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Nimblefoot launches tonight in Byron
Acclaimed Bangalow author Robert Drewe, who will be featuring at Byron Writers Festival, is having his latest book Nimblefoot launched by Kerry O’Brien at The Book Room at Byron at 6pm tonight.
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Council: Goonellabah park not available for pods
Tuesday’s debate in the Lismore Council chambers was mostly about the community’s need for open, green space for sport and recreation balanced against the need for places to live.
A well-thought-out blend
Noy Ben Ami says that he ‘feels the vibe of the crowd and place’ before he starts to play his original music.
Explainer: Is Australia’s coal more greenhouse gas friendly than other coal?
Everything you wanted to know about coal but were too afraid to ask.
No letup in the struggle for climate justice
The 43 per cent emissions target passed last week in the House of Representatives lacks the ambition needed to radically diminish Australia’s contribution to global warming. It’s too little, too late.
More infestations of Varroa found in Newcastle area
What many people don’t know is that without bees, the large variety of plant food on their plate will...
Israel Junkets
According to the Australian Strategic Policy Institute report federal parliamentarians received 139 sponsored trips of which 25 went to...
Stories about "lazer guns":
War-game fantasies coming to a park near you
Brian Emmett
, Myocum. Imagine my joy and delight when on Sunday afternoon I retired to one of my favourite spots in the far corner of Torakina Park, Brunswick Heads, and soon after settling down, found myself in the midst of a raging gun battle!
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Mullum locals protest flood-prone pod site
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Around 40–50 locals gathered outside the Byron Shire Council chambers this morning to highlight the risks of, and lack of due process around, the selection of the flood accommodation pod site in Mullumbimby.
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Council: Goonellabah park not available for pods
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Tuesday’s debate in the Lismore Council chambers was mostly about the community’s need for open, green space for sport and recreation balanced against the need for places to live.
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Cabarita DA refused on character grounds
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Tweed Shire Councillors refused a DA for a four-storey block of flats at 2-6 Tweed Coast Road, Cabarita Beach, despite the staff recommendation of approval.
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Concerns over future of Murwillumbah Hospital
Northern NSW Local Health District have sought to reassure locals that facilities won't be downgraded or closed at Murwillumbah Hospital when the controversial new Tweed Valley Hospital in Cudgen near Kingscliff opens in 2023.
