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West Byron flooding
All east coast communities are now daily regularly warned by the ABC radio/TV, by the Bureau of Meteorology, to...
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Urban trees and forests are very vulnerable to climate change: how should we shore them up?
New research predicts most of our favourite city trees are at risk from global warming.
Great soil at Summit
Victoria Cosford
Creative writing was what Ryan Bruin had his heart set on. He had planned to go to university...
Will degrowth be forced upon us?
For decades, we have been engaged in the old cold war battle between capitalism and communism.
Odd row of lights
Just following up the letter from Sarah Smith in the August 31 issue. It was a Starlink satellite train....
Hamster racing and home brew at King’s school
A local man who believes he was the first and possibly the only student to be expelled from the school of the King’s youth, says Charles’ opinion that Gordonstoun in Scotland was ‘Colditz in kilts’, was accurate.
Origin walks away from Beetaloo Basin
In a major victory for community pressure and investor activism, Origin Energy announced yesterday that they would divest 100 per cent of their gas interests in the Northern Territory's massive Beetaloo Basin, along with fracking plans in the Lake Eyre Basin and WA's Kimberley region.
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Artist shows his ‘world away from Byron Bay’
The meandering 'visual journey' over 20 years travelling and working around the world documented in drawings, print and diaries by an artist who grew up in Byron Bay is on display at the Tweed Regional Gallery.
Byron Echo
Odd row of lights
Just following up the letter from Sarah Smith in the August 31 issue. It was a Starlink satellite train. My webcam captured the scene.
Michael...
Articles & Columns
Trampling of the graves of the murdered: reply to Will Liley
As I read Will Liley’s response to my article in dedication to my late uncle, I recalled the poem in Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s novel Clandestine in Chile:
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Murwillumbah mega-school merger public meeting on Monday
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Opposition to the merger of the four Murwillumbah Schools, which includes two primary and two high schools, remains strong. Monday will see Leader of the NSW opposition MP Chris Minns and local MP Janelle Saffin joining concerned parents, students and community members at a town hall meeting in Murwillumbah on Monday at 5.30pm.
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Byron Council looking at rain damage
Byron Shire Council says they have staff out and about across the Shire today assessing damage from the rain.
