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Wollongbar Alstonville take win in reduced round
COVID-19 and a mounting injury toll truncated the senior rounds of Far North Coast Rugby Union with just four...
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Eight teenagers in custody over Ashmore carjacking
Yesterday Queensland Police were appealing for information after a woman was assaulted and had her vehicle stolen at Ashmore on Sunday morning. Police have since taken eight teenagers into custody over the matter.
Political comment: Matey with Modi
Since becoming Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese has shown that he likes being publicly associated with popular figures, regardless of their negative associations for some Australians. Examples include Kyle Sandilands, Piers Morgan, and most recently the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi.
Inter-club cycling gets underway in Glenugie
Byron Bay Cycling Club is in second place in a three-way tussle after race one of the inter-club cycling...
Backlash Stan Grant
Extraordinary negative and callous statements regarding Stan Grant in the recent edition’s Backlash section. Grant was a terrible host?...
Police compassion
Mandy, you said (Echo, 17 May)]: ‘There’s not many 95-year-olds I wouldn’t be able to overpower if necessary’ and...
Byron Council compliance staff bolstered
Are the van campers of Brunswick Heads thoughtless travellers with no respect for the town and its inhabitants, or are many in fact local homeless folk looking for a safe space with toilets and running water?
Stories about "Universal Medicine":
Universal Medicine cancels all event bookings
Universal Medicine (UM) cancelled all its future bookings at the Lennox Head Community Centre, citing 'disgraceful and utterly disrespectful treatment shown towards us by the Ballina Shire Council.'
Universal Medicine loses defamation case
The leader of Goonellabah based Universal Medicine, Serge Benhayon, has lost a defamation action against Byron Bay blogger Esther Rockett, with a Supreme Court jury finding he is the leader of a ’socially harmful cult‘.
Universal Medicine affiliated doctor reprimanded
A Goonellabah lung specialist and Queensland University lecturer, Dr Samuel Tae-Kyu Kim, has been reprimanded by the Medical Council of New South Wales Professional Standards Committee following a complaint by a patient to the Health Care Complaints Commission.
Universal Medicine founder bequeathed $1 million despite will challenge
The founder of the northern rivers-based spiritual group Universal Medicine, Serge Benhayon, will receive the bulk of the estate from a deceased devotee’s will, despite a challenge from her two adult children.
Universal Medicine college under investigation
A new complaint has been lodged against Goonellabah-based alternative healthcare provider Universal Medicine, this time focusing on a charity run by the group, which is raising funds to build a college allegedly on private land.
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Inter-club cycling gets underway in Glenugie
Byron Bay Cycling Club is in second place in a three-way tussle after race one of the inter-club cycling series that was held at...
Byron Echo
Master Games on the way for Lismore
The Lismore Workers Masters Games is back this year after being cancelled in 2021 due to the pandemic.
The biennial event started in 1999 and...
Byron Echo
Mullumbimby Giants rope in the Mustangs
The Mullumbimby Giants have played their way back into the top four of local, first-grade rugby league with a solid 30–14 win over the...
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Fire dining with Terra Firma
Terra Firma is revolutionising ‘eating out’ with their no-boundaries cooking-over-fire dining experiences coming 24 June to the Mid North Coast.
Terra Firma Dining is an...
