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Local legend awarded for her work with Red Cross
Kerrie Gray has recently received a Medal of the Order of Australia and is also Ballina Shire's newest Senior Citizen of the Year. She met The Echo in Alstonville to talk about the ongoing crises facing our region, and what everyone can do to help.
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Natural history
While I have not the informed authority to confirm John Bradley’s musings on the birds that seem to be...
Protest gets results
Psst: want to get Council staff to do something about the appalling state of roads in your neighbourhood?
We’ve had the rain bomb, is a fire bomb next?
We had the Black Summer fires and then the floods and NSW Farmers says time is running out to prevent more mass bushfires at the end of this year.
Pothole protest gets immediate results
Psst: want to get Council staff to do something about the appalling state of roads in your neighbourhood?
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Forget red meat, red seaweed might be the vital food needed on our plates
Seaweed farming might hold the key to massive improvements in carbon sequestration, biodiversity loss and food security say Queensland researchers.
Perrottet’s election gamble on cashless pokies
It would appear ClubsNSW is not having a good year, and today’s announcement that the NSW government has proposed a gambling reform policy that would ensure all poker machines in the state become cashless by 2028 hasn't made it any better.
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.
Local News
Iron Gates development in Evans Head land owners go into administration – again
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The Iron Gates development, that is on flood- and fire-prone land near Evans Head, has been fought by the community for over 30 years. The current company that owns the site, Goldcoral Pty Ltd whose director is Graeme Ingles, has now been placed into administration.
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Far North Coast branch of NSW Farmers launches
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The new NSW Farmers Far North Coast Branch, that will be representing farmers from the Tweed and Byron Shires, launched yesterday.
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New Lismore refugee support group starting up
A local group from the Lismore area, the Lismore Region Refugee Settlement (LRRS), have come together to support refugees settling in the area.
Byron Echo
A tribute for Richard Moloney
Byron Shire has lost another of its colourful characters, the irrepressible Richard Moloney, who died suddenly but peacefully in his home at the end of January.
