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Building hei(s)(gh)ts
I also strongly agree with David Gilet and Paul McCarthy on the creeping cancer of increased building heights/heists in...
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Elliot’s still sore
You (The Echo), rightly so, have a dig (in Backlash) at right-wing media outlets for mindless repetition of discredited...
Dredging resurfaces for Tweed Council
Following the February and March floods the question of whether dredging the rivers of Tweed Shire will reduce a flood's impact has once again been raised.
Byron High’s Winter Fest, June 23
To celebrate the creative and artistic talents of students, Byron Bay High School is holding its annual Winter Arts Festival Showcase Evening (aka the WAF) on Thursday June 23.
Chill – not warships
Peter Walters can relax. There are no Chinese warships in Darwin. A Chinese company operates the port in Darwin...
Ditch the special treatment
It’s time to ditch the special treatment of those who profit from the suffering of animals, as they have...
Energy policy a priority, says Elliot
Reflecting on the recent win for federal Labor, local MP, Justine Elliot, says that without a doubt, Australians wanted change.
Stories about "honey":
Being Vegan: Let me tell ya ’bout the birds and the bees (Part 2)
Honey bees make honey as a way of storing food to eat over the cooler winter period, when they are unable to forage and there are fewer flowers from which to gather food
Letters
Palestine’s ‘terra nullius’ and children’s body armour
Firstly, the Zionist regime of Israel is an apartheid regime. It is based on the dispossession, expropriation, expulsion and oppression of the Palestinian people.
This...
Local News
Lismore council flirts with ‘koala-killer’ status
The fate of one of the state’s last koala populations appears to lie in the hands of the Lismore City Council after an extraordinary meeting Thursday afternoon.
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Suspected Tweed Heads meth lab dismantled
Specialist police units along with NSW Fire and Rescue have been dismantling an alleged meth lab in Tweed Heads this morning, police said.
Local News
Hydro cannabis bust in Tweed
Police have confiscated equipment they say was being used for a hydroponic cannabis station set up in a Tweed Heads garage.