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Science in the Pub, Lismore, 16 July

An engaging and informative Science in the Pub event is planned on Thursday, 16 July, from 5pm at Two Mates Brewing, South Lismore.
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Regional Seniors Travel Card to return if coalition win 2027 election

Member for Tweed Geoff Provest (Nationals) says he will bring back the Regional Seniors Travel Card if his government is voted in at the March 2027 election.
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Helping hands create strong communities

Volunteering fosters meaningful connections and Pottsville Beach Neighbourhood Centre creates a shared space where people from all backgrounds and circumstances gather.
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Byron EchoPaul Anthony, Byron Bay - 0

Labor and housing

I met Treasurer Jim Chalmers on the beach here a little while back. I asked him, ‘Are we in...
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Byron EchoMike Balson, Upper Wilsons Creek - 0

AI roll-out

My dad bought a quarter-acre block overlooking Sydney’s Northern Beaches for 400 pounds. That was about eight week’s salary. Mum...
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LettersJo Faith, Newtown - 0

Tipping point, climate change

Please do not think me didactic. There is a sense of urgency that communities including Byron Bay must prepare for. ...
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Local NewsThe Echo - 0

Hemp industry given boost with development plan

A Hemp Industry Development Plan has been announced by the NSW government, which promises 'to unlock new opportunities for NSW businesses and add value to the state's low-THC hemp industry, which is forecast to become a $100 million Australian industry by 2032'.
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Liberal backflip means harsher criminal sentences for vulnerable people

National News The Echo - 0
Sue Higginson says Liberal Leader Kellie Sloane has backflipped on reforms to character at sentencing, supporting a total removal of good character as a mitigating factor at sentencing across all offence types.
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At Salt & Stone Lawyers it’s about the whole relationship

Local News Eve Jeffery - 0
Growing up on a farm in a ‘teeny, tiny, little town’ called Coleambally, Lennox Head lawyer Lauren Donnellon knows the importance of the land and the family values that sustain it – she understood at an early age how legal, financial, and personal decisions are deeply intertwined.
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NSW magistrates officially called judges

Local News The Echo - 0
NSW magistrates are officially recognised as judges after changes to relevant state legislation introduced to parliament last year.
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Renewed push for NSW drug driving law change

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The NSW Greens say they’re ready to help fix unfair state laws punishing medicinal cannabis patients.
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Tamworth tradie’s illegal Nimbin night drive

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A Tamworth carpenter must pay $1400 in court-ordered fines and apply to drive with an interlock device after pleading guilty to breaking the law on a night out in Nimbin.
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NSW Gov’t threatens to have illegal e-bikes crushed

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The NSW Labor Government says it’s looking into the possibility of reforms allowing Illegal e-bikes to be seized and crushed.
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NSW Labor moves to abolish ‘good character’ sentencing clause

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The NSW Labor government says it will move on Wednesday to introduce amendments to the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 abolishing ‘good character’ as a mitigating factor for all offences and repealing the associated ‘special rule’ for good character. 
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Parents urged to only buy legal e-bikes this Xmas

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Parents are being warned to do their research and only buy legal e-bikes for their children this Christmas, as police crack down on modified bikes and dangerous riding, and the NSW government announces legal power will be reduced to 250W, in line with other states.
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NSW industrial manslaughter unit launched

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The NSW Labor government has announced the launch of a dedicated unit for the prosecution of industrial manslaughter.
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Magistrates to be known as judges

National News The Echo - 0
The NSW government yesterday introduced legislation allowing Local Court magistrates to be known as judges, to better reflect the importance of work done in this jurisdiction.
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Six dwellings proposed on flood-prone Mullum block

The Echo - 0
Six units are proposed at the eastern end of New City Road, Mullumbimby, on a site that was inundated during the 2022 floods. Submitted by Duncan Band's Kollective, Development Application (DA) 10.2026.269.1 at 73 New City Road is on public exhibition with Byron Shire Council, and sits within the Shire's flood planning area.
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Mullum Scout Hall fire overnight

Aslan Shand - 0
At 1.45am this morning the NSW Fire and Rescue Mullumbimby Station 388 Sans and Brunswick Station 240 were called to a fire at the Mullumbimby Scout Hall.
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Expansion on farmland around Tweed Valley Hospital opposed

Hans Lovejoy - 0
Residents are holding firm against a proposal to develop State Significant Farmland (SSF) near the Tweed Valley Hospital at Cudgen, after the Northern Regional Planning Panel (NRPP) held a public meeting on Friday 19 June around the Planning Proposal for Cudgen Connection (PP-2023-2669-Cudgen Connection).
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E-bikes destroyed by police in Tweed

The Echo - 0
Thirty-five e-bikes that were seized during police operations near Tweed Heads have been destroyed, say police.
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