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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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The amazing world of seeds
Hilary Bain
If it wasn’t for seeds and plants, we humans, along with all the animals, birds and insects would...
PM forced
Narelle Rendalls, Ballina
With reference to the recent serious sexual assault allegations in Canberra, our Prime Minister has a lot to...
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.
Praying for Vanuatu in Ballina
The World Day of Prayer is a gigantic ecumenical event staged on the first Friday of March.
‘The Great Reset’
Gary Opit, Wooyung
I appreciated the letter by Lucas Wright (17 February) on the Great Reset conspiracy fantasy. With our...
Entertainment in the Byron Shire and beyond for the week beginning 3 March, 2021
Entertainment in the Byron Shire and beyond for the week beginning 3 March, 2021
Stories about "School Strike 4 Climate":
Young people launch fight against gas cash grab
Young people in Perth are rallying this morning outside a closed business breakfast led by National COVID-19 Coordination Committee chair Nev Power, calling on the federal government to fund their future, rather than backing gas.
Lismore School Strike 4 Climate sends a message to Kevin
A global school strike for climate is taking place tomorrow, November 29, directly before the UN climate talks starting next Monday in Madrid.
The kids are alright…
Teenagers get a bad rap in the media – self-absorbed, argumentative, lazy, withdrawn, social media obsessed, irresponsible – but I’m here to tell you, as a young person, that the kids are alright.
Join the global School Strike 4 Climate action
What are you doing on September 20? If you have any regard for the environment you might well be joining students around the world in striking for the climate.
Another successful school climate strike
Taking action at today's school strike 4 climate action today in Byron Bay has reaffirmed local young people's drive to fight for action on the climate emergency.
I can’t vote – so can you vote for me?
As you probably know, there is a federal election coming up tomorrow. As a young person, I can see the world crashing down around us but I cannot vote, so essentially, I am powerless.
Thus Spake Mungo: Are the dark days behind us?
The darkest hour, they say, is just before dawn. And it just may be that a glimmer of light is appearing in the five-year nightmare of the Abbott-Turnbull-Morrison dynasty.
Greens back students protests as government condemns youth
Greens come out in support of the National School strike 4 climate – an action created by students get their voices heard on climate change.
Supporting youth activism for climate change action
Jan Barham, Broken Head.
I am heartened to see global youth activism demanding climate change action with the School Strike 4 Climate Action movement.
It is...
Local students protest for climate action
Young environmental activist Holley Somerville Knott says she is taking part in the School Strike 4 Climate event, where students from all over the world will walk out from class to demand more action from governments on climate change.
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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.