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One million homes to provide affordable housing say The Greens
Local Greens candidate Mandy Nolan is looking to wrest the federal seat of Richmond from Labor to claim the balance of power in the next Federal government. To do it she needs a five per cent swing.
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Let’s get real
AFL Aussie Rules Grand Final in Western Australia... Rugby League Grand Final in Queensland...
Melbourne Cup in Tasmania?
Margaret Keating,...
Immunity
I know I’m not the only one who has joined the dots between Byron Shire having the lowest vaccination...
ICAC and the premier
For Liberal Party luminaries it’s obviously been a heart-wrenching experience watching Gladys Berejiklian bite the dust and they are...
Water Night coming tomorrow
Rous County Council is putting residents of the Northern Rivers to the test by challenging households to take up the Water Night Challenge.
AI confirms over 85% of the world is affected by human-induced climate change
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Climate complexity unpacked to reveal the wide reach of human-induced climate change
Eighty-five percent of...
Speeding traffic
In Suffolk Park there are a number of problems including getting out of Clifford Street onto Broken Head Road...
Stories about "Simpsons Creek":
Retrospective DA sought for Myocum sand and gravel stockpile
A Byron Community group says the owners of a stockpile of sand and gravel on Myocum Road should not be given a DA for a landscaping business retrospectively, claiming the sand was mined illegally.
Local News
Locals gathering to object to burning forests, plastic, foils, and tyres for energy at Condong sugar mill
Aslan Shand - 1
A public protest is taking place this Friday meet near the Condong sugar mill, north of Murwillumbah, at the big fig tree on Tweed Valley Way on Friday, 22 October at 10am to object to the burning of trees and ‘forest waste’ by Cape Byron Power to generate electricity at the Condong sugar mill.
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Looking for men with osteoarthritis of the knee
Pain from arthritis can be debilitating and ‘is the most frequent cause of disability among adults in the developed world,’ says Professor Stephen Myers from Southern Cross University (SCU).
Byron Echo
Teacher vax
Dear teachers and community members. I have recently received an email from within my school community that asks me to place my name on...
Byron Echo
Biz smashed by new COVID-19 regime
Paul Bibby - 3
It was proudly trumpeted as ‘Freedom Day’ by the State Government. But for much of the local business community in the Northern Rivers region, October 11 was anything but.
