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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 EchoLiz Levy, Suffolk Park - 0

No thanks, Greens

Yes Duncan Dey (Letters, 27 May), Australia could deliver a full-throated verbal shirtfront that might appease the algorithmically outraged...
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Articles & ColumnsDavid Lowe - 0

Was the NACC designed to fail?

The sudden resignation of controversy-plagued National Anti-Corruption Commissioner Paul Brereton has served to further highlight the failings of an organisation which began with such high hopes, having been one of the key demands of the first teal representatives and a core promise of the incoming Albanese Labor government.
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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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LettersNeil O’Sullivan - 0

Small businesses can’t ‘pass costs on’

The government announced $2 billion in small business support in this year’s federal Budget. For those of us actually...
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Local NewsThe Echo - 0

Byron Bay Police Station update

NSW Police have unveiled preliminary plans for the new Byron Bay police station, which will be located within a new emergency services precinct on Gilmore Crescent.
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Local NewsThe Echo - 0

Free Indigenous aquatic programs on offer in Tweed

Free aquatic exercise programs are now on offer in the Tweed Shire for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community members and their families. 
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Stories about "Volunteer Rescue Association":

Multi-agency road rescue competition in Coffs

Local News The Echo - 0
The best way to learn some things is by hands-on experience and during the first weekend in May rescue agencies will have that opportunity during a road rescue competition.
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VRA to get funding boost for comms

Local News The Echo - 0
The Volunteer Rescue Association of NSW (VRA) will soon have access to seamless communications coverage across the state.
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Elderly woman saved after driving into creek at Wooyung

Local News Chris Dobney - 0
Police and family have praised the quick-thinking actions of the public after an elderly woman reversed into a creek at Wooyung, 35km north of Byron Bay, this morning.
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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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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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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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