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Koalas
Don’t rely on any regime to save anything that’s endangered because their mates the miners and developers pay them...
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Mount Chowan Organics
Victoria Cosford
Lance Powell’s stall is a glorious tumble of mostly bananas, barely blemished, all from his property at Mount...
Byron Council seeking $200m to complete flood infrastructure repairs
Byron Shire Council says it is submitting 42 separate funding applications to the State and Federal Governments via Transport for NSW (TfNSW) to cover repair and reconstruction costs in the realm of $200 million, as reconstruction continues following the 2022 floods.
DV reoffence reduced by electronic ankle devices
Reductions in reoffence and new offences have been identified as a result of NSW domestic violence offenders wearing electronic ankle devices in the first year of release from prison.
Drowning tragedy at Boulder Beach
NSW Police say a man has died after being pulled from the water near Lennox Head yesterday.
She’s back! Nolan to run for Richmond in 2025
In what may turn out to be Australia’s longest election campaign, and with barely a moment to come up for air, 2022 Greens candidate Mandy Nolan has announced that she will run again as the candidate for the seat of Richmond at the next federal election.
April 2025: new deadline for temporary housing pod villagers in Wollongbar
The recovery horizon for last year’s Northern Rivers disasters continues to stretch, but the government seems determined to finalise ‘exit plans’ for survivors staying in temporary housing in Wollongbar.
Stories about "Mary grdner":
Loving Byron to death
Let’s upskill ourselves as citizens, developers and council before we disturb another metre of these beautiful landscapes and wet ecosystems.
Byron Echo
Posturing politicians
While Greens in the Senate endure the irony of being pilloried by the government for speaking passionately about social justice and housing, Patricia Warren’s...
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National Reconciliation Week starts tomorrow
National Reconciliation Week (NRW) is a time for all Australians to learn about our shared histories, cultures, and achievements, and to explore how each of us can contribute to achieving reconciliation in Australia.
Byron Echo
Thank you from the top of our heads to the bottom of our well-dressed feet
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Saturday's annual Bell & Ford vintage clothes garage sale fundraiser for the SHIFT Project was an incredible success with $36,500 being raised at the Byron Surf Club – this year’s effort was up about $7,500 on the last event.
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Labor Government committed to the demerger of Murwillumbah Education Campus
Eve Jeffery - 3
The significant issue of a merger of several Murwillumbah schools has been ongoing since 2020 when the then State Government announced via Sarah Mitchell MP that four public schools would be amalgamated into a single Kindergarten to Year 12 campus at Murwillumbah High.
