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Check a charity’s status before donating to a good cause
It wouldn't be the first time generous people have been scammed by fake charities and in the wake of the Tonga disaster, Australia's charity regulator is urging a quick check before donating.
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Editorial: Dear Committee Secretariat
The federal Standing Committee on Communications and the Arts has commenced a new inquiry into Australia’s regional newspapers (print...
First Byron Shire Council meeting postponed
Byron Shire Council’s first meeting of newly minted councillors was to take place today, 20 January, however, the storm of COVID-19 that is taking place across the country led to it being postponed.
Mandy Nolan’s Soapbox: Emergency response for our emergency responders
We need our nurses.
Right now, they are the most important workforce in the country. Not politicians or real estate agents or tradies or miners. Nurses. Paramedics. Hospital doctors.
SES issues Minor Flood warning for Lismore
Moderate rainfall across the Wilsons River catchment since Wednesday has caused significant river level rises along the Wilsons River and its tributaries, which has the potential to cause minor flooding along the Wilsons River at Lismore late Friday morning.
It is The Byron Shire Quiz!
It is The Byron Shire Quiz!
How much do you think you know about the Byron Shire?
Ross Kendall challenges you to...
Lismore to celebrate Australia Day with awards and Citizenship Ceremony
Many people will celebrate Australia Day next week and Lismore City Council has announced some of the nominees for this year’s Australia Day Awards.
Stories about "National Tertiary Education Union":
SCU academic staff angry at pay offer
Academic staff at Southern Cross University are angry that management gave themselves pay increases of 7 per cent in 2013-14 while staff received increases of just two per cent.
Local News
Lismore Council’s Advisory Groups need you
Lismore Mayor Steve Krieg said the Council is seeking passionate locals to participate in the Aboriginal Advisory Group, the Access and Inclusion Advisory Group and the Nimbin Advisory Group.
Byron Echo
A new Mungo needed
A new Mungo is needed to investigate, report and comment, because the major media sure as hell ain’t!
When is the Australian Government (via the...
Local News
Ballina’s Citizen of the Year announcement to be livestreamed
As COVID 19 continues to make life complicated for people on the Northern Rivers and beyond, Ballina Shire Council has decided to livestream its Australia Day event, including the Citizen of the Year announcement, from 9am on Wednesday.
Byron Echo
Validity of a visa
As a 90-year-old, I have travelled many years since I was 18 years of age; to America, the UK and Europe on a ‘visa’,...
