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Twelve winners at Byron Bay Herb Nursery

The Byron Bay Herb Nursery continues to create constructive pathways to achievement with twelve students from Byron Bay Herb Nursery’s disability support program recently graduating with a Certificate II in Horticulture.
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Gambling harm recognised by Tweed Council, supported by Wesley Mission

Faith-based, not-for-profit organisation providing community services in NSW, Wesley Mission, has welcomed Tweed Shire Council’s decision to publicly recognise the impact of gambling harm and advocate for stronger harm-minimisation measures.
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LettersLen Hend, Mullumbimby - 0

Digital age

When travelling these days there is a lot of cards come and go. They are like a business card...
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Local NewsThe Echo - 0

Lismore wants a a safe, accessible and long-term home for the Hannah Cabinet

The Hannah Cabinet was created by Lismore master craftsman Geoff Hannah OAM over six-and-a-half years and is widely regarded as one of Australia’s most significant pieces of contemporary decorative furniture.
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Entertainment NewsThe Echo - 0

Less than 300 tickets left!

Following a sold-out inaugural event in 2025, Mullum Roots Festival returns bigger and bolder, taking over Mullumbimby with an expanded program, and an additional venue. The new space will host a Youth Battle Of The Bands and give more room for music lovers to gather, celebrate and connect.
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Byron EchoThe Echo - 0

NSW Golf Croquet State Championships to be hosted in the Northern Rivers

Ballina Cherry Street, Byron Bay, and Lismore croquet clubs region will once again host the 2026 NSW Golf Croquet...
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Local NewsThe Echo - 0

Byron High brings you SAAM – full of humour and chaos

In the vein of a speculative sci-fi, this comedy misadventure is simultaneously relatable, playful, hilarious, and unnerving. SAAM will be performed for three nights by Byron Bay High’s Year 11 Drama troupe on 23, 25 and 26 June from 6.30pm.
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Stories about "The Greens NSW":

Sue Higginson gives parliament another tilt

Local News Eve Jeffery - 2
A casual vacancy has arisen for the Greens in the NSW upper house, and Sue Higginson is hoping to take the place of the vacating David Shoebridge.
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More government support needed for nurses

Local News Paul Bibby - 3
What would it take to keep our nurses and paramedics from resigning en masse as the current crisis in the NSW health care system worsens?
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Greens Mandy Nolan to hold community forum in support of nurses and paramedics

Local News Aslan Shand - 15
Locally and across the state nurses, and paramedics are struggling in the face of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic as they are being asked to do double shifts and manage effectively in health system that is struggling to cope. This has led to an increasing number of nurses and paramedics resigning.
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No thinking, let alone a conscience on koalas, allowed!

Local News Aslan Shand - 14
It appears that governance in NSW is no longer about representing your constituents, it is about following the party line, no questions asked. Fortunately for koalas one upper house Liberal MLC Catherine Cusack was prepared to cross the floor in their defense.
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Green hydrogen gets the green light to create jobs

Local News Aslan Shand - 0
Green hydrogen has received the backing to get a guaranteed $50 million dollars in funding over the next ten years to help develop the green hydrogen industry in NSW.
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Time for tempers to cool? Greens MP calls for climate change truce

Local News Mia Armitage - 7
The Greens state member for Ballina wants mainstream society to give conservatives on climate change another chance.
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Call for inquiry into roadside drug testing

Local News The Echo - 0
A call for a parliamentary inquiry into the effectiveness of roadside drug testing is being made after police expert reveals the police’s oral testing method is seriously flawed.
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Drugs: call for no more ‘nanny state’

Articles & Columns Aslan Shand - 17
The weekend blitz targeting roadside alcohol and drug testing has highlighted NSW government laws that target the use of cannabis rather than its impact on driving.
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There’s more to do on medicinal cannabis

Letters The Echo - 2
Jeremy Buckingham. The Greens NSW welcome the NSW government's announcement of increased access to medicinal cannabis, but call on Mike Baird to go further and allow doctors to proscribe medicinal cannabis to anyone with chronic pain and not just to seriously ill patients who have exhausted other options.
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Lismore students pitch sustainability projects

The Echo - 0
Young people will take centre stage in Lismore this Friday when the HalveIt Festival brings student sustainability pitches to decision-makers in what organisers are calling 'part innovation expo, part community festival.'
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Byron Echo

Consultation lacking with rail trail

Lydia Kindred, NRRL director/secretary - 0
Byron Shire Council is pursuing an unfunded on-formation bike trail, risking significant ratepayer liability for ongoing maintenance, while disregarding advanced plans for a commuter...
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Byron Echo

NT Intervention

Tim Harrington, Lennox Head - 0
I refer to the NT Intervention article, Echo page 4, 17 June. Recent events in the Northern Territory (NT) would tend to indicate that the...
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Byron Echo

Aged care

Liz McCall and Cherie Mincham - 0
The Byron Central Hospital (BCH) branch of the NSW Nurses and Midwives Association (NSWNMA) would like to express our grave concerns regarding the delineation...
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