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Medicinal cannabis; a better way forward
For the first time ever, I am living my truths and no one is trying to hurt me because of it. This is a much better way.
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For Tony Barry
The Drill Hall Theatre Company’s season of Andrew Bovell’s When the Rain Stops Falling is dedicated to the memory...
Agreement on floodplains
The Echo reports Paul Toole, Minister for Regional NSW, stating that we must stop development on floodplains, stop making...
Bangalow Bowlo amalgamation update
Managers of The Bangalow Bowlo say the community witnessed a ‘nail-biting cliff-hanger moment’ late last year, when a 66 per cent ‘Yes’ vote among members paved the way for amalgamation between Bangalow Bowlo, and Norths Collective’
Federal Drive landslip update
Council staff have updated the status of the hinterland Federal landslip that cut access at Federal Drive, north of Federal village on February 28, 2022. The road that connects Federal to Goonengerry has been closed a year this week.
EPA releases Climate Change Policy and Action Plan
The NSW Environment Protection Authority has released a Climate Change Policy and Action Plan 2023–26, ‘outlining a bold set of actions that will help NSW reach net-zero emissions by 2050’.
Interested in starting a business along the Tweed rail trail?
People interested in starting a business along the Tweed section of the Northern Rivers Rail Trail can now register their interest in joining the Rail Trail Partner Program.
Stories about "kangaroo":
Hopping mad over Roo ad campaign
There’s an uncomfortable truth few people want to acknowledge and that’s surrounding the commercial killing of kangaroos.
Kangaroo inquiry reveals failed welfare regulation, lack of transparency and ‘scientific fraud’
What other country cares less about their national animal emblem? The kangaroo and emu on Australia's coat of arms can be seen on every single government website and every official government document – yet they are much maligned earthlings.
Slaughtering ourselves out of a future
Think of the mighty North American Buffalo Nation! Once, the peoples numbered in tens of millions and the herbivores some 60 million. The herds ranged from Alaska to the Gulf of Mexico, from the Atlantic seaboard to the Pacific Northwest.
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Saint Bob of the Greens in Lennox Head
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With hardly a vacant seat in the auditorium, Bob Brown kept the party faithful’s eyes, ears and hearts glued to the stage on Saturday...
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Environment law fails to protect threatened species
A University of Queensland finding says that the federal environmental laws are failing to mitigate against Australia’s extinction crisis.
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Dr Philip Nitschke to visit Lismore
Controversial founder and director of the pro-euthanasia group Exit International, Dr Philip Nitschke will hold a free public meeting on NSW’s new Voluntary Assisted Dying Act at the Lismore Workers Club on Saturday.
Byron Echo
Old ANZ Mullum
The old ANZ Bank building on Burringbar Street in Mullum is now a bathhouse; such yuppy city indulgence to far removed from being authentic...
