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From go to whoa – Norco Primex expo covers it all
Norco and Primex are bringing a three-day sustainable farming and primary industry expo to you.
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Native Title declared on Evans Head after 25-year fight
Last week the court met on Evans Head, where 52 small parcels of land covering a total of 7.2 square kilometres were given native title.
Thousands of sober stoners march for drug law reform in Nimbin
Nimbin HEMP Embassy President Michael Balderstone said he was surprised at the high turn-out, given a heavy police presence on streets surrounding the rainforest village.
Rous Chair talks underground water
Since the Dunoon Dam was shelved, Rous County Council has put a new draft of the Future Water Project 2060 on public exhibition. They are currently seeking feedback from people living in the four constituent councils of Richmond Valley, Byron, Ballina and Lismore.
Byron Council to introduce car-free Sundays in the centre of town
Byron Council has taken a further step toward getting cars out of, and pedestrians into, the centre of Byron, by voting to introduce car-free Sundays.
An operetta and children’s theatre for NORPA
NOPRA has announced recipients of the theatre company’s two artist residencies.
Love flowers at the market
As mothers across Australia look forward to (slightly burnt) toast in bed, the local farmers and producers in our...
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Celebrate Compost Awareness Week at Ballina Community Garden
This year, International Compost Awareness Week runs from 2–8 May with the theme ‘Better Soil, Better Life, Better Future’.
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.
National News
Greater Sydney goes into COVID related lockdown
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has just announced that greater Sydney area will go into lockdown until next Monday.
Byron Echo
Board defends its management of Mullum Rural Co-op
Aslan Shand - 0
The issue of potential fraud and financial mismanagement was a key part of the response from Mullumbimby Rural Co-op board, and Chair Ross Tucker,...
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An operetta and children’s theatre for NORPA
NOPRA has announced recipients of the theatre company’s two artist residencies.
Local News
Dam doesn’t give a damn about koalas
Eve Jeffery - 0
The proposed Dunoon Dam is still a possibility, though it has been voted against twice by the members of Rous County Council. Now information has emerged which presents another reason to shut down the threat of the dam once and for all.
