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45 Sydney-Ballina travellers exposed to COVID-19
Forty-five travellers from Sydney are being urged to get tested for COVID-19 and continue self-isolation on the Northern Rivers after sharing a flight with a confirmed case.
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More than 40 in self-iso after contact with Northern Rivers exposure site
Health authorities say they’ve classified more than forty people as Covid Nineteen close contacts via a Northern Rivers exposure site.
Our water future – Rous County Council
Hugh Nicholson, The Channon
A spokesperson for Our Future Northern Rivers (OFNR), explains clearly why the OFNR position on water...
Blueberry fields forever!
Everyone’s beloved blueberry is now fresh in season and we can look forward to feasting on this delicious, nutritious,...
Local Labor
Asren Pugh, Labor candidate for Mayor
Labor has a very long and proud history as part of the Byron Shire community...
Vax zombies
Paul Stephen, Yamba
Will Ash denounces The Echo for being pro-vax (9 July). The Echo is just being pro-science, and supporting...
Strange figures
Alan Dickens, Brunswick Heads
To date (10/07/2021), the inflow into Brunswick Waste Water Treatment Plant has been 1,056,459.53 kilolitres, recycled water...
Stories about "South Australia":
Australia’s energy transition hostage to Marshall law
The consequences of South Australia’s election result last Saturday will be felt far beyond the state’s borders.
SA’s promising renewable-energy future hanging by a thread
Just one day out from the South Australia state poll, the result is in the balance, and so too is the fate of South Australia’s status as a world leader in renewable energy. It’s an outcome that could have a huge bearing on the pace of the energy transition for the whole of the country.
SA set to announce winner of battery storage tender
The South Australian government is expected to announce the winner, or winners, of its 100MW battery storage tender in the next week, and will need to do if it is to have the equipment installed by the coming summer as planned.
Billionaire tweets signal end of the road for fossil fuels
Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk has long predicted the imminent end of the fossil fuel era. But it took a couple of tweets between him and another billionaire, Australia’s Mike Cannon-Brookes, on Friday to highlight just how close this is.
How gas generators cashed in and exploited SA hot water load
It’s a sign of lazy journalism and it is rampant. Almost all mainstream media – Fairfax, the ABC and of course the Murdoch empire – routinely blame South Australia’s high electricity prices on renewable energy. They hardly ever question the role of the gas generators. They should.
AGL invests in world’s largest battery-storage virtual power plant
AGL Energy has announced plans to develop what it describes as ‘the world’s largest battery storage ‘virtual power plant’ in South Australia, in a foretaste of what many expect to be the energy system of the future.
Wind and solar replace coal in South Australia
South Australia is about to go coal-free, and by the end of the year it will be supplying half of its energy needs from wind and solar. Depending on what you think of renewable energy, this is either another big step into the future, or the beginning of the end of the world as we know it.
Adelaide set to be our first carbon-neutral city
South Australia is rapidly emerging as the leading state in battery storage, with the Labor government announcing a $1.1 million tender to install battery storage in several key government buildings, including parliament house and its flagship arts buildings in the North Terrace precinct.
Local News
Local government elections postponed – again
NSW local government elections are postponed again due to the pandemic.
Articles & Columns
Spyware unplugged – New software attacks cast a light on cybersecurity
A major investigation conducted by news organisations has found that governments around the world may have been spied on by a malicious software called Pegasus.
Local News
COVID traveller at Ballina Airport and North Coast sewage test results
A public health alert has been issued after a positive COVID-19 case travelled on the Virgin Australia flight VA1139 from Sydney, arriving in Ballina on 14 July at 11.45am.
Byron Echo
Local Labor
Asren Pugh, Labor candidate for Mayor
Labor has a very long and proud history as part of the Byron Shire community with the Byron Bay branch...
