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Not quite ‘too late’
Desmond Bellamy, PETA Australia
Sir David Attenborough, the world’s most famous naturalist, has just addressed the United Nations Security Council to...
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TAFE job cuts not so bad, says Nationals MLC
Ms Saffin said last week that 29 local jobs were going under restructures and that almost 700 frontline TAFE NSW jobs will be slashed.
Ballina Dragon Boaters win world championships
Shelley Cornish from Tintenbar has won two gold medals in the world indoor rowing championships as well as a world record time, while husband Paul Hurley chimed in with a silver medal.
Ben Hamilton riding for kids with cancer
Ballina man Ben Hamilton is riding his bike 500km to help young kids with cancer.
Top of Mt Warning
Daniel O’Brien, Federal
Letters about Mt Warning were interesting. Chris Gee defended National Parks and Wildlife for adopting the views of...
New Greens team
Matthew O’Reilly
President of CABS and a proud member of the NEW Byron Greens team
It seems that some readers have...
Nimbin medicinal cannabis event, March 27
Two experienced medical cannabis doctors and a retired magistrate who is passionate about changing the drug driving rules will take part in the MEDICAN gathering in Nimbin.
Stories about "highway":
Two men killed on highway during brawl – Woodburn
Police say they are working to formally identify two men killed when they were struck by a B-double truck on the Pacific Highway south of Woodburn overnight.
Concert of concern for Ballina’s koalas
Jeff Johnson, Save Ballina’s Koalas campaign coordinator. It was with great surprise and sadness that I heard last week that the NSW government/RMS have been digging up Aboriginal sites for artefacts along the proposed Section 10 (Broadwater to Coolgardie) of the Pacific Highway Upgrade.
Byron Echo
Suspicion and belief
Fast Buck$, Coorabell
My suspicion is that the mayor and the senior staff have been helping Michael Lyon become electable as mayor by scripting his...
Letters
Suffolk Park pump track
Jinesh Attard, Suffolk Park
Many in the local community of hillside Suffolk Park have come to understand the impact the pump track will have on our...
Letters
New Greens team
Matthew O’Reilly
President of CABS and a proud member of the NEW Byron Greens team
It seems that some readers have taken my comments on the...