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NSW budget and the Northern Rivers

The Minns government says it's handed down a budget which locks in major funding for North Coast health infrastructure, alongside targeted cost-of-living relief designed for regional households and disaster recovery, as locals continue to face higher costs.
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Greens say NSW budget ‘locks in pokies misery’

Cate Faehrmann MLC says the NSW government has knocked any hope of gambling reform on the head in yesterday’s state budget, with tax concessions to clubs with poker machines totalling $1.252 billion, while revenue from taxes on poker machine losses have been revised upward by a whopping $638.2 million over the forward estimates.
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The NT intervention laws that shape lives

This Sunday marks 19 years since the then Howard Government announced the Northern Territory Intervention laws – ‘The Intervention’ began with a media release by Mal Brough, Minister for Indigenous Affairs, on June 21, 2007.
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Byron EchoThe Echo - 0

NSW Golf Croquet State Championships to be hosted in the Northern Rivers

Ballina Cherry Street, Byron Bay, and Lismore croquet clubs region will once again host the 2026 NSW Golf Croquet...
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Momentum hosts free skate workshop for girls and women

Whether you are stepping on a skateboard for the first time, sharpening your skills or getting ready to compete, a free school holiday workshop is being offered to all female skaters up to 25 years.
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Caring for community

The Rotary Club of Mullumbimby presented a cheque for $10,000 to the Brunswick Surf Life Saving Club (BSLSC) in support of its ongoing operations.
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Byron EchoMike Balson, Upper Wilsons Creek - 0

AI roll-out

My dad bought a quarter-acre block overlooking Sydney’s Northern Beaches for 400 pounds. That was about eight week’s salary. Mum...
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Stories about "Mullumbimby Hospital":

Community housing should be primary focus for Mullum Hospital site

Editorial Aslan Shand - 0
The community frustration at Byron Shire Council was palpable on Monday night as they sought to understand why the draft development control plan (DCP) for the former Mullumbimby Hospital site failed so effectively at reflecting all the contributions they had made to the process.
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Community needs to respond to Mullum Hospital site DCP

Local News Aslan Shand - 0
Frustration was expressed at Monday night’s public meeting, at the failure of the Mullumbimby Hospital site development control plan (DCP) to incorporate the significant and time-consuming community proposals and feedback that had been provided to Byron Shire Council (BSC).
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Byron Council moves for housing MOU with state

Local News The Echo - 0
The Byron Shire Council says a proposed Memorandum of Understanding with the state’s housing department will focus on more social and affordable housing.
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Mullumbimby Hospital site future discussed tonight

Local News The Echo - 0
The public are invited to a meeting tonight to discuss the future of the old Mullumbimby Hospital Site.
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Future of Mullum Hospital site up in the air 

Local News The Echo - 0
Eight years ago, the state government agreed to sell the old Mullumbimby Hospital site to Byron Shire Council (BSC) for $1 in a stunt by National Party member Ben Franklin. 
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Local MP pushes for social housing at hospital site 

Local News Hans Lovejoy - 3
What negotiations are happening behind closed doors with the former Mullum hospital site? 
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Upcoming Council election, Mullum hospital site and Wallum

Byron Echo Gary Opit & Carmel Daoud - 6
The Corruption Perceptions Index defines corruption as an ‘abuse of entrusted power for private gain’. These gains are not always monetary. They are primarily status, an essential component in the social interactions of our community.
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Mullumbimby Hospital must be demolished: report

Local News Paul Bibby - 4
The two main buildings at the Mullumbimby Hospital site will have to be completely demolished and the land remediated at a cost of more than $3 million after they were found to be riddled with asbestos that poses a high risk to future users and the surrounding community.
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Rallying round Mullum hospital welcomed

Letters The Echo - 1
Jeremiah O’Toole, Myocum. Congratulations to all involved with the saving of the Mullumbimby Hospital and a call to arms to our cousins in Byron Bay suburbs to rally likewise to save the old Byron Hospital for the community.
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Done for a dollar! Mullumbimby hospital site sold

Local News Aslan Shand - 5
Hazzard's hands are off! It has just been announced that the Mullumbimby hospital site has been offered to the Byron Shire council for $1 by the state government.
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Appeal to locate missing woman

The Echo - 0
Police are appealing for public assistance to locate a woman missing from the Kempsey area.
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Citizen science last line of defence for threatened species

The Echo - 0
Native forest logging is again in the spotlight in NSW, following Monday night’s Four Corners investigation into Forestry Corporation NSW’s failure to protect nationally endangered species.
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Site confirmed for future high school at Pottsville

The Echo - 0
The NSW government says it has secured a site for a future high school in Pottsville, delivering on its commitment to future-proof public education for the growing Tweed community in the Northern Rivers.
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Local News

Eleven winners at Byron Bay Herb Nursery

Aslan Shand - 0
The Byron Bay Herb Nursery continues to create constructive pathways to achievement with twelve students from Byron Bay Herb Nursery’s disability support program recently graduating with a Certificate II in Horticulture.
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