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Byron and Tweed lockdown to end at midnight!
The lockdowns in the Byron and Tweed local government areas will end at midnight tonight, with no further cases having been detected in either area.
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Vale Aunty Dulcie Nicholls 21.10.29 – 19.09.21
There is deep sadness in the community at the passing of Arakwal elder and matriarch, Dulcie Joan Nicholls, nee Kay, who was a proud Bundjalung woman born on Country at Tallow Creek, Byron Bay, October 21, 1929.
Cartoon of the week – 22 September, 2021
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Cadwallader determined to win support for new water science team as part of Dunoon Dam campaign
Cr Cadwallader has taken advantage of a local government rule allowing councillors to reintroduce a failed motion without having to wait three months if they have the signed support of at least two other councillors.
Mandy Nolan’s Soapbox: We are not for sale
It seems content creators are running out of ideas to make cheap TV. It’s amazing what you can come up with when you lose your ethics! Here’s a few quick pitches: How about a show about chubby rich women trying to drop weight by living in Ethiopia with a malnourished family for six weeks? No?
Forty per cent of Byron Shire residents yet to get first COVID 19 dose but mayor refuses to join vaccine campaign
Byron Shire Mayor Michael Lyon is refusing to join other health, political and community leaders in calls for people to receive a COVID 19 vaccine.
Byron Bay beach party end in PINS and a charge for biting
Police say a woman has been charged and four Penalty Infringement Notices (PINs) issued following a beach party in the Byron Bay area overnight.
Stories about "Lismore crime":
Man charged over alleged sexual assault of young girl – Lismore
A man has been charged over the alleged sexual assault of a young girl at Lismore yesterday.
Investigation underway into assault at skate park near Lismore
Police are investigating an assault at a skate park in the state’s north at the weekend.
Man charged with intimidating 10-year-old girl
A man has been charged following investigations into an alleged child approach incident in Lismore last month.
Lismore hospital employee attacked with syringe
A woman has been charged after allegedly assaulting an employee at Lismore Base Hospital on Saturday (November 10).
Man charged over Lismore stabbing
A man has been charged following an altercation in a property at Girards Hill on Tuesday, which allegedly resulted in a 22-year-old man being stabbed to his upper torso and hand.
Woman injured in Eltham hit and run, man charged
A 45-year-old woman is recovering in hospital after a hit and run at Eltham this morning.
Armed robbery at Lismore Workers Club
The manager of Lismore Workers Club was tied up and forced to open a safe and hand over his car keys to an armed robber who forced his way into the club last night.
Woman charged with stealing firefighting equipment
It seems inconceivable that in the middle of a bushfire emergency someone would break into a fire truck and steal valuable firefighting equipment. But that’s exactly what happened yesterday in Lismore.
Driver reaches 100km/h on wrong side of road in school zone
Police have arrested an unlicensed driver from Queensland, who they allege reached speeds of more 100km/h in Lismore yesterday and drove through a school zone on the wrong side of the road.
G’bah man charged with raping teenage girl in Lismore
Police allege a 35-year-old Goonellabah man supplied a 16-year-old girl with methylamphetamine before sexually assaulting her at a Lismore property on Wednesday.
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Murwillumbah TAFE offers new course to meet pharmacy skills shortage
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Murwillumbah TAFE has introduced a new course to meet the growing demand for local pharmacy services brought about by COVID-19.
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Ballina mayor hopeful loses bid for independent water science team a second time
Cr Cadwallader's second version of the motion came with an extra suggestion referring directly to the dumped option of a new hinterland dam in Dunoon.
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Why Nuclear Will Bomb
Unless you’ve been blissfully slumbering in a very welcome coma, you’d be aware that Scott Morrison abruptly cancelled the terribly important contract we had with France, to build new submarines, in order to get fancy nuclear sink-boats from the US instead (in decades time and at incalculable cost, much like the previous contract).
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Forty per cent of Byron Shire residents yet to get first COVID 19 dose but mayor refuses to join vaccine campaign
Byron Shire Mayor Michael Lyon is refusing to join other health, political and community leaders in calls for people to receive a COVID 19 vaccine.
