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Nurses call for an improved aged care sector
A ‘walk with nurses’ was held in Mullum last Friday, and aimed to highlight the concern aged care nurses have around fee structures, safety issues and staff training in order to properly care for our elderly.
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Lifting the lid on plans to build a retirement village in Ewingsdale
The letter sent to the residents of Ewingsdale last year by holiday park owner Ingenia seemed fairly innocuous at first glance...
Mandy Nolan’s Soapbox: Dear Brittany
We watched you. We watched you break the silence. We heard the truth shatter like a glass hitting the tiles.
Truth
Dr Matt Landos, East Ballina
There is the real news and then there is the fake news.
The radio news announced...
Shores United win local derby in season opener
Shores United FC began their season in the Anzac Cup B football competition with a 3-1 win over local rivals the Mullumbimby Brunswick Valley FC last Sunday.
Housing affordability on agenda at Ballina
With the housing crisis worsening in Ballina and across the Northern Rivers, councillors agreed that something had to be done about the problem at their meeting yesterday.
Magic mushrooms
David Gilet, Byron Bay
As noted in David Heilpern’s article (24 February), with drugs, whether medicinal or recreational, dosage is a...
Stories about "lightning":
Mullum medical centre recovering from lightning strike
Mullumbimby’s Meadows Medical Centre and the adjacent Sullivan Nicolaides pathology lab were hit by lightning – or at least a massive power surge – during Wednesday night’s thunderstorm.
Surfer struck by lightning at Suffolk Park
A man is fighting for his life in hospital after he was struck by lightning while surfing at Suffolk Park near Byron Bay.
Local News
M1 closed both directions at Yelgun
Traffic is currently at a standstill between Ocean Shores and Crabbes Creek on the M1 Pacific Highway following a truck crash at around 7am this morning.
Byron Echo
Rapey Liberal culture is their undoing
Former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins’ steel-eyed testimony around rape allegations saw spiders crawl from under rocks and spread in all directions last week.
Local News
Missing teen – Tweed Heads
Police are appealing for public assistance to locate a boy reported missing from Tweed Heads.
Local News
Forum to address housing emergency, March 8
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A grassroots movement is bringing women, community and art together on International Women’s Day (March 8) in an urgent push to solve the local housing emergency.
