Two new cases of COVID-19 have been identified on the North Coast of NSW casting doubt over Byron Shire coming out of lockdown at midnight.

The Northern NSW Local Health District says fragments of the virus that causes COVID-19 were detected in samples taken from the North and South Grafton sewage treatment plants on 24 September.

Pioneers of the organic food movement, David Forrest and Sue Mangan have been farming in Federal since 1978.

Unless you’ve been blissfully slumbering in a very welcome coma, you’d be aware that Scott Morrison abruptly cancelled the terribly important contract we had with France, to build new submarines, in order to get fancy nuclear sink-boats from the US instead (in decades time and at incalculable cost, much like the previous contract). 

At midnight tonight (Wednesday 22 September) lockdown will be lifted for the Lismore local government area (LGA).

It may be confronting to hear there are more vaccinated people than unvaccinated people in hospital – but it’s actually a good thing.