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Police arrest 32 in protests across the state
Police say they have prevented the mass gathering of people in various locations across NSW, arresting 32 people and issuing 265 Penalty Infringement Notices in a coordinated and mobile response to planned protest activity.
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Lismore’s plateau Lizard will sleep no more
The last time the Lismore Mayor and Councillor met in the Goonellabah chambers, there was a historic decision to hand back culturally sensitive land to the local Indigenous people. In a sequel to the fate of the Lismore plateau, traditionally known as the Sleeping Lizard, the outcome was a little differen
Our 5 favourite Ig Nobel Prize Winners
Upside-down rhinos, nose-clearing sex and chewing gum forensics.
Byron’s CBD heights limits pushed – again
The developer behind a new, multi-storey motel to be built in central Byron Bay has applied to further increase the height of the building, despite having already been allowed to exceed the maximum height limit for that part of town.
No jab, no jive?
No jab, no jive if you want to go to a festival, what the?
This is blackmail by the...
Did NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian bow to media pressure?
After announcing last Friday that she would discontinue her daily press conference and the media backlash that followed, New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian was back at her post at 11am today fronting the camera and question
Lockdown cells
Michael Lyon, I understand you took the initiative to collaborate with neighbouring mayors in the Northern Rivers to address...
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Extinction Rebellion: we’re ordinary people who believe life is worth fighting for
Far from being a 'toxic, manipulative, cult', Extinction Rebellion is global movement of ordinary people who love life and believe it is worth fighting for, a respected local activist says.
Local News
COVID update – sewage detection in East and South Lismore and Byron Bay
Northern NSW Local Health District is urging people in the Lismore City and Byron Bay areas to get tested for COVID-19, after fragments of the virus were detected in samples from the East Lismore, South Lismore and Byron Bay sewage treatment plants.
Letters
The old slouch hat
‘This is my favourite,’ we say
espite the painfully obvious fact
that we all, from time to time
enjoy a wide variety of hats.
Jon Summers, Suffolk Park
Byron Echo
The year 2000
I must answer David Heilpern. Remember 2000, how the computers were all to fail on NYE? How could so many get it so wrong?
Why...
