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How is RT-PCR used to diagnose COVID-19?
It’s fast, reliable and full of lines – but might look different to the PCR you learned about in school.
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Worried about COVID vaccine adverse effects? Here’s what’s happening each week
A breakdown of the weekly vaccine-side effects report from the Therapeutic Goods Administration.
Byron’s CBD heights limits pushed – again
The developer behind a new, multi-storey motel to be built in central Byron Bay has applied to further increase the height of the building, despite having already been allowed to exceed the maximum height limit for that part of town.
First day out of lockdown – record high of NSW 1,599 new cases
NSW recorded yet another new record high 1,599 locally acquired cases of COVID-19 in the 24 hours to 8pm last night.
COVID is here to stay
As a medical doctor of 30 years, and citizen, I have watched the last 18 months with confusion.
Initially...
Moving on
In my seventy-eight years I’ve seen many changes, not only in Mullumbimby. The thing I notice most is how...
Thank you Mayor Lyon
Thank you, Mayor Lyon for highlighting the risks in having visiting film crew, real estate speculators and the like...
Stories about "Lennox Head":
State gov’t services failing to keep up with regional population growth, says independent Ballina councillor
Cr Cadwallader told The Echo on Thursday she’d be asking council staff to pursue the matter of policing resources in the shire after last month winning majority council support to pressure the government on the future of Lennox Head Public School.
Drive through testing opens in Lennox Head
Lennox Head residents and visitors are being called on to get tested following COVID-19 virus fragments again being detected in the Lennox Head sewage treatment plant.
Lennox Head Trojans maintain their winning ways
The Lennox Head Trojans have confirmed themselves as this year’s favourite for the Far North Coast Rugby Union premiership with solid wins over their major rivals over the last two weeks.
Ballina Council June wrap-up
June's meeting covered a lot of ground as Ballina's councillors positioned themselves for local elections coming in September.
REGIONALITY good news for local doc-makers
Regional documentary film production was the focus of the REGIONALITY conference at Lennox Head Cultural Centre last week, presented by the AIDC and Screenworks.
Lennox Gardens object to Council approved shed
Eve Jeffery
The members of the Lennox Community Gardens are distressed by what they say is the destruction of an irreplaceable community asset.
The Lennox Lions...
Mental health workshop for girls in Lennox
The mental health organisation Beautiful Minds is holding a one day workshop for pre-teen girls in Lennox Head on Sunday 27 June 2021.
Backsliders coming to Lennox
Australian music legends the Backsliders are coming to Lennox Head for the first time, to play at the Lennox Head Cultural Centre on Saturday 26 June 2021.
Healthy Minds Club powering ahead
Since The Echo last spoke to Lennox Head's Jackson Connellan, from The Healthy Minds Club, things have become even busier.
Formed originally in response to...
Protesters block 5G upgrade at Lennox Head
Protesters at the site of the new 5G tower upgrade at Lennox Head this morning say that the work proposed to commence this afternoon is illegal.
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Queensland passes voluntary assisted dying laws
Dying with Dignity NSW has welcomed the passage of Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) laws in Queensland and is hoping that NSW Parliament resumes next month so that this issue can be addressed in NSW without further delay.
Byron Echo
Planning staff back Wilsons Creek DA, residents’ concerns downplayed
Paul Bibby - 0
Residents living near a proposed 15-lot housing development in Wilsons Creek say it will negatively impact a precious wildlife corridor on the site, exacerbate traffic safety problems on the surrounding roads, and damage the peaceful character of their quiet enclave.
Byron Echo
A moment of your life?
Six questions for Jehovah’s Witness doorknockers:
1. Are you aware that the 2016 Royal Commission into Institutional Handling of Child Sexual Abuse investigated 1006 alleged...
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Local mum features in documentary about the impacts and possible solutions around suicide
Eve Jeffery - 0
Murwillumbah mum Ursula has lived every parents worst nightmare – her child, at the age of just 17, took his own life – and a lot of time and energy, questions and conjecture and finger-pointing can rumble around this, but at the end of the day Ursula’s precious boy is gone and he’s not coming back.
