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The time for climate action has come – today protect Styx Valley
The Bob Brown Foundation has returned to Tasmania’s native forests frontline with a commitment to defend critical carbon-storehouses while the government contributes to the global climate and extinction crises.
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As summer approaches
Ah yes, all this death
because we could not listen
and a bus
winding through
the renamed country road
once a walking track
now paved...
Byron Bay – Main Beach’s future tabled
The range of options for protecting Byron’s Main Beach look set to be narrowed to three, after the community had its say on the crucial shoreline project.
#Bigbadbiomass rally at Condong sugar mill
Around 50 people gathered on Friday morning at the big fig tree near the Condong sugar mill to join the world-wide #Bigbadbiomass protest against the use of biomass to create energy and to emphasise that burning biomass is not ‘environmentally friendly’.
Reflection on human rights in COVID time
David Lovejoy (14 October) and Jeffrey Lewis (22 October) each provide thoughtful and insightful observations regarding the narrative of...
Cacao wow
After ten years of wholesale trading from their small factory, Byron Bay Cacao’s stunning new retail space is now...
Byron Council staff push to make Unauthorised Dwelling Policy for ‘internal use’
A contentious draft Unauthorised Dwelling Policy, put on exhibition last year by Council, has re-emerged for this Thursday’s meeting. While staff have recommended that the policy become an 'internal' document others are calling for it to be 'abandoned'.
Stories about "Kyogle Politics in the Pub":
Kyogle nurtures a non-violent revolution
How to confront the major future challenges people are facing as the climate emergency and extinction crisis begin to impact their live and to...
Local News
Does Casino want to live with a thermal waste ‘solution’?
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The residents of the Richmond Valley LGA have had seven weeks to simmer over the possibility of a waste incinerator coming to town.
At the...
Local News
Dangerous driving and assault – Tugun
Police are appealing for information regarding an alleged assault at the Pacific Motorway, Tugun on September 25.
Science Goes Viral
Do COVID vaccines affect male fertility?
Vaccines do have side effects, but there are some social-media users peddling myths that COVID-19 vaccines cause male infertility and sexual dysfunction.
Local News
Another Lismore COVID case
Lismore has seen one new case of COVID-19 reported in the 24 hours to 8pm 26 October.
