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Getting Real About The Voice
Responding to Ian Pratt in an attempt to ‘get real about the Voice’. The proposal does not challenge the...
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Tweed Council to start nappy rebate scheme but defer Cudgen Creek Masterplan
The last Tweed Shire Council meeting (18 May, 2023) saw the Reusable Nappy Rebate Scheme adopted by councillors, the...
3.8ML earthquake hits Melbourne’s northern suburbs
Residents in Melbourne and the northern suburbs were woken in the middle of the night as a magnitude 3.8 earthquake shook the darkness radiating out from the town of Sunbury, about 41 kilometres north west of the city.
Priorities? Compliance
Despite a ‘tough budget environment’, where Council can’t find $15,000 per annum to maintain a tree planting initiative on land it manages, there will be $250,000 spent on employing two more compliance officers and purchasing another ‘enforcement’ vehicle.
Tragic death of two men in Yamba
NSW Police have today spoken to the media after the body of a man and a teenage boy were located inside a home at Yamba yesterday.
Bakersfield Mist
Following a successful run in Brisbane, PlayHavoc in association with Ad Astra is thrilled to be bringing Stephen Sachs’...
Israel’s formation
In his apologia for Israel, what Danny Wakil failed to mention about Israel’s formation is significant.
From his description you’d...
Stories about "Mental Health First Aid":
Byron Community Centre had a COVID case last Tuesday
The Byron Community Centre has this afternoon announced that they closed today, Friday November 12 owing to a confirmed positive COVID-19.
Byron Echo
Police compassion
Mandy, you said (Echo, 17 May)]: ‘There’s not many 95-year-olds I wouldn’t be able to overpower if necessary’ and ‘to disarm a 95-year-old with...
Byron Echo
Treachery
It is with great concern and disappointment, but not surprising, we have to declare that the brief hope we had for a nuclear-weapons-free future,...
Byron Echo
Israel’s formation
In his apologia for Israel, what Danny Wakil failed to mention about Israel’s formation is significant.
From his description you’d think the founding of Israel...
Byron Echo
Backlash Stan Grant
Extraordinary negative and callous statements regarding Stan Grant in the recent edition’s Backlash section. Grant was a terrible host? Grant made the show unwatchable?...
