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Insurrectionists released, Nazi salutes – day 1 of Trump 2.0

Incoming US President and convicted felon Donald Trump delivered on his promise to be a dictator on day one of his second presidency, defying his own country's laws and rejecting the institutions of international allies as he sought to 'Make America Great Again'.

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Kyogle and Mount Warning Road sites reopen before holiday season

Completion of major flood restoration works on Kyogle Road between Uki and Byangum Bridge before Christmas has proven to be a timely win for the Uki community and holiday motorists using the road.

The hoary old nuclear chestnut vs renewables

What options do we have to combat global warming and address the energy crisis? Politically, there’s a debate between renewable energy and nuclear power.

Casino man charged with 26 property, traffic and drug offences

Yesterday NSW Police charged a man with 26 offences following an extensive investigation into property crime in the Northern Rivers.

Feedback

Mandy Nolan’s column (Echo, December 11, 2024) title ‘You want my feedback?’ demands that very thing about one very...

Community meeting in Goonellabah to look at youth crime and intervention

‘We need people to come together to help our youth,’ says Bradley Walker, CEO of the Magpie Community Centre based in Goonellabah. 

What did southern Scandinavia’s first farmers eat 5,000 years ago?

Clues into the mysterious lives of southern Scandinavia and northern Germany’s first farmers have been revealed in a new archaeological study.

Stories about "tax":

Breaking bad promises

It’s so hard to introduce urgently-needed reforms in today’s fevered media climate that governments tiptoe around problems and hardly dare to act.

Justine Elliot responds to tax cut announcement

Richmond Labor MP Justine Elliot said that the Albanese Labor Government is delivering a tax cut for every taxpayer on the North Coast starting on 1 July 2024.

Who dobs on the dobbers?

Back in August 2016 – oh, it was a different time! – treasurer Scott Morrison was talking about Australia being a nation of ‘the taxed and the taxed-nots’'…

Editorial: The vulnerable at risk

Most of us would hope that the taxes we pay go towards key areas such as health, education and to supporting the most vulnerable in our community.

‘ATO’ scam wants every last dollar in your account

The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is warning about a spike in automated scam calls impersonating the ATO and asking people to transfer all their money to another account.

‘Tackle sacred cow of super tax breaks’: ACOSS

The Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) said on Thursday the federal government cannot afford to keep giving the top 20 per cent of...

Major fire on mid-north coast

Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) crews are currently battling a significant fire at the Nambucca Heads Leagues and Sports Club, on the state's mid-north coast.

Australia’s threatened species in crisis

The Albanese government, which committed to ‘no new extinctions’ in 2022, approved more than 25,000 hectares of threatened species habitat to be destroyed in 2024 – more than twice as much as the previous year, according to new analysis by the Australian Conservation Foundation.

Claims that Lismore squatters creating a ‘ghetto’ refuted

Claims by Federal Member for Page Kevin Hogan that ‘Labor governments are creating a ghetto in our community’ in Lismore have been refuted by the local, grassroots, Lismore group Reclaim Our Recovery.

Safety concerns stop kids travelling to school alone

New research released today reveals that more than half of primary school children are now driven or accompanied to and from school by another adult, with only a third of parents allowing their kids to travel to school unaccompanied or with other kids.