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HuskeeSwap launches in Lennox
An exciting initiative to keep coffee cups out of landfill launched in Lennox Head yesterday. Ballina Shire Council is backing the HuskeeSwap program with free coffees at different cafes in Lennox this week, for coffeeholics keen to try a new solution to a growing problem.
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The importance of talking about ovaries
Brother and sister clothing designers Camilla Freeman-Topper and Marc Freeman are, were 11 and 13 respectively when their mother died of ovarian cancer.
Essential businesses recognised
A sticker initiative, to say ‘Thank you’ and support local retailers’ doing it tough is adorning Mullum shops, owing in part to efforts by resident Angela Bambach.
HuskeeSwap launches in Lennox
An exciting initiative to keep coffee cups out of landfill launched in Lennox Head yesterday. Ballina Shire Council is backing the HuskeeSwap program with free coffees at different cafes in Lennox this week, for coffeeholics keen to try a new solution to a growing problem.
Poetic plea from Gaza
Gareth W R Smith, Palestine Liberation Centre – Byron Bay
This heart cry from Gaza, written by Gazan poet and...
A place like home
Garth Luke, Mullumbimby
Why do we always focus on adding new buildings when the conversation turns to affordable housing?
Byron Shire...
Dead rats in the Byron bubble?
Poppa Veet Mayo, Main Arm
Am I the only one who can smell a dead rat in this bubble called...
Stories about "Queer Family Inc":
Keeping life peachy with a new Queer beer
Keeping it fun and keeping it Queer Stone & Wood have been collaborating with the Northern Rivers LGBTQIA+ organisation, Queer Family Inc, to create the Peachy Cheeks beer.
Local News
Getting the right stuff in your bins in the Tweed
Tweed Council is asking residents to be more careful with what waste they put in which bin – a surprising amount of the area's refuse, both recycling and landfill, ends up in the wrong receptacle.
Letters
Disguised junk mail
A Sinclair, Mullumbimby
Does anyone know who is responsible for the thinly disguised bundles of junk mail that are now arriving weekly somewhere in the...
National News
Industry response to Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety
Eve Jeffery - 0
As the pandemic has again highlighted the standard of treatment of our elders, Australia’s aged care industry has urged the Federal Government to adopt...
Letters
Poetic plea from Gaza
Gareth W R Smith, Palestine Liberation Centre – Byron Bay
This heart cry from Gaza, written by Gazan poet and writer Mohammed Rafik is remarkable...
