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East Ballina Lions desperately needs new members
East Ballina Lions Club has given over thirty years of service to numerous community programs and initiatives, but if it doesn't get more members soon, it will have to close.
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Understand climate?
Peter Olson, Goonengerry
Have you noticed it getting a bit chilly at night recently? Do you think we will have a...
Fresh faces for Council elections
A very distinct, black flat-cap has just been thrown into the ring for the upcoming Byron Council elections, pegged for September 4.
Head-on crash car traveling in wrong direction
Police say that two men are in hospital after an accident on the M1 overnight, when emergency services responded to reports of a crash involving two cars near Clothiers Creek
An insult, Poppa
From what I can understand, Poppa Veet Mayo’s letter seems to imply that this latest COVID scare is a...
You Donne good
Liz Levy, Suffolk Park
I’d like to thank whoever decided to reprint John Donne’s beautiful poem ‘No Man is an Island’...
Will the Shenhua Watermark coal mine be cancelled?
News is trickling through unofficial channels about the possibility of a Berejiklian government plan to buy out the remaining licence from the Shenhua Watermark coal mine project at Breeze in the state's west.
Stories about "International Womens Day (IWD)":
Women working together
Creating opportunities for women to try something new, meet new people and build confidence and connection to community were the driving forces behind Janice...
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Decisive handling
Keith Duncan, Pimlico
It’s great to see popular Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews rehabilitating well and on-track to return to work. His decisive handling of the terrible...
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Byron Council formally opposes ‘Byron Baes’ TV show
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Paul Bibby
Byron Council will write to streaming giant Netflix stating its disapproval and opposition to the filming of controversial reality TV show 'Byron Baes'.
As...
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Exciting lineup for 2021 Bangalow Music Festival
David Lowe - 0
Southern Cross Soloists (SXS) yesterday unveiled a stellar Bangalow Music Festival program for August 2021. The theme for the 19th festival is 'music’s inexhaustible joie de vivre'.
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Pickleball taking off in Ballina
Combining elements of tennis, badminton and table tennis, pickleball is the fastest growing sport in the USA. Recently the 'Ballina Picklers' travelled to Sydney to compete in the NSW Pickleball Championship Open.