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Youth arrested over Nimbin shooting
A 20-year-old has been charged over a shooting that took place in the middle of the day near the centre of Nimbin.
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It’s National Homelessness Week
In Australia there are over 116,000 people experiencing homelessness on any given night. Homelessness Week aims to raise awareness of the impact of homelessness on Australia via national and local community events
Two missing persons alerts on Northern Rivers
One of the cases is a woman who has been missing for more than a month.
Israel vs Palestine
Jenny Bush, Wilsons Creek
When the point scoring dies down there’s no question that since the British colonial occupiers of Palestine...
Cartoon of the week – 4 August, 2021
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SE Queensland’s lockdown and local schools
The South East Queensland three day lockdown, from 4pm Saturday 31 July to 4pm Tuesday 3 August 2021, will...
Fifteen arrested in Brisbane protest
Police say they have arrested fifteen people following protest activity in Brisbane CBD this morning.
Stories about "IAHA":
Academy for Indigenous students in Lismore
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander high school students in the Northern Rivers will have access to an exciting new training pathway right on their doorstep in 2022.
Local News
NSW Parliament off for a month, with full pay
With COVID-19 cases surging across Sydney and defence forces being deployed in the city, NSW Parliament put out a brief statement last week saying MPs will not sit in the month of August ‘owing to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in NSW’.
Local News
Markets could return to Byron’s Butler St Reserve
Paul Bibby - 2
Byron’s weekly farmers’ market may return to its traditional home in Butler Street Reserve after detailed soil testing found that the park was less contaminated than was feared.
Local News
Push to create transitional accommodation at Lot 22
Paul Bibby - 0
Should the Council-owned plot of land in Mullumbimby, known as Lot 22, be used for temporary accommodation for those at risk of homelessness, as a matter of urgency?
Byron Echo
Sticking to facts
Roger Cotgreave, Byron Bay
Thanks to The Echo for reporting scientific facts around the pandemic and not relying on social media ‘research’. Also a big thanks...
