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John ‘Strop’ Cornell dies
John Cornell, a character credited with initiating major change in Byron Bay after his purchase of the Beach Hotel, has died at his home in Byron Bay, aged 80, surrounded by his wife Delvene Delaney and family.
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Pfizer available on North Coast, health authorities say
Health authorities on the Northern Rivers say the region now has a supply of the Pfizer Covid 19 vax.
Civil war
Peter Olson, Goonengerry
Professor Klaus Schwab, founder of the World Economic Forum, says that by Christmas time, people will be more...
Criticism of Ballina Cr Cadwallader’s water election tactics
The Ballina Environment Society (BES) has accused Ballina Councillor Sharon Cadwallader of politicising water security by using ‘the Dunoon Dam as one of her key concerns in her bid for mayor in September’s local government elections’.
More than 40 in self-iso after contact with Northern Rivers exposure site
Health authorities say they’ve classified more than forty people as Covid Nineteen close contacts via a Northern Rivers exposure site.
Editorial – Free fi fo dumb?
Hans Lovejoy, editor
Scientists have warned that now the UK has come out of lockdown on ‘freedom day’ (July 19),...
Chinderah truck stop COVID-19 exposure site
NSW has put out a public health alert identifying Chinderah truck stop at the Ampol service station (northbound), 112 Tweed Valley Way, near Murwillumbah turnoff as a possible infection site.
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Tweed woman locks onto truck at Pilliga CSG plant
A 52-year-old woman from Tweed Heads has locked herself under a worker’s truck at the Santos Leewood CSG wastewater treatment facility near Narrabri in the Pilliga forest, holding up work for the day.
Editorial
Editorial – Free fi fo dumb?
Hans Lovejoy, editor
Scientists have warned that now the UK has come out of lockdown on ‘freedom day’ (July 19), it will lead to ‘a...
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Snakes monitor radioactive contamination
Ten years on from the 2011 Fukushima disaster in Japan – the most severe nuclear accident since Chernobyl – researchers are using Japanese rat snakes to measure radioactivity in the Fukushima Exclusion Zone.
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Criticism of Ballina Cr Cadwallader’s water election tactics
Aslan Shand - 1
The Ballina Environment Society (BES) has accused Ballina Councillor Sharon Cadwallader of politicising water security by using ‘the Dunoon Dam as one of her key concerns in her bid for mayor in September’s local government elections’.
Byron Echo
Old Byron Hospital DA on exhibition
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Plans are finally in for the redevelopment of the old Byron Hospital that will facilitate its transformation into a much-needed community hub.
