the Extinction Rebellion, over 30 activists visited MP Kevin Hogan’s office in Lismore yesterday pushing ghostly empty white prams.
Recycling polystyrene just got easier at Lismore’s Recycling & Recovery Centre
The Lismore Recycling & Recovery Centre has a new machine that can recycle polystyrene which will help the facility increase the capacity to deal with this earth-wrecking synthetic-aromatic-hydrocarbon-polymer.
Editorial: Jabby jab jab jabb
As of this week, NSW reached the double vaccination target of 80 per cent!
No Ballina commemoration for 11 November
Speaking on behalf of the Ballina RSL sub-branch, Dick Wills BEM has announced that there will be no public commemoration service in Ballina for Remembrance Day next month.
Charges laid after police pursuit at Murwillumbah
Officers from Tweed/Byron Police District have been investigating several incidents of stolen motor vehicles from within the Kingscliff area over the past month.
End of Days
Sometimes life would be a lot simpler if I could just believe in God. If I could believe that...
Stories about "Habitat loss":
Planting trees helps connect koalas
Bangalow Koalas has planted another 1,500 koala food and wildlife corridor trees on Pat Rafter’s property in the Northern Rivers yesterday.
Will the ‘Ozzie otter’ vanish along with the other 1,000,000 threatened species?
The Australian otter is not otter an at all and while there were once plenty, loss of habitat through development and roads means their numbers are falling.
Old STP site is wonderful bird habitat
David Gilet, Byron Bay.
When the development of the old sewage works was first suggested I wrote a letter enumerating the number of bird species that I...
Nature under threat
Mary Gardner, Byron Bay. Nature in Byron Bay is about to tip one way or the other. Many long-term structural changes are being pushed all at once: West Byron development, Ewingsdale, Baywood Chase, the Suffolk quarry site.
Habitat loss puts us in extinction cliffhanger
Like anyone with a Leunig calendar, I flick ahead to read all the cartoons. I stop at the one with the character walking a bike by the cliff edge, who smiles at the grand view of a mountain range.
Byron Echo
Masters of disasters
If ever alarm bells were sounded for Ballina and ignored, they surely were those of former mayor and West Ballina farmer, Bert Barlow, in...
Byron Echo
Waste to energy
On Friday I attended a biomass and waste incineration event, at the Condong sugar mill, held by the Northern Rivers Guardians (NRG) and North...
Byron Echo
Byron Bay – Main Beach’s future tabled
Paul Bibby - 0
The range of options for protecting Byron’s Main Beach look set to be narrowed to three, after the community had its say on the crucial shoreline project.
Byron Echo
Byron Council staff push to make Unauthorised Dwelling Policy for ‘internal use’
Aslan Shand - 0
A contentious draft Unauthorised Dwelling Policy, put on exhibition last year by Council, has re-emerged for this Thursday’s meeting.
