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Forty per cent of Byron Shire residents yet to get first COVID 19 dose but mayor refuses to join vaccine campaign
Byron Shire Mayor Michael Lyon is refusing to join other health, political and community leaders in calls for people to receive a COVID 19 vaccine.
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Woman charged over alleged Public Health Order Breaches – Tweed/Byron
A woman has been charged over multiple alleged breaches of the Public Health Orders in the Tweed and Byron shires.
Controversial Iron Gates development open for comment on 24 September
The community has 30 days to comment on the latest amended DA for the controversial Iron Gates development at Evans Head before it goes before the Northern Rivers Planning Panel once again.
Tony’s reflections as king of the Macadamia Castle
Looking back on 14 years at the Macadamia Castle, Tony Gilding says the important things to him were the conservation of the animals and the development of staff.
Entertainment in the Byron Shire for the week beginning 22 September, 2021
Please check, at the end of lockdown to see whats on.
62-yr-old man still missing, possibly on Northern Rivers
Sixty-two-year old mid-north coast man Richard Fogden has been missing for nearly a fortnight and is possibly on the Northern Rivers.
Greed
I write to express my concern with greedy landlords who seem to go by the sandpit mantra ‘they did...
Stories about "Mullum wi-fi":
Wi-fi plan about empowerment
Obi McDonald-Saint, Mullumbimby. The incentives required to have a business owner turn off their own system and use a different one is simply the new system must be better and cheaper.
DIY radiation scanner
Mike Stavrou - Mullumbimby. In light of the growing interest in Mullumbimby's exposure to additional Wi-Fi microwaves I thought your readers might like to know that they already possess a device that is brilliant at detecting RF.
Wi-fi scare is scientific garbage
A while ago I saw a poster in Mullumbimby detailing the health risks caused by wi-fi. What was particularly interesting was the citation at...
Clarity on sought on wi-fi
Peter Nielsen, Byron Bay. The proposer of town-wide wi-fi for Mullum was asked repeatedly, before and during the community consultation meeting, to provide sufficient details to back up his claim of lower net radiation.
Science Goes Viral
Electrici-wee? Getting energy from wastewater
Could we ever use urine to power batteries? An international team of chemists have come a step closer with a new catalyst for urea reactions.
Byron Echo
Community gardeners get busy in Suffolk
Suffolk Park Community Gardens was breifly out of lockdown last week, and the gardeners couldn’t wait to get back in the garden.
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Council hopeful of sand returning to eroded Byron beaches
The Byron Shire Council reported ‘indications’ late last week that sand was returning to the popular beaches.
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62-yr-old man still missing, possibly on Northern Rivers
Sixty-two-year old mid-north coast man Richard Fogden has been missing for nearly a fortnight and is possibly on the Northern Rivers.
