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Taste the delights to come your way as part of the Northern Rivers Food Harvest Food Trail
Today saw the first of a series of special tasting events by the 'Taste The Harvest’ in collaboration with Byron Visitor Centre with the giving away complimentary breakfasts.
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109 climate action activist arrests at Newcastle Port as G20 countries fail to reduce emissions and global warming continues
Police say they’ve charged more than a hundred protesters at the Rising Tide Newcastle Port blockade after three days of demonstrations.
Mandy Nolans Soapbox: Climate is About People
What scares you more? The impact of warming by 1.5 degrees that results in drought, famine, heat stress, species die-off, loss of entire ecosystems and habitable land and 100 million people being thrown into poverty? Or a hundred or so activists in a kayak?
Rescission does nothing to sway team Krieg on waste
An Extra Ordinary Meeting of the City of Lismore Council was held last night to respond the a request for a recission on last week’s Waste Operation Review which saw a majority of Lismore Councillors vote to outsource the service and work to private enterprise.
Team Cadwallader’s environmental war
At the November Ballina Council meeting, Cr Bruem (Team Cadwallader’s unofficial media advisor/spin doctor) continued his attack on the...
Urgent aid required to ensure future of endangered species
The Maalan Cloud forest is specifically suited to a range of endangered species and if the forest is not saved, they will become extinct.
Minister Stephen Kamper – it’s time to talk about the Dirawong Reserve
Dear Minister
I am writing this Open Letter to you as Minister responsible for Crown Lands. Previous letters to you...
Stories about "power":
Carpark cover doubles as solar power generator
Lismore City Council has announced that the Clyde Campbell solar carpark is now officially open and ready to provide some much-needed shade for those shopping in the CBD this summer.
3,900 Essential Energy customers back on, 8,600 to go
Essential Energy is continuing to work to get customer's power back on throughout the Northern Rivers region. They have another 8,600 customers still waiting...
Essential Energy update for March 4
With power outage still an issue for many in the flood zone, Essential Energy says that approximately 90 Essential Energy personnel will be arriving across the impacted area today and tomorrow.
Power outage in Byron Shire
Power supply company Essential Energy says that approximately 1,780 homes and businesses were without supply this morning.
Four-hour power outage in Byron
More than two thousand two hundred homes were without power last night in the Byron area, including Tyagarah and other coastal suburbs.
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Eltham Hotel, noise complaints and cancelled shows
Aslan Shand - 4
Balancing the needs of a diverse community is always a challenge but it is one that owners of the Eltham Hotel Matt Rabbidge and Luke Sullivan, just 15 minutes from Lismore, are determined to do following complaints about loud music at the pub.
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Armed robbery Burleigh Heads
Police are investigating an armed robbery at a liquor store in Burleigh Heads on November 28.
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Bruem’s balloon amendment burst as Ballina Council votes to protect wildlife
Ballina Shire’s balloon ban is to stay in place after a failed attempt by at least one conservative councillor to weaken rules aimed at protecting wildlife and reducing litter.
Byron Echo
Truth-telling beyond the Voice referendum
In order to transcend the disappointment of the Voice referendum, many political and Aboriginal leaders are focusing on ‘truth-telling’.