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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.
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Ring of steel called for as Byron and Tweed locked down – again
Councillors and members of parliament from across the region are calling for greater restrictions on who can come to the Northern Rivers and other vulnerable regional areas from COVID hotspots in NSW.
Woman charged over alleged Public Health Order Breaches – Tweed/Byron
A woman has been charged over multiple alleged breaches of the Public Health Orders in the Tweed and Byron shires.
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?
Entertainment in the Byron Shire for the week beginning 22 September, 2021
Please check, at the end of lockdown to see whats on.
Richmond Valley Council looks at thermal waste to energy
At last night’s Richmond Valley Council meeting, councillors looked at a recommendation that Council receives and notes the information on the next steps to seek Alternate Waste Treatment solutions for landfill and recyclable waste streams.
Why are there so many vaccinated people in hospital?
It may be confronting to hear there are more vaccinated people than unvaccinated people in hospital – but it’s actually a good thing.
Stories about "macadamia farms":
Are macadamia farmers poisoning us?
Anthony Stante, Coorabell.
Some five years ago now, my Lismore doctor diagnosed my serious melanoma. Then a specialist surgeon cut the serious melanoma from my...
Pollies argue the toss on selling the (macadamia) farm
The recent purchase by Chinese investors of four large macadamia farms in the Dunoon* area has prompted The Echo to ask local politicians their views on foreign ownership of farming properties.
Chinese interests buy macadamia farms around Dunoon
The recent purchase by Chinese interests of four large macadamia farms in the Dunoon area with around 130,000 trees was approved by the federal government under its national interest test.
Science Goes Viral
Electrici-wee? Getting energy from wastewater
Could we ever use urine to power batteries? An international team of chemists have come a step closer with a new catalyst for urea reactions.
Byron Echo
Community gardeners get busy in Suffolk
Suffolk Park Community Gardens was breifly out of lockdown last week, and the gardeners couldn’t wait to get back in the garden.
Local News
Council hopeful of sand returning to eroded Byron beaches
The Byron Shire Council reported ‘indications’ late last week that sand was returning to the popular beaches.
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62-yr-old man still missing, possibly on Northern Rivers
Sixty-two-year old mid-north coast man Richard Fogden has been missing for nearly a fortnight and is possibly on the Northern Rivers.
