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Tweed Council rejects Casuarina disability viewing platform
Issues of queue jumping, the allocation of Tweed Shire Council’s resources in both time and money, and responding to...
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The lunatics have taken over the asylum…
The Zombies of the Climate ApoCOALpse have today swarmed around Queensland's Parliament House this morning to highlight impending climate chaos.
Police confirm Main Arm drug operation
NSW Police have finally confirmed what pretty much every one in Main Arm already knows – they are conducting drug operations in the north of the Shire.
Gold Coast of Byron
Matt Hartley, Byron Bay
I think it’s all about canals, West Byron, and a pile of money. Since The Echo...
Interview with Michael Balson, creator of Ocean to Sky
Local filmmaker helps tell the story of Edmund Hillary’s last adventure, in the film, Ocean to Sky
Woman assaults police – Bangalow
Police say that a woman resisted arrest and assaulted two officers yesterday in Bangalow.
Cartoon of the week – 24 February, 2021
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Stories about "Joanne McMurtry":
Thanks Council’s Joanne
Duncan Dey, Durrumbul
Council staff do an amazing job, and some even better. One of those is Joanne McMurtry, now departed from her role in...
Byron Echo
Bringing down the heat in our ‘hood
Aslan Shand - 1
How well we survive the future depends on our vision for our towns and suburbs – and on how we bring that vision about.
Byron Echo
Resilience through biodiversity and awareness
The Byron Shire Resilience and Regeneration Roadshow will be in Brunswick Heads this Saturday, as part of a series of events across the region tackling the question: ‘How do we create more resilient communities in 2021?’
Local News
Housing affordability on agenda at Ballina
David Lowe - 1
With the housing crisis worsening in Ballina and across the Northern Rivers, councillors agreed that something had to be done about the problem at their meeting yesterday.
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Final stage of Lismore Base Hospital gets underway
The redevelopment works commenced in late 2016 and the final stage is now getting underway to complete the Lismore Base Hospital refurbishment.
