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Nurses call for an improved aged care sector
A ‘walk with nurses’ was held in Mullum last Friday, and aimed to highlight the concern aged care nurses have around fee structures, safety issues and staff training in order to properly care for our elderly.
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Soli becalmed in NSW Pro surf series
Local surfer Soli Bailey has finished in second place at the Mad Mex Maroubra Pro World Surf League Qualifying Series event held at Sydney’s Maroubra beach last weekend.
Tweed Council rejects Casuarina disability viewing platform
Issues of queue jumping, the allocation of Tweed Shire Council’s resources in both time and money, and responding to...
Storylines: Uluru Statement from the Heart
The 'Uluru Statement from the Heart' seeks constitutional reform to empower Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to have a say and be involved over matters that impact their lives.
Music fest aims to be COVID-19 recovery event
Byron Bay could host a two-day, beachside music and arts festival in June this year, after an application to hold the event was lodged with Byron Council.
Belongil beach hut
L S Lambert, Byron Bay
The illegal building on Belongil Beach (Letters, 12 February) is a permanent structure with no...
Motion to save Lennox pavilion fails
Ballina Cr Eoin Johnston's attempt to save the seventy year old weather shed at Lennox Head went down at council's meeting yesterday, attracting only one other councillor's support.
Stories about "rainwater tanks":
It’s not cool to be a water fool!
In a time where more than 40 per cent of the world's population is affected by water scarcity, wasting such a valuable resource could be thought of as plain foolish.
Rainy days, no time to waste that water
Once upon a time, it was illegal to have a rainwater tank in suburbia but now it is time for a change and you are being challenged to keep your water usage to 160 litres a day.
Rainwater-tank rebates in Tweed ‘not cost effective’
Rainwater-tank rebates for households and businesses are unlikely to provide value for money for the Tweed shire, according to council managers.
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M1 closed both directions at Yelgun
Traffic is currently at a standstill between Ocean Shores and Crabbes Creek on the M1 Pacific Highway following a truck crash at around 7am this morning.
Byron Echo
Rapey Liberal culture is their undoing
Former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins’ steel-eyed testimony around rape allegations saw spiders crawl from under rocks and spread in all directions last week.
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Missing teen – Tweed Heads
Police are appealing for public assistance to locate a boy reported missing from Tweed Heads.
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Forum to address housing emergency, March 8
Paul Bibby - 0
A grassroots movement is bringing women, community and art together on International Women’s Day (March 8) in an urgent push to solve the local housing emergency.
