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West Byron flooding
All east coast communities are now daily regularly warned by the ABC radio/TV, by the Bureau of Meteorology, to...
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NSW Government fails to listen to community on native forest logging
NSW Greens MP Sue Higginson says the NSW Government response to the 21 thousand signatories on a petition to end native forest logging has failed to recognise the considered calls for a transition plan that makes economic and ecological sense.
Connecting with the tribe
Spring Wiggle – Equinox Tribe Connect is on this Friday and Saturday at the Durrumbul Hall.
A top-shelf Crystal Grid production, the Spring...
Lismore Council September wrap
The last Lismore City Council meeting was a pretty short one, by Lismore standards, but they still managed to argue about quite a few issues, and agree on a few more.
Kingscliff kids get to say ‘thank-you’
With so many everyday heroes helping in times of disaster, many people have wanted to thank their saviours without always having the opportunity to be able to express their gratitude.
Interview with Lisa Cowan, founder and executive producer of Art Byron
Love or fear and the Art of Byron
The inaugural art gathering for Art Byron has been waiting for two...
Resilience NSW provides redacted, inaccurate docs
A Mullumbimby resident, who used FOI to seek the information that Resilience NSW relied upon to justify creating emergency housing on flood-prone land in Prince Street, was supplied with heavily redacted documents.
Stories about "TV":
New TV series ‘Eden’ shooting around Ballina
Sharpes and Boulders Beaches, just north of Ballina, were the locations last week for a new Stan Original series called Eden, one of two major productions currently shooting around the Northern Rivers.
Byron Echo
Odd row of lights
Just following up the letter from Sarah Smith in the August 31 issue. It was a Starlink satellite train. My webcam captured the scene.
Michael...
Articles & Columns
Trampling of the graves of the murdered: reply to Will Liley
As I read Will Liley’s response to my article in dedication to my late uncle, I recalled the poem in Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s novel Clandestine in Chile:
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Murwillumbah mega-school merger public meeting on Monday
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Opposition to the merger of the four Murwillumbah Schools, which includes two primary and two high schools, remains strong. Monday will see Leader of the NSW opposition MP Chris Minns and local MP Janelle Saffin joining concerned parents, students and community members at a town hall meeting in Murwillumbah on Monday at 5.30pm.
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Byron Council looking at rain damage
Byron Shire Council says they have staff out and about across the Shire today assessing damage from the rain.
