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Local NewsDavid Lowe - 0

Protests against closure of life-saving facility in Murwillumbah

The announcement that Murwillumbah's Safe Haven would be closed this week due to the end of funding arrangements has been greeted with shock by locals who have come to rely on the mental health support services the facility provided.
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Local NewsThe Echo - 0

World Environment Day celebrated in M’bah, 7 June

A free family-friendly community celebration for World Environment Day will be held on Sunday, 7 June, at the Murwillumbah Showgrounds from 10am till 3pm.
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Local NewsThe Echo - 0

Flood-free land and houses hit the market for Lismore buyback residents

In what the government has described as a step forward for the region’s housing recovery, flood-affected homeowners will get the first opportunity to buy into Goonellabah’s Mount Pleasant estate.
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National NewsThe Echo - 0

Emergency departments buckling under pressure

Nurses working at emergency departments (ED) across the state are continuing to feel the effects of increased presentations and very unwell people coming through their doors, with the latest health snapshot painting a worrying picture of NSW public hospitals.
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Byron EchoJeff James, Kingscliff - 0

Kingscliff insurance

Recently, many Kingscliff locals have been hit by massive increases in their home insurance. Some properties are located in...
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Local NewsEve Jeffery - 0

The Echo has way too much fun at 40th birthday bash

Without an inch or even a centimetre to spare, the Byron Bowling club was dressed up to the nines and packed with funsters on Saturday evening for The Echo's 40th Anniversary & Awards Celebration.
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Byron EchoLouise Doran, Ocean Shores  - 0

$42m for ‘a few cyclists’

Fortunately, someone in the federal bureaucracy understands that spending $42m, or $2.8m per kilometre, of public money destroying a...
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Stories about "John Vaughan":

MLC claims Belongil homes ‘unapproved’

Local News Chris Dobney - 11
Greens MLC, Jan Barham has told parliament that nine homes on the Belongil Spit, including that of well-known rock-wall advocate John Vaughan were determined to be ‘unapproved works’ in a 2002 audit.
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Byron Council wins landmark court case against developer

Local News Hans Lovejoy - 5
In a probable national precedent, Belongil resident and developer John Vaughan has been refused leave to appeal to the high court for loss of earnings after Byron Shire Council rejected his development application.
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Belongil rock wall to be built against govt advice

Local News Chris Dobney - 6
Belongil residents will ‘get their rocks on’ after Byron Shire Council on Thursday voted to go ahead with plans for an ‘interim’ rock wall on their beach against the advice of the Office of Environment and Heritage.
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Byron set to write ‘blank cheque’ for Belongil rocks

Local News Chris Dobney - 3
Byron Shire Council today looks set to vote down a proposal to delay the construction of a ‘temporary’ rock wall at Belongil Beach, effectively waving goodbye to a $300,000 state subsidy.
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Council restates CSG-free status

Letters The Echo - 0
Vivien Royston, New Brighton. This week's Byron Council public access meeting was filled to overflowing with concerned citizens, bearing signs supporting the proposed motion by Basil Cameron to ‘restate support for CSG mining operations to be excluded from Byron Shire’.
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Election no CSG mandate

Federal election The Echo - 1
Chris Anderson, Byron Bay. Though hardly surprised to read yet another tiresome anti-Green rant by John Vaughan, his take on the facts cannot go unchallenged.
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CSG a ‘social licence’?

Federal election The Echo - 3
Election results from a CSG mandate perspective and the so called required 'social licence' to harvest CSG was very interesting. The 9 September APPEA media...
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You’re wrong Mr Vaughan

Letters The Echo - 1
Wendy Royston, Brunswick Heads In response to John Vaughan's letter titled Why Byron Will Stay CSG Free, in Friday’s Echonetdaily, I would like to clear...
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Why Byron will stay CSG-free

Letters The Echo - 1
John Vaughan, Byron Bay Is there no end to Byron Councillor Duncan Dey’s call on ratepayer funds to pay for blatant NSW Greens political campaigns? Cr...
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Potholes vs gasholes

Letters The Echo - 0
John Vaughan, Byron Bay My nomination for this year’s Duncan award goes to ‘barrister at law’ Graham Bassett and partner of candidate Karin Kolbe. He...
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Local News

Community to rally against ‘relentless’ RA house demolitions

The Echo - 0
Northern Rivers locals and flood-impacted residents will gather in Lismore this Saturday to demand the NSW Reconstruction Authority stop demolishing heritage homes and deliver on broken promises, as community anger at the failed flood recovery reaches a new peak.
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Local News

Myall Creek walk starts conversations and opens eyes to difficult history

David Lowe - 0
The Walk 4 Stolen Children, Land & Lives has successfully concluded in Myall Creek, having completed 474km on foot from Ballina and visited a number of massacre sites along the way.
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National News

Emergency departments buckling under pressure

The Echo - 0
Nurses working at emergency departments (ED) across the state are continuing to feel the effects of increased presentations and very unwell people coming through their doors, with the latest health snapshot painting a worrying picture of NSW public hospitals.
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Local News

New exhibitions opening at Lismore Regional Gallery

The Echo - 0
All are welcome to the official opening of four new exhibitions at Lismore Regional gallery this Friday evening, with live music and a talk from Melbourne artist Sarah Ujmaia.
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