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Road workers strike first time in decades
Road workers, construction crews and other Transport for NSW workers will walk off the job for the first time in decades on Thursday, as frustrations over the NSW Government's effective pay cut boil over.
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Developer fees and charges cut
Council fees for construction and development in Byron were the equivalent of paying $160 for a coffee, making it ‘entirely unviable’ to invest here, industry representatives told the Council last week.
Teen missing from Coffs Harbour
NSW Police are appealing for public assistance to locate a teenager missing in the Coffs Harbour area.
Entertainment in the Byron Shire for the week beginning 6 July, 2022
Now showing at HOTA (Home of the Arts), Come From Away tells the remarkable true story of thousands of stranded passengers and the small town in Newfoundland, Canada, that welcomed them all.
Police seeking public assistance following Byron Bay assault
A serious assault in Byron Bay on Friday, 3 June, 2022 has led to police releasing further CCTV footage and another appeal for information from the public.
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Attempt to manage Byron’s fragile coastline impeded by State Government, report finds
Insufficient funding and guidance from the State Government is inhibiting Byron Council's attempt to effectively manage its famous but fragile coastline, a Council report has revealed.
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Get involved in an Australia-wide native plant hunt
Nature lovers are being called on by the CSIRO to get involved in an Australia-wide native plant hunt, which will see citizen scientists help researchers collect observations and data on how vegetation is recovering after devastating floods and bushfires.
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Extreme fire weather days in Australia have doubled
Extreme fire weather days in Australia have doubled, yet according to new research from an international team of scientists, including the CSIRO, extreme fire weather days have increased in Australia by 56 per cent over the last four decades.
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Entertainment in the Byron Shire for the week beginning 6 July, 2022
Now showing at HOTA (Home of the Arts), Come From Away tells the remarkable true story of thousands of stranded passengers and the small town in Newfoundland, Canada, that welcomed them all.
Byron Echo
Developer fees and charges cut
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Council fees for construction and development in Byron were the equivalent of paying $160 for a coffee, making it ‘entirely unviable’ to invest here, industry representatives told the Council last week.
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Mandy Nolan’s Soapbox: To Hall and Back
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There is something magical about a country hall. These small wooden buildings dot the landscape. They have a frugal modesty and an old fashioned generosity. If they had names they’d be called Thelma or Rose or Alan. They’re a pungent olfactory mix of last week’s wedding enmeshed with yesterday’s committee meeting. Curry and Jatz, tea and beer, tears and laughter.
