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How is RT-PCR used to diagnose COVID-19?
It’s fast, reliable and full of lines – but might look different to the PCR you learned about in school.
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Printmakers make their mark at Tweed Regional Gallery
A new exhibition featuring the work of some of Australia’s leading printmakers has been installed and is ready to be enjoyed by visitors when the Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre reopens tomorrow.
Putting our money where our mouth is for an Afghan family
The horror the people of Afghanistan are living through makes us ask ourselves what can we possibly do to help? The Ballina Region for Refugees offering the opportunity for anyone to support an Afghan family.
Following the lead of Western Australia and Victoria
Following the leads of Western Australia and Victoria by adopting a plan to phase out logging of public native forests, is what a local alliance is asking of the NSW Government.
West Ballina and Chinderah casual contact COVID locations
Two confirmed cases of COVID-19 have transited through the Northern Rivers this week with casual contact sites at both West Ballina and Chinderah.
From Lismore XR to multi-faith ARRCC – now is the time for climate action
From XR to religious multi-faith networks the call is becoming stronger for real action on climate change.
Homelessness
The Bangalow CWA branch is way more than tea and scones. The branch has a strong commitment to the...
Stories about "Hospital visits":
Hospital visiting hours curtailed
Visiting hours at hospitals in the Northern NSW Local Health District (NNSWLHD) have been reduced from 3 April in response to the continuing COVID-19 crisis.
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Queensland passes voluntary assisted dying laws
Dying with Dignity NSW has welcomed the passage of Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) laws in Queensland and is hoping that NSW Parliament resumes next month so that this issue can be addressed in NSW without further delay.
Byron Echo
Planning staff back Wilsons Creek DA, residents’ concerns downplayed
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Residents living near a proposed 15-lot housing development in Wilsons Creek say it will negatively impact a precious wildlife corridor on the site, exacerbate traffic safety problems on the surrounding roads, and damage the peaceful character of their quiet enclave.
Byron Echo
A moment of your life?
Six questions for Jehovah’s Witness doorknockers:
1. Are you aware that the 2016 Royal Commission into Institutional Handling of Child Sexual Abuse investigated 1006 alleged...
Local News
Local mum features in documentary about the impacts and possible solutions around suicide
Eve Jeffery - 0
Murwillumbah mum Ursula has lived every parents worst nightmare – her child, at the age of just 17, took his own life – and a lot of time and energy, questions and conjecture and finger-pointing can rumble around this, but at the end of the day Ursula’s precious boy is gone and he’s not coming back.
