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Inspiring arts, culture, business collaboration

Byron Fest, a multi-week festival in June 2027, will be a festival for the Shire, say Destination Byron as they finalise the $200,000 grant from the Regional Night-Time Economy Program.
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Local NewsAslan Shand - 0

Asren Pugh to run for NSW Upper House

Former Byron Shire councillor Asren Pugh has confirmed with The Echo that he has been preselected for the NSW Labor Upper House (Senate) ticket for the 2027 election. He is number six on the ticket.
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Local NewsThe Echo - 0

A life well lived – Vale Jim Mangleson

From running the local hardware store ‘Manglesons of Mullumbimby’ from 1972 to 1977 to starting Chincogan Real Estate in 1979, all with his wife Jan, Jim (James Harry) Mangleson was a man who liked to get on with life.
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Articles & ColumnsDavid Lowe - 0

Anarchy in the UK?

After going through six prime ministers in the last ten years, the not-so United Kingdom is likely to soon notch up its seventh.
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Entertainment NewsThe Echo - 0

Cinema: Look who’s come down for dinner

Failed musician Joe arrives home from work to discover his stay-at-home wife Angela has invited their upstairs neighbours, divorcee Pína and her partner, widower Hawk, over for dinner at their apartment.
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Entertainment NewsThe Echo - 0

Art exhibition inspired by nature

Elemental: Conversations with Nature is an exhibition bringing together a group of local artists who present their work for community enjoyment in one of the Shire’s many local halls – Coorabell Hall.
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National NewsThe Echo - 0

Major chlamydia advance for wild koalas

In what’s been hailed as a massive breakthrough, a chlamydia vaccine implant has been administered to a wild koala for the first time, with calls for a wider vaccination roll out.
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Stories about "North Coast TAFE":

North Coast TAFE student wins state award

Local News The Echo - 0
Liam Muldoon, from Cumbalum was named 2017 NSW Vocational Student of the Year at the 2017 NSW State Training Awards held last week at Sydney Town Hall.
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TAFE inquiry heads to north coast today

Local News Chris Dobney - 0
The NSW upper house committee inquiring into the future of TAFE will be in Lismore and Wollongbar today and Greens MP Dr John Kaye says they will 'show close up the damage the government is doing to TAFE.'
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TAFE changing, not disappearing

Letters The Echo - 0
Elizabeth McGregor, North Coast TAFE’s institute director. I want to assure our communities that North Coast TAFE still provides generous fee concessions, as well as the fee-free scholarships that have proved so popular for eligible students, and is definitely not being privatised.
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Students’ animal passion put to good use

Local News The Echo - 0
Katie Hunt and Kirsty Heseltine look like two kids in a lolly store, except in this case their elation is not over sweets but rather wildlife.
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Champion master chef set to share knowledge

Local News The Echo - 0
Commercial cookery students at Kingscliff TAFE are about to benefit from the knowledge of expert chef Garry Smith, who was recently awarded the title of World Champion Master Chef de Cuisine Salonculinaire.
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North Coast TAFE wins disability award

Local News The Echo - 0
North Coast TAFE’s disability consultant Anita Raftery has been recently awarded a Certificate of Achievement at the recent Tweed Shire Access and Inclusion Awards.
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TAFE cuts will hurt region, Ballina rally told

Local News The Echo - 0
Scores of teachers, students and supporters rallied outside the Wollongbar TAFE campus in Ballina yesterday against the Liberal-National coalition government's budget cuts and privatisation plans for vocational training.
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TAFE students sweep regional training awards

Local News The Echo - 0
Despite widespread privatisation of the post-secondary training sector, TAFEs are continuing to perform at a high level if the results of the recent North Coast Region’s NSW Training Awards are to go by.
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Provest ‘back-flipped’ on TAFE funding

Local News Chris Dobney - 0
Three years ago, while still in opposition, Tweed MP Geoff Provest signed a pledge to protect TAFE funding. Now his government is knocking the stuffing out of it, according to Labor’s candidate for the seat, Ron Goodman.
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Bright Sparks’s power saving shocks manager

Local News The Echo - 8
Joseph Sparks, who works at a Ballina service station, recently showed his employer how to save thousands of dollars on energy bills that were crippling the business.
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Local News

Palestine community action day Sunday

The Echo - 0
Have you been wondering how to make a change in Palestine? This Sunday, Northern Rivers Friends of Palestine (NRFP) are inviting people to join in a community action day at Marvell Hall, Marvell Street, Byron Bay from 12 noon to 4pm and find out how they can get involved to make positive change in Gaza and the West Bank.
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Local News

Asren Pugh to run for NSW Upper House

Aslan Shand - 0
Former Byron Shire councillor Asren Pugh has confirmed with The Echo that he has been preselected for the NSW Labor Upper House (Senate) ticket for the 2027 election. He is number six on the ticket.
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Local News

A life well lived – Vale Jim Mangleson

The Echo - 0
From running the local hardware store ‘Manglesons of Mullumbimby’ from 1972 to 1977 to starting Chincogan Real Estate in 1979, all with his wife Jan, Jim (James Harry) Mangleson was a man who liked to get on with life.
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Byron Echo

Renewable energy opposition

Verity Morgan-Schmidt, CEO, Farmers for Climate Action - 0
The media narrative suggesting regional people oppose renewable energy projects, when the data unarguably shows the opposite, is now the subject of a published...
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