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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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Kinship Festival marks the beginning of Reconciliation Week in Tweed
Starting off this year's Reconciliation Week in Tweed is the Kinship Festival at Murwillumbah this Saturday.
The humpbacks are heading north
Multiple pods of whales have been spotted off the coast from Seal Rocks to Coffs Harbour in recent days as the northern migration humpback plods its way to warmer waters.
Labor MP spruiks 2023–24 budget
Cost of living relief, investment towards net-zero and economic responsibility is how local federal Labor MP, Justine Elliot, has framed her party’s first budget this term.
One year in, and federal Labor lacks the ticker for big picture challenges
The budget didn’t cause a ripple of anxiety among well-heeled Australians, big business or Murdoch shock jocks, and that was the precise intention of Treasurer Jim Chalmers. It was basically business as usual
20 years on – how community and Council saved Byron’s precious Paterson Hill
With bright yellow petals, the Byron Orchid is only as big as the tip of your small fingernail, longtime local, Veda Turner, says.
Israel’s 75th
Gareth Smith is right about one thing, yes, we along with Australian diplomats and politicians are celebrating the amazing...
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Harry Angus talks Mullum Music Fest
Mullum Music Festival's patron, The Cat Empire's Harry James Angus had a two day love-in last week putting down the groundwork for the November Music festival. Watch him busking outside the Mullumbimby IGA.
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
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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.
