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Pandemic plate lickers release lockdown dessert
The 2020 pandemic lockdown meant the entire entertainment industry was cancelled, but making music cannot be cancelled.
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Byron Bay wants Byron Baes to back off
Faster than speeding reality TV producer, members of the Byron community have swiftly mounted a multi-pronged attack against the proposed ‘influencer’ based Netflix show Byron Baes.
The ghost in the archives #3: Sexism, legal discrimination and ‘the game of bastardry’
The ghost in the archives #3 – In which a former Echo drudge dives into the crypt and comes up covered in dusty memories.
Local youth among those hardest hit by housing affordability crisis
A 20 per cent spike in rents is driving an increase in youth homelessness across the North Coast, the organisers of a national campaign to end homelessness say.
Affordable myth
Patricia Warren, Brunswick Heads
There is a ‘myth of affordable housing’ in Byron Shire.
Well may councillors lament the lack of ‘affordable...
Jungle juice
There are times when water just doesn’t cut it. And luckily, for those times, there is Jungle Juice.
Bruns boarding house showdown Thursday
The stage is set for a crucial debate over the Brunswick Heads ‘Corso’ development in Byron Council this week, with staff recommending that the developer’s revised plans be approved.
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News Corp scraps print for paid online subs
From June 29, nearly 100 regional newspapers, owned by US citizen and multi-billionaire Rupert Murdoch, will cease print operations.
Activists block Murdoch newspapers from distribution
Activists have taken the fight to the front gates of the News Corp printing press in Murarrie, Queensland last night demanding that ‘News Corp tell the truth about the climate and ecological crisis,’ said a spokesperson for Extinction Rebellion (XR).
Aussie media demands #RightToKnow
Australians are worried the government is becoming less transparent on key public issues including the misuse of personal data, public funds spent on political campaigns, immigration and climate change. Locally, the Byron Shire Council and the Byron Hospital has similar examples of blocking public access to information.
Murdoch gets go-ahead to buy Northern Star, Byron News
The Australian Consumer and Competition Commission has declined to intervene in the sale of the ARN newspaper titles on the grounds that a News Corp takeover would not ‘substantially lessen competition’ in the regional media market.
ACCC warns over News Corp buyout in northern rivers
Murdoch’s News Corp’s proposed buyout of daily and weekly newspapers in the northern rivers is under a cloud after the competitive watchdog flagged concerns it would have a monopoly on print newspapers in Queensland which could dilute local news content and opinion.
How to avoid Murdoch’s ever-expanding empire
By reading Echonetdaily you are helping us to fight Rupert Murdoch’s growing control of the media in Australia.
Murdoch influence everywhere
Max Willoughby, Murwillumbah. Your story in Echonetdaily today misses a lot. In addition to the holdings you listed, News Corp also has a dominant interest in Australian Associated Press [AAP], via which much of our media gains their news stories.
News Corp’s extraordinary dominance of our media
News Corporation has just dramatically increased its political-influence footprint in Australia, but it’s a story that hasn’t made it much past the business pages. It should.
TV network launches tax attack on Rupert Murdoch
Back in the bad old days before the internet took hold, Australia’s two most powerful families, the Murdochs and the Packers, would often selfishly carve up the political and media landscape for their own benefit.
Byron Echo
5MW solar farm funding under question
A 5MW solar farm proposed for Myocum, located near the Byron Resource Recovery Centre, poses a ‘high degree of risk’, and could jeopardise funding for other large Council infrastructure projects, according to a staff report, to be tabled at this Thursday’s meeting.
Byron Echo
Tony Barry, Ben Chifley and FD’s Four Freedoms
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Local actor-vist, Tony Barry, has taken on a lot since he moved to the Northern Rivers, and though cancer took one of his legs, Tony still manages to put in the hard yards for social, environmental and human rights causes.
Byron Echo
Government bullying and hidden agendas
Frank Ball, Tweed Heads
The treatment of Christine Holgate while CEO of Australia Post is nothing short of scandalous. Not only is it a prime example...
Byron Echo
A coast in need of management
It appears that the long-suffering management of perhaps the region’s most precious resource and attraction, Byron Shire’s beaches and estuaries, are not a high priority for Sydney-based bureaucrats and the Liberal-Nationals government.
