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Boat people we are
We here in this country, now called Australia, need to be reminded that we started off as ‘boat people’.
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Rainbow Temple squeezed by Lismore Council
For two decades, the Rainbow Temple in Rosebank has stood as a striking reflection of the region’s proudly beating spiritual heart.
Renew Fest hosts May vigil for grief
Renew Fest will host a weekend-long Vigil For Grief in May 2022, and will return with the festival itself in 2023.
January 21 National Cabinet on Omicron, RATs, vax and treatments
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has issued a media release about yesterday's meeting of the National Cabinet.
Astrological gravitas
The Mullum Aeronautics and Space Administration (MASA) will soon launch the Spiders Webb telescope, which will break through to...
Israel and Palestine
As an apologist for Israel, Michael Burd (Letters, 12 January) conveniently ignores the harsh truth of Israel’s brutal oppression,...
BoM tsunami warning for the NSW Coastline
The State Emergency Service (SES) has issued a tsunami warning as a result of an eruption of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apa in the Tongan Islands at 3.10pm AEDT yesterday, Saturday, January 15.
Stories about "Nick Xenophon Team":
NXT candidate lends an ear to creative Byronians
Aidan Dalgliesh leading Senate candidate in the federal election for the Nick Zenophon team (NXT) visited Byron Bay recently to talk to the town’s creatives about how they could be better supported.
Xenophon true to his commitment
Ken (Stents) Nicholson, Kingscliff. I often feel I’m the only Nick Xenophon Team member way up here in the northeast corner of NSW. I’m 88. I can no longer travel. I never expected to meet Nick in person.
Sick of smart-alec point scoring
Ken ‘Stents’ Nicholson, Kingscliff. I’m anxious. I’m stressed. I hope my stents hold up. Our democracy is fading away. People are despairing.
Byron Echo
Israel and Palestine
As an apologist for Israel, Michael Burd (Letters, 12 January) conveniently ignores the harsh truth of Israel’s brutal oppression, while claiming there are two...
Local News
Greens Mandy Nolan to hold community forum in support of nurses and paramedics
Locally and across the state nurses, and paramedics are struggling in the face of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic as they are being asked to do double shifts and manage effectively in health system that is struggling to cope. This has led to an increasing number of nurses and paramedics resigning.
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NSW COVID update on COVID deaths – vax stats and comorbidities
NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet again opened his COVID update with condolences to families who have lost loved ones, and thanks to the ‘inspirational work of our health workers'.
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January 21 National Cabinet on Omicron, RATs, vax and treatments
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has issued a media release about yesterday's meeting of the National Cabinet.
