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Catering with a personal touch and a great sense of humour

A Chef’s Pocket Catering offers a unique diversity of food-inspired services. Andres and Franco source the best local ingredients...

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Towards runaway

The risk of a runaway climate is a concern among scientists. Positive feedback loops in the Earth’s climate system...

Man dies following assault, one charged – Kyogle

A man has died after being allegedly assaulted in Kyogle yesterday.

Protesters again halt Australia’s worst logging in Tasmania’s Central Highlands

Climate protector and forest protester Violet CoCo, along with other forest defenders, is this morning defending swift parrot, masked owl and Tasmanian devil habitat in the Waykaywirinu/Central Highlands of Tasmania.

Bruns to get affordable housing

Fifteen new ‘affordable’ units are pegged for Brunswick Heads through the first round of the Housing Australia Future Fund

Adam Bandt explains his vision

Beyond his growing Melbourne base, Australian Greens leader Adam Bandt has never inspired the same passion as the sainted Bob Brown, but his appearance at the National Press Club last week showed that unlike many modern politicians, he hasn't given up on the vision thing.

Alfred: ‘believers rule’

Thanks to April (Echo, April 2) for her ‘inspiring artwork’ showing the huge ‘shaman lady’ treating little cyclone Alfred...

Stories about "veganism":

Moby: COP26 world leaders need to negotiate a Plant-Based Treaty

As vegan becomes the new green, many people are understanding that eating a plant-based diet has just as much to do with the climate emergency as it does with the death of earthlings for human use.

Being vegan: Where do vegans get their protein?

You can eat a plant-based diet and get plenty of protein. Like any balanced diet, if you eat properly you will get all the nutrients you need. This is the first article in our monthly Being Vegan series.

A meaty point

Mimi Bekhechi, PETA Australia.  Researchers in the UK and US have put forward a plan that could prevent millions of deaths globally each year and...

Holly’s new comic tackles animals as food

What’s your relationship with animals and food? In her latest comic Octopus & Lamb, illustrator Holly English explores animal rights in an intimate, accessible and sometimes humorous way. 

Should Byron shire council stop the steak?

Highlighting the significant reduction of green house gas emissions that the choice to go vegan can have, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) have urged the Byron shire council ‘to take a bite out of climate change by serving only vegan food at official meetings, functions and other events.’

Good news: meat prices to soar

Ashley Fruno, associate director, PETA Australia.  Good news! The price of red meat will soar over the next two years, according to Meat and Livestock...

Aussie Day lamb ad pokes fun at vegans

An advertisement encouraging people to eat lamb on Australia Day, starring popular SBS newsreader Lee Lin Chin and long-time lamb consumption advocate Sam Kekovich, which was criticised for inciting hatred towards vegans, has been given the all-clear.

‘Nothing with a face’-value

A husky yet soft voice speaks : ‘The following story is more like an incredible tale than it is a restaurant review’. I can...

Byron Farmers Market – where real farmers provide real food

Byron and Bangalow Farmers Markets are two of the longest-running farmers’ markets in Australia, and while much has changed since the first market was...

Secrets of how Bronze Age Scandinavians crossed seas revealed by computer simulation

Similarities between the Bronze Age cultures of Denmark and Norway suggest people were making the journey from one place to the other. How did these ancient people cross the sea?

Helping kids get the right help at the right time

Early intervention, therapeutic support to address childhood trauma and mentoring to increase social and emotional skills reduce youth crime with the recent Senate Inquiry Report into Australia's Youth Justice and Incarceration system confirming that punitive responses do not work.

New podcast on the Richmond River

Recent fish kills in the Richmond River have once again highlighted the significant need for action to improve the health of the river.