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Neurotic fearmongers

Mandy Nolan slugging down her morning fix of caffeine before hopping on a plane to Newcastle to bang on...

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Ballina electorate to benefit from Road Safety Program

It has been announced today that Ballina electorate will receive several million dollars to enhance road safety for key projects in the are.

Pods profiting

A recent Facebook post by someone asking for help for a woman with two children living in her car...

Eclectic Selection: What’s on this week

Eclectic Selection: What’s on this week is a taste of some of the events that can be found in the Byron Shire and beyond this coming week.

Behind the scenes of 10 Minutes of Fame

As opening night approaches this Thursday, audiences are getting a glimpse of the creative energy fueling  10 Minutes of Fame at the Drill Hall Theatre in Mullumbimby.

Wollongbar to Goonellabah – your say on the Bruxner Highway

Future development of the 8km road corridor from Sneaths Road at Wollongbar to Kadina Street at Goonellabah is currently under discussion and Transport for NSW are seekinng community feedback. 

Foreshore development

Living in our family home in Lawson Street I can only but agree with Jan Hackett’s concern regarding the...

Stories about "NEFA":

Balance needed in Independent Forestry Panel

The North East Forest Alliance is concerned that the NSW government’s recently announced Independent Forestry Panel is not actually independent. NEFA is calling for the appointment of a forest ecologist to provide some balance.

NEFA says Forestry Corp are ignoring legal protections for gliders

The North East Forest Alliance is calling on the Environment Protection Authority to issue an immediate Stop Work Order for logging in Styx River State Forest, near Armidale on the Northern Tablelands.

Are we logging koalas to extinction?

The North East Forest Alliance is calling on people to take action to protect one of the most important Koala habitats on the Richmond River Lowlands in response to the Forestry Corporation commencing logging in Braemar State Forest – south of Casino.

EPA asked to reinstate protection for fire and climate refuge in Doubleduke

The North East Forest Alliance have described the decision by the Environment Protection Authority to remove a logging exclusion over an oldgrowth forest identified as a fire refuge in Doubleduke State Forest, west of Evans Head, a dereliction of duty and are calling for it to be urgently reinstated.

Alarming footage of devastation in Ellis State Forest

Today north coast conservationists say they are shocked and alarmed at footage of the devastation being wrought in Ellis State Forest south of Grafton.

Commonwealth needs to step in to save endangered wildlife

According to the North East Forest Alliance (NEFA) the Commonwealth must intervene to save greater glider, the koala and the yellow-bellied glider from extinction.

Saving Old-growth Trees on NSW’s own good advice

In the hope of making the New South Wales government take its own good advice, the North East Forest Alliance (NEFA) is today launching its Save Old-growth Trees campaign.

NEFA rally this morning at Coffs Council Chambers

NNEFA will be holding a rally this morning outside the Coffs Harbour Council Chambers, before the Coffs Harbour hearing of NSW Upper House, Portfolio Committee 4, 'Inquiry into the long term sustainability and future of the timber and forest products industry'.

It’s International Day of Forests

On International Day of Forests, North East Forest Alliance (NEFA) says it is essential that we recognise that forests support our civilisation, climate and biodiversity.

Minister causing ‘serious and irreversible harm’ in State forests

North East Forest Alliance have accused the Ministers for Environment and Foresty, Matt Kean and Paul Toole, of dereliction of duty for failing to implement the minimal changes recommended by the Natural Resources Commission.

Israel Hamas

It should be obvious to everyone by now that Israeli claims that they only target Hamas in Palestine and Hezbollah in Lebanon are what...

Jones

Richard Jones’s Echo articles are always a good read. Last week he questioned how Albanese’s Labor government will convince voters that they’ll be worse...

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Why not call it the Byron Bay Echo and save yourselves the waste of resources further south?       Peter Walters, Ballina

Hidden disabilities recognised

The Hidden Disabilities Sunflower initiative was marked on December 3, with Byron Shire Council taking part in the global project that recognises the International Day of People with Disability.