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Criminalising protest
In another Sstate government descent into criminalising protest, to protect their own government’s sabotage of a liveable planet, last...
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The CWA turns 100 – There will be scones!
Within 24 hours of its establishment on April 20, 1922, Country Women’s Association (CWA) members began lobbying relevant government ministers for better services for women and children, and that has been their mission ever since.
Top tips for feline friends this International Cat Day
Some silly humans think that it's money that makes the world go around – we all know it's cats!
Secrecy surrounds govt’s Reconstruction Corp
Echo questions remain unanswered around the advisory board appointments for the Northern Rivers Reconstruction Corporation, which the NSW government says will help with ‘rebuilding flood-affected Northern Rivers’.
Only real farmers and real food at Byron Farmers Market
Later this year, Byron Farmers Market will celebrate its 20th birthday. An impressive feat given that when it first...
Mandy Nolan’s Soapbox: For Sale: Moral compass
Some weeks it’s hard to navigate the big feelings I have around injustice; the kind of injustice that occurs every day, everywhere, underwritten by the privilege of some at the expense of the many. The shit stuff people get away with! The shit stuff no one notices. Shit stuff always happens to people who don’t have much to start with. I sometimes wonder how you can hear story after story and not realise the system is broken. Capitalism sucks. Let’s go break stuff – like, the dominant paradigm! We haven’t managed to subvert it – so can we smash it into tiny pieces? Please?
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First Nations Voice in Council moves closer
Byron Council will aim to give local First Nations people a role in its decision-making process by September 2024, echoing the newly-elected federal government’s pledge to honour the Uluru Statement from the Heart.
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Mullum pods
First, Hans Lovejoy’s article ‘emergency wedged’ was educational, factual and provided valuable information to the community. Michele Grant’s letter (27 July) was emotive overgeneralisations...
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Flood residents get $650 from Lismore Council
Lismore City Mayor Steve Krieg today announced that 1,558 residents will receive a grant of $650 from the Lismore Flood Appeal.
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Barilaro begs off today’s Upper House committee inquiry
Today's scheduled hearing for the Upper House committee inquiry into the appointment of Mr John Barilaro as Senior Trade and Investment Commissioner to the Americas has been cancelled.
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The COVID-19 Booster: Latest news from the pandemic
The COVID-19 Booster is Cosmos Magazine’s weekly shot of the latest research, news and data from the pandemic.