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TweedCAN makes it easy for locals to make a difference on climate change

TweedCAN members Sally Evans, Conal Hanna, Isabela Keski-Frantti and Gerard Bisshop Do you believe in climate action, but struggle to...
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Byron EchoDennis Petruszka, Sale, Vic - 0

Potholes 

As a relatively regular visitor to this area I was astounded, on trips to Byron Bay, at the number...
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Local NewsAslan Shand - 0

Damning report on project delivery as RA expands

As the damning NSW Auditor-Generals report into the NSW Reconstruction Authority’s (RA) handling of its two key programs, the Resilient Homes (RHP) and Resilient Lands Programs (RLP) came out RA announced that Kate Fitzgerald has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer.
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Byron EchoAlistair Bell, Byron Bay - 0

Rail trail funding 1

The Echo reports ‘fury’ over the federal government’s failure to fund the rail trail. I recall fury when government...
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Local NewsThe Echo - 0

Tyagarah Road, Myocum, closes Thursday

Essential Energy say contractors will carry out vegetation management around the electricity network in parts of Myocum on Thursday, 4 June.
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Local NewsThe Echo - 0

Love Lennox Festival returns June 13

The all day Love Lennox Festival returns Saturday, 13 June, with organisers saying they expect more than 10,000 attendees to gather across town for one of the region’s most loved community events.
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Local NewsThe Echo - 0

Fire destroys Mullumbimby family home

A Gofundme campaign has been set up to help a family who lost everything in a house fire last week. Frea Bandini-Alefosio writes, 'We are neighbours and friends of Jeff and Alma Jackson, long time Mullumbimby locals, we are setting up this fundraiser to help support them after a devastating house fire'.
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Stories about "tree vandalism":

Tweed mayor condemns ‘senseless vandalism’ of trees

Local News The Echo - 1
Tweed mayor Katie Milne has appealed to the community to help catch vandals who cut down trees in two areas of the shire and set fire to a new riverside planting recently.
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Vandals’ hack attack on 50 Pottsville foreshore trees

Local News Chris Dobney - 0
Tweed Shire Council is still trying to figure out how 50 foreshore trees in a Pottsville reserve were lopped without anyone noticing.
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Trees hacked down on Wilsons River bank

Local News Chris Dobney - 0
Vandals have hacked down more than 20 trees at community tree-planting site on the western bank of the Wilsons River in Lismore.
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Tree-protection hypocrisy in Tweed

Letters The Echo - 0
Graeme Johansen, Cudgen. One must beg the question why Tweed Shire Council and the land conservation movement would be so up in arms over a couple of branches being cut from a tuckeroo tree at Cudgen Creek , South Kingscliff, when we have the wholesale destruction of the vegetation at the caravan site at North Kingscliff.
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Local News

Ballina Council wrap

David Lowe - 0
With local government meeting practice across the state returning to confusion following the NSW Legislative Council's recent decision, Ballina Shire Council's last meeting included a lot of unanimous decisions and an argument about the remnants of the Big Scrub, in which Mayor Cadwallader used her casting vote to squash Cr Simon Chate's motion.
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Local News

Conversations in the Pub starts with Janelle Saffin

The Echo - 0
Conversations in the Pub – Lismore’s new civic meet-up – kicks off on Friday 19 June with its inaugural special guest, the NSW Minister for Small Business, Minister for Recovery, Minister for the North Coast and Member for Lismore Janelle Saffin MP.
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Local News

Bungawalbin Levee repair to improve flood resilience

The Echo - 0
A critical section of Bungawalbin Levee is proposed to be partially relocated to build its long-term resilience, benefitting the community, environment and agricultural industries in the Richmond Valley.
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National News

Aussie MPs celebrate World Bicycle Day

The Echo - 0
The leaders of the Parliamentary Friends of Cycling have joined in front of Parliament House in Canberra to celebrate the United Nations’ World Bicycle Day.
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