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First Byron Shire Council meeting postponed
Byron Shire Council’s first meeting of newly minted councillors was to take place today, 20 January, however, the storm of COVID-19 that is taking place across the country led to it being postponed.
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Holy Joe: premium cold-drip coffee and medicinal mushrooms
After a long addiction to regular espresso and an urge to try something new, lifelong tinkerer James Bullock hammered...
TreadLightly on the planet by recycling school shoes
Most Aussie parents know how quickly kids either grow out or wear out of school shoes. They either get handed down or thrown in the rubbish – adding to the millions of shoes that end up in landfill each year
Lung specialist ‘we’re doing the best we can’ and Hazzard lays it on the line for the unvaccinated
At this morning's COVID-19 update press conference, Concord and Nepean Hospitals lung specialist Dr Lucy Morgan gave an update on COVID-19. Dr Morgan says she works as part of a team of people looking after patients with COVID.
First Byron Shire Council meeting postponed
Byron Shire Council’s first meeting of newly minted councillors was to take place today, 20 January, however, the storm of COVID-19 that is taking place across the country led to it being postponed.
Mullumbimby Indian Restaurant
The Mullum Indian Restaurant is situated, conveniently, a short drive from town, at the Mullumbimby Golf Club and...
Daintree buyback sees more forest retained
Over the last two-and-a-half years the Mullumbimby based Rainforest 4 Foundation has had a mission to buy back parts of the Daintree Lowland Rainforest that were subdivided for sale in the 1980s.
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Two Bruns parks PoMs to go before public
Despite at times heated debate between councillors and the gallery, the Greens with other councillor support voted on Thursday to support two plans of...
Local News
1,051 new cases of COVID-19 for Northern Rivers
The Northern NSW Local Health District (NNSWLHD) saw 1,051 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed to 8pm last night (19 January) while there were...
Local News
Can you volunteer to help Friends of the Koala in Lismore?
Lismore’s Friends of the Koala have been on the frontline of saving koalas for many long years and are looking for volunteers to help them keep the species alive.
Byron Echo
Ocean Shores DA threat to biodiversity, say residents
A proposal to subdivide one lot (2,097m2) into three lots, and build two dwellings and three secondary dwellings, in densly forested riparian land in North Ocean Shores would create ‘Gold-Coast-style overdevelopment’, say residents.
Byron Echo
Disaster prevention pledge welcomed
The Australian Local Government Association (ALGA) has welcomed a pre-election commitment from Federal Labor to invest up to $200 million per year in disaster prevention and resilience.
