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Calls for Minister to conduct ‘genuine’ consultation on Murwillumbah mega-school
The Murwillumbah community and SOS (Save Our Schools) are calling on the NSW Minister for Education, Sarah Mitchell to...
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Dunoon Dam from a Rocky Creek perspective
R Musgrave, Rocky Creek
Here’s a simple question about the proposed new Dunoon Dam and some local observations from a long-time...
Healthy Minds Club powering ahead
Since The Echo last spoke to Lennox Head's Jackson Connellan, from The Healthy Minds Club, things have become even...
Drug and firearm offences – Tweed Heads
Police say a man has appeared in court after allegedly being found in possession of firearms, drugs and nearly $10,000 cash in Tweed Heads.
Grow yourself on a farm tour
S Haslam
The most memorable experiences, those that enrich our lives and take us in new directions, are often hands-on...
You Can Close Your Eyes
There is a beautiful James Taylor song (‘You Can Close Your Eyes’) that commences with the words;
Oh, the sun is surely sinking down, But the moon is slowly rising.
Police withdraw charge against protester
The police case against a Byron local arrested at a ‘My body, my choice’ protest has been dropped, according to rally organiser Dean Jefferys.
Stories about "high koala use areas":
NEFA offers to break deadlock over illegal logging
Forest protectors stopped logging of koala habitat for a second day in Gibberagee State Forest on Tuesday before leaving the forest.
‘Koala park’ forest blockade forcibly ended
The Greens and conservation groups have condemned the forcible ending of a forest blockade in a high-use koala area near Bellingen after 30 days of sit-ins and lock-ons prevented the removal of old-growth logs.
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Young animators shine on Ballina’s big screen
David Lowe - 1
A group of up and coming local indigenous animators were excited to see their first films on the big screen at Ballina Fair Cinemas on Tuesday night.
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Nurses and midwives rally during Health Inquiry in Lismore
Nurses and midwives will be holding lunchtime rallies across the Northern Rivers calling for nurse-to-patient ratios and highlighting widespread issues being exposed at the rural health inquiry, which is due to hear submissions today in Lismore.
Byron Echo
‘Influencers’ – just another advertising platform…
Aslan Shand - 2
The question being asked by many consumers is 'are influencers genuinely promoting products that they like and believe in, or is it just more advertising?
Byron Echo
Professor Offord makes Queen’s Birthday Honours List
Ocean Shores resident and Emeritus Professor, Baden Offord, has been named on the Queen’s Birthday 2021 Honours List, ‘For distinguished service to tertiary education in the field of human rights, social justice, and cultural diversity’.
