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Use housing pods for key workers like police, says Ballina mayor
Wollongbar’s temporary emergency housing village for Northern Rivers 2022 disaster survivors would best be decommissioned and the pods used to house police instead, reelected Ballina Mayor Sharon Cadwallader says.
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Ocean Shores Country Club pool to close
The Board of Directors at the Ocean Shores Country Club say they have made the difficult decision to close the swimming pool.
Guess who?
I am home to native animals; I have prevented mass extinction and every national park is birthed from my...
Minor flooding for Tumbulgum
The NSW SES advises people of potential minor flooding on the Tweed and Rous Rivers impacting Tumbulgum and surrounds.
Laser strike incident, Gold Coast
A 73-year-old man has been charged following an alleged laser strike incident on the Gold Coast last night.
Nate’s big Byron run for charity
Byron Run Club’s founder, Nate Thornbury, is taking on a challenge to run 160 kilometres in under 18 hours on October 5, to raise $5,000 for Fletcher Street Cottage’s Women’s Emergency Relief Program.
Women of Song
The Northern Rivers Conservatorium is pleased to host Women Of Song in its Concert Room in October. Women of Song is an authentic show of conversations and songs, articulating First Nations cultural practice in the here and now, live on stage.
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Looking after our elders every day
Ahead of Elder Abuse Awareness Day on June 15, The Fred Hollows Foundation is calling for more community safeguards to protect older people with vision impairment from neglect and mistreatment.
Local News
Church calls on all MPs to attend NSW drug summit
Organisers of the only legal medically supervised injecting centre in NSW say they want every state parliamentarian to attend next month’s long-awaited drug summit.
Byron Echo
Chinny Charge
In response to Bruce Robinson‘s letter regarding the Chincogan Charge. As everyone is aware we had the Chinny Charge last week which was a...
Byron Echo
Closure of Billinudgel Rd
I, by chance, found out a few months ago that Billinudgel Road had been closed to through traffic. The sign was located three kilometres...
Byron LGA
Byron’s new councillor lineup – who are they?
Greens Cr Sarah Ndiaye is Byron Shire’s new mayor, with the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) confirming the final mayoral count on Monday. With Mayor...
