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The war on cats
Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek marked National Threatened Species Day by 'declaring war on feral cats'. She wants to give...
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Liberal councillors walk out during Tweed mayoral election
Yesterday Liberal councillors James Owen and Rhiannon Brinsmead walked out of the extraordinary Tweed Shire Council meeting in protest against the way the Mayor of Tweed Shire is elected.
It really is uncanny
Stereo are stoked to celebrate the release of the EP Uncanny Valley , with an extremely well named, Uncanny Valley 2 event.
Environment Minister and coal mining companies taken to court
Australia’s Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek and two coal mining companies are being taken to the Federal Court today over their failure to protect Australia’s living wonders from climate harm.
Basketballers head to the Cavanbah Centre for carnival
Byron Bay Basketball Association held their senior carnival at the Cavanbah Centre last weekend in preparation for hosting Sunshine...
Teenager glassed outside Byron pub
NSW police say a man has been charged over the alleged glassing of a teen at Byron Bay yesterday.
Splendour found in the brass
The sound of music has well and truly returned to our schools, following the eerie silence of the pandemic.
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Nearly 6,000 NBN customers still without internet in Northern Rivers
Around 5,800 homes and businesses were still impacted by outages on the nbn™ network in Northern NSW Tuesday morning.
‘Major restoration’ of the nbn network overnight
There are now approximately 9,500 homes and businesses impacted by outages on the nbn network, decreased from 79,500 yesterday.
It’s back – nbn™ network is up and running
For many people, if you're reading this, then you'll know that the NBN network is up and running.
NBN outage affecting 79,500 across Northern Rivers
The NBN outage across the Northern Rivers is down from 81,000 yesterday to 79,500 today as they continue to work on returning access to the region due to the outage at the Woodburn Fibre Access Node.
Scammers are preying upon flood-affected residents
Though most of the community are extending their hand in help for people who have been affected by the recent floods on the Far North Coast and Sout East Queensland, scammers are already finding ways to make life even more difficult for residents
nbn says flood impacted outages have risen in the last 24 hours
nbn reports that the number of homes and businesses impacted by outages on the nbn network across Northern NSW has risen to around 74,000.
Communications blackout hits Far North Coast
Twenty-four hours ago you wouldn't have been reading this post as thousands of phone and internet customers across the region, including The Echo, struggled to communicate via 21st-century technology.
Travelling at the speed of lies
When Tim Berners-Lee and others created the architectural foundations of the world wide web, they did so with the vision of openness, idea sharing, and trust. Human nature has a way of making things more complicated, of course.
Three in ten teens contacted online by a stranger
Teenagers are spending around two hours a day online, have four different social media services, and there’s a good chance they have had a negative experience online – including being contacted by a stranger.
It’s National Child Protection Week
This year National Child Protection Week will celebrate its 30th year with the theme: Putting children first…
Byron Echo
No more Hottentot
I have received a petition from Change.org to change the name of Hottentot Crescent, Mullumbimby to another South African word, ‘Khoisan’, also totally irrelevant...
Byron Echo
Call to Jewish my brethren
I call upon my brethren and Jewish Australians and Israelis who have made their permanent home here and are eligible to vote in the...
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Liberal councillors walk out during Tweed mayoral election
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Yesterday Liberal councillors James Owen and Rhiannon Brinsmead walked out of the extraordinary Tweed Shire Council meeting in protest against the way the Mayor of Tweed Shire is elected.
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Rehab centre Buttery celebrates 50
Binna Burra-based rehab centre, The Buttery, celebrated 50 years of serving the community this year, and held a gala dinner for 150 supporters in Tweed Heads on September 14.
