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NSW Flood Inquiry released today
The NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet was in Lismore at Southern Cross University this morning at 11am releasing the NSW Independent Flood Inquiry where he accepted every recommendation put forward.
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Cabarita DA refused on character grounds
Tweed Shire Councillors refused a DA for a four-storey block of flats at 2-6 Tweed Coast Road, Cabarita Beach, despite the staff recommendation of approval.
Mullum pods
First, Hans Lovejoy’s article ‘emergency wedged’ was educational, factual and provided valuable information to the community. Michele Grant’s letter...
Finding the fine art
Bangalow Fine Art are boutique art dealers and valuers who hold quarterly online exhibitions of interesting and important pieces...
Byron’s Fletcher St welcomes new members
Fletcher Street Cottage has welcomed the arrival of three new community support workers to help the growing number of locals facing the challenges of homelessness.
Old man shouts at cloud #3
At a beachside town a couple of years ago I saw a young couple dressed as Goths. Not as cathedrals in that style of architecture, or as members of an axe-wielding Germanic tribe, or as characters in an Emily Bronte novel (though that’s fairly close), but as the black-clothed, black eyelinered Emo youth of the 1980s and ‘90s.
Lismore Councillors to collectively decide on new GM
The recent history of general managers in the Lismore Council has been nothing if not chequered. With a very politically divided council, the question of whether all interested councillors, or just a select few, should choose the new GM proved contentious last night in the Goonellabah chambers.
Stories about "NBN":
Nearly 6,000 NBN customers still without internet in Northern Rivers
Around 5,800 homes and businesses were still impacted by outages on the nbn™ network in Northern NSW Tuesday morning.
NBN scammers target flood victims
Police issued an alert earlier this week saying people have been getting phone calls from scammers impersonating NBN Australia.
‘Major restoration’ of the nbn network overnight
There are now approximately 9,500 homes and businesses impacted by outages on the nbn network, decreased from 79,500 yesterday.
It’s back – nbn™ network is up and running
For many people, if you're reading this, then you'll know that the NBN network is up and running.
NBN outage affecting 79,500 across Northern Rivers
The NBN outage across the Northern Rivers is down from 81,000 yesterday to 79,500 today as they continue to work on returning access to the region due to the outage at the Woodburn Fibre Access Node.
81,000 outages – NBN update for Northern Rivers
Around 81,000 homes and businesses are experiencing outages on the nbn™ network across Northern NSW say NBN.
Scammers are preying upon flood-affected residents
Though most of the community are extending their hand in help for people who have been affected by the recent floods on the Far North Coast and Sout East Queensland, scammers are already finding ways to make life even more difficult for residents
nbn says flood impacted outages have risen in the last 24 hours
nbn reports that the number of homes and businesses impacted by outages on the nbn network across Northern NSW has risen to around 74,000.
Communications blackout hits Far North Coast
Twenty-four hours ago you wouldn't have been reading this post as thousands of phone and internet customers across the region, including The Echo, struggled to communicate via 21st-century technology.
ATO and NBN scams netted over $1m
ATO and NBN scams have been on the rise with scammers netting over $1m this year alone.
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Lismore Councillors to collectively decide on new GM
Eve Jeffery - 2
The recent history of general managers in the Lismore Council has been nothing if not chequered. With a very politically divided council, the question of whether all interested councillors, or just a select few, should choose the new GM proved contentious last night in the Goonellabah chambers.
Byron Echo
Byron’s Fletcher St welcomes new members
Paul Bibby - 0
Fletcher Street Cottage has welcomed the arrival of three new community support workers to help the growing number of locals facing the challenges of homelessness.
Byron Echo
Byron’s Mayor Lyon defends Mullum pod fiasco
Byron Shire Council Mayor Michael Lyon has defended Council’s handling of the ongoing Mullum pod accommodation debacle, telling The Echo that councillors requested, through a Council resolution, that Resilience NSW conduct consultation with neighbouring residents regarding the rail corridor works on Prince Street.
Byron Echo
Mullum, flooding and pods
In this region we are all, except for a few, living on floodplains or areas prone to further landslips. And as far as I...
