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Greens urged to back pathway to end native forest logging

Some of NSW’s most respected and long-standing forest campaigners and scientists have today urged the Greens not to support the Nationals' attempt to disallow the Improved Native Forest Management (INFM) method.
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Byron EchoMichele Grant - 0

Traditional owners vs Adani’s mining operations

From bankruptcy to the Queensland government intervening and extinguishing their native title – Adrian Burragubba, a Wangan and Jagalingou Elder has continued the fight against Adani’s contentious mine.
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Local NewsThe Echo - 0

Interhall Committee volunteers’ hazard update

As the weather warms up, so too are community volunteers. In mid August regional volunteers gathered at Clunes for the quarterly Interhall Committee meeting.
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LettersPeter Olson, Goonengerry - 0

Robot armies

Nuclear war now seems a matter of not if, but when: the bulletin of atomic scientists now has us...
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LettersChris Abraham, Mullumbimby - 0

Rail and community consultation

The first stage of the Casino to Murwillumbah railway was opened in 1894 and shortly after the line was...
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Local NewsThe Echo - 0

Have you seen Stephanie Cordery?

NSW Police are reappealing for public assistance to locate a woman missing from Lismore.
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Byron EchoSapoty Brook, Main Arm - 0

Being un conscious

There is a general belief that consciousness is an entity in itself or something that is non-physical. I don’t...
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Stories about "#SaveOurKoalas":

Bangalow Koalas protest sale of Council land 

Local News Aslan Shand - 3
There is one day left to voice your opinion on the sale of part of a road reserve adjoining 139 Bangalow Rd, Suffolk Park which Bangalow Koalas say will increase the risk of koala strikes like the recent death of Moji the koala. 
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Call for immediate ban on logging in the proposed Great Koala National Park 

National News Aslan Shand - 15
There will be no more koalas in the wild in NSW by 2050 if we don’t take action to preserve their habitat, according to a NSW state parliamentary inquiry in 2020, but the Nature Conservation Council say NSW Labor still isn’t doing enough.
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Koalas on the road this weekend – slow down and call a wildlife carer

Local News The Echo - 2
The last 12 months have seen a record number of koalas killed or severely injured due to vehicle strikes in the region and Friends of the Koala are calling on locals and visitors to take care of our iconic koalas this coming long weekend.
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Preview screening of The Koalas at Federal Hall this Sunday

Local News The Echo - 0
An insight into the lives of koalas is taking place this Sunday with the preview screening of  The Koalas at Federal Hall. 
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How would you stop koalas going extinct in the wild?

Local News Aslan Shand - 9
The strategy for koala conservation is currently under review and the community is being asked for feedback on the best ways to help NSW’s endangered koalas.
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Koalas losers in legal fight; their forests to be denuded

Local News Dailan Pugh - 2
Since July, legal action has stopped the Forestry Corporation logging nationally important koala habitat in Braemar and Myrtle State Forests, south of Casino. However, logging can now resume despite evidence of significant impacts on koalas. 
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Koala logging moratorium great first step

Local News Lucien Shand - 3
The NSW government has agreed to put 106 koala hubs contained within the proposed area for the Great Koala National Park under protection until the establishment of the park in order to prevent logging of these key koala habitats. 
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Vanishing koalas – why risk their extinction?

Byron Echo Eve Jeffery - 1
It might not seem like a huge drama to cross the floor of parliament – unless you’re the person doing the crossing. That’s exactly what Catherine Cusack NSW MLC did and it was all in the cause of saving koalas.
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#Fridays4Forests take koala and forest protection to Sydney 

Local News The Echo - 1
#Fridays4Forests has now expanded to Sydney with a community action outside Parliament House Sydney.
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NSW government ‘irresponsible’ in extending logging

National News Aslan Shand - 0
The NSW government extended the agreements to supply wood from NSW State Forests which North East Forest Alliance has called ‘an act of gross irresponsibility'.
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Local News

Ballina Council makes decision on Ross Lane

David Lowe - 0
With the absence of all four of its progressive councillors for various reasons, Ballina Council pushed ahead with its agenda at yesterday's monthly meeting, including a decision which is likely to close Ross Lane for months while the road is upgraded.
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Local News

Mullumbimby puts new governance models first, and now wants to build it

The Echo - 0
Imagine Northern Rivers says Mullumbimby is the only community across the region to rank new models of governance and decision-making as the number one element of its preferred future, and last week locals gathered to work out how to make it real.
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Appeal to locate man missing from Broadwater

The Echo - 0
Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate a local missing man.
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Katie Milne responds to Tweed’s draft housing and employment strategy

The Echo - 0
The former mayor of Tweed Shire Council, Kate Milne, has shared her submission to Tweed's Draft Growth Management Housing & Employment Strategy.
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