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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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Bio-energy vs biodiversity
I thank The Echo for so clearly informing the readers of the ongoing concerns of Byron Bird Buddies and...
International Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day 2021
Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day is an annual day of remembrance for the families of lost babies and is observed on October 15.
Raucous AUKUS
Over the last 20 years or more, Australia has benefited greatly from its economic relationship with China. You may...
Fence sitter
Fence sitters, when given a tickle, will generally tumble off on the side of self-interest. So it’s interesting to...
Tackling mosquitoes together in Ballina
Following its successful launch late last year, Northern Rivers councils and the North Coast Public Health Unit are once again running Tackling Mosquitoes Together, a behaviour change program to reduce the disease risks and nuisance of mosquitoes in homes and local communities.
Covid Cassandra peers into the future
As the COVID lockdowns draw to a close, there are still people who profess themselves unwilling to vaccinate under any circumstances, and who object to bearing any consequences that may arise.
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Water droplets give the reef more time – but climate action needed
As the Great Barrier Reef experiences its third mass coral bleaching in five years innovation can gives us more time to save the reef but climate action is needed.
Southern Cross University receives $10m donation
A donation of $10 million by Marcus and Caroline Blackmore will be used to set up a National Centre for Naturopathic Medicine at Southern Cross University.
Arts student helps to highlight science festival
Out of eighty colourful posters created by Southern Cross University design students, one eye-catching design has been chosen as the official poster for August’s...
SCU public advocacy course under attack
Southern Cross University lecturer Aidan Ricketts has hit back at attacks from the big end of town on courses such as the one he teaches on activism and constitutional rights.
Archie Roach to perform for Lismore NAIDOC
Acclaimed Australian singer Archie Roach will headline NAIDOC celebrations at Southern Cross University in Lismore this week.
Pyne visits SCU to sell education reforms
Southern Cross University will receive almost a million dollars in funding to attract more students to the teaching of maths and sciences, federal education minister Christopher Pyne announced at the SCU's Lismore campus today.
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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.
