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Tweed residents facing rate rise in 2021/2022 financial year
Tweed residents are invited to provide feedback on their council's budget, revenue policy and fees and charges, as Tweed Council prepares to finalise its delivery program and operational plan for the next financial year.
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What’s your opinion on the COVID vax?
Even though the Federal government refuses to take responsibility for the slow rollout of COIVID vaccines across the country you can still have your say on its rollout locally.
Govt’s new housing plan fails to impress local reps
Local government representatives on the Northern Rivers have expressed doubts over the state government’s new Housing 2041 Strategy.
Board defends its management of Mullum Rural Co-op
The issue of potential fraud and financial mismanagement was a key part of the response from Mullumbimby Rural Co-op...
Locavores out and about
The sun is out, the sky is blue, it’s beautiful, and so is the barbeque… or picnic, at this...
Secret footage from Manus detention centre to be screened in Lismore
A thirteen-minute award-winning documentary based on footage secretly filmed inside Australia’s former detention centre on Manus Island is to be screened in Lismore Thursday night.
Thanks for Bob
Jo Faith, Newtown
I wish to thank The Echo for printing the article by Bob Morgan, First Nations academic. This...
Stories about "Sangiovese Barbera":
Cool Italian summer wines – Prosecco and Sangiovese Barbera
Laurie from the Court House Hotel in Mullumbimby says that his biggest-selling sparkling wine at the moment is the Tobacco Road Prosecco and his biggest-selling red wine is the Sangiovese Barbera.
Letters
Exotic and hybrid
Dailan Pugh, Byron Bay
I was shocked to see the abundant exotic and hybrid plantings at Byron’s new bus interchange.
As Byron Council used to have...
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Locals call for automatic revocation of speeding fines on Hinterland Way in first half of April
Aslan Shand - 0
When local man Nathan Hicks saw posts on Facebook about locals who had received fines they believed were incorrect he decided to look into challenging his own fine.
Letters
Ageism alive and well
Margaret Boshier, St Ives
I have been spending time in the ocean since before I could walk; I grew up at the beach; I have...
Local News
It’s D-Day for Byron’s Marvell Street DA
Paul Bibby - 0
Will a controversial hotel development in central Byron that exceeds both height and floor space limits be given conditional approval at this week’s Byron Council meeting?
