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Remembering Pete Woolnough with song

It is with great sadness that the community heard the news of the death of Peter Woolnough.
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Byron EchoMichele Lacroix, Mullumbimby - 0

Pool tender

Why! Why! Why! Can someone – in particular one of our councillors – tell me, us, the community, why...
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Rainbow Guy recovering from serious car accident

On Sunday, 24 May one of the Northern River’s most beloved and legendary figures Rainbow Guy, aka Guy Feldmann, was involved in a car accident on Tandy’s Lane by Uncle Tom’s.
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Lismore’s Blakebrook quarry proposal meets resistance

A recent gathering of locals concerned about a proposed ‘mega dump’ landfill at Blakebrook quarry has been supported by Lismore Greens councillors. Lismore Council say they are still considering the proposal.
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Missing man

Police are appealing for public assistance to locate a 35-year-old man missing from Tugun on the southern Gold Coast since 9 June.
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Byron EchoWarren Kennedy, Mullumbimby - 0

Taxing labour vs capital

Catherine Cusack (Echo, 27 May) says she believes ‘Australians are fine with fairness for housing. The issue is messy...
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Council appeals for help as deliberate tree destruction spreads

Tweed Shire Council is appealing for community help after a spate of deliberate destruction of trees on public land across the Tweed, including the poisoning of mature Norfolk pines at Cabarita Beach and damage to established trees at a local cemetery.
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Stories about "Wallum Estate":

Time for Council to take action to save Wallum

Local News Aslan Shand - 5
In 2012 the creek that runs through the centre of the proposed Wallum Estate development at Bayside Brunswick was acknowledged by the developers, Codlea Pty Ltd, as a ‘Natural Watercourse under the NSW classification scheme’.
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Clarence Property v Save Wallum: final hearings

Local News The Echo - 6
Final submissions are to be heard today and tomorrow in the federal court environmental case against developers of a controversial Byron Shire housing estate.
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Save Wallum blockade paused

Local News The Echo - 1
Save Wallum campaigners say they’ve packed down their protest blockade camp at the Omega Circuit site in Brunswick Heads’ Bayside Estate.
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Pre-dawn raid at Wallum blockade sees one protestor arrested – protestors remain

Local News Aslan Shand - 4
Around 40 private security guards descended on the peaceful Wallum protest vigil located at the edge of the contentious Wallum site in Brunswick Heads yesterday at about 5am. 
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Time for extreme teas!

Local News The Echo - 1
Time for tea? Or perhaps a little tease? 
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Save Wallum protectors escape fines, convictions

Local News The Echo - 2
Seven Save Wallum protectors charged with locking on and obstructing civil works at the contentious urban development at Brunswick Heads had their cases dismissed in the Byron Local Court on Monday, with no fines and no convictions recorded.
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Xavier Rudd joins Save Wallum campaign

Local News Mia Armitage - 3
Popular musician Xavier Rudd has publicly backed the Save Wallum campaign against a controversial housing estate at Brunswick Heads in the Byron Shire.
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Local contractor quits controversial Wallum Estate

Local News Hans Lovejoy - 25
Local civil contractor, J&M Bashforth & Sons, has withdrawn from its contract to construct infrastructure for the Wallum urban estate, located on low lying land next to Simpsons Creek in Brunswick Heads.
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Wallum Q&A with Clarence Property CEO 

Local News Hans Lovejoy - 7
Will digging frog ponds and installing nest boxes really make a difference to the damage that large-scale development will have on the rare and endangered Wallum heathland in Bruns? 
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Prepared to save Wallum

Local News Paul Bibby - 2
Dozens of locals are preparing to take non-violent direct action (NVDA) to save the Wallum heathland in Brunswick Heads from development, after Byron Council signed off on subdivision works to begin at the fragile site last week.
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Police chase stolen vehicle in Tweed, man charged

The Echo - 0
Police say a man will face court today charged after an alleged pursuit in a stolen vehicle at Tweed Heads yesterday morning.
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Flood buyback homes, pods to be offered as social, transitional, crisis homes

The Echo - 0
Buyback homes in the Northern Rivers are set to get a new lease of life as part of a housing reuse initiative by NSW Reconstruction Authority (RA) and Homes NSW.
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Tradie ladies graduate civil construction TAFE program

The Echo - 0
Twelve Northern Rivers residents are celebrating the completion of a groundbreaking program designed to build essential skills and unlock employment pathways for women in civil construction.
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Calls for micro-abattoirs to boost food security

The Echo - 0
Local farmers and food producers are calling on NSW Agriculture Minister Tara Moriarty and Minister for Small Business and the North Coast, Janelle Saffin, to work with farmers, industry and local communities to develop practical, evidence-based reforms that support a diverse, decentralised and resilient food production sector.
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