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LettersAnnie Radermacher, Brunswick Heads  - 0

How can we keep paying for incompetence

The only way forward is going backwards. That’s how I explain the current situation of Byron Shire Council. The...
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Byron EchoCampbell Shepherd, Better By Bike, Byron Bay - 0

Rail trail future

The Northern Rivers Rail Trail (NRRT) represents one of the most exciting opportunities our region has seen in decades....
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LettersChris Abraham, Mullumbimby - 0

Rail and community consultation

The first stage of the Casino to Murwillumbah railway was opened in 1894 and shortly after the line was...
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LettersAnnie Radermacher, Brunswick Heads  - 0

How can we keep paying for incompetence

The only way forward is going backwards. That’s how I explain the current situation of Byron Shire Council. The...
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National NewsThe Echo - 0

NSW gambling reforms announced

The Minns government says it is delivering on a key election commitment with its latest tranche of gaming reforms, giving people and families stronger protections against gambling harm and tightening the rules concerning gambling promotion and marketing.
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Local NewsThe Echo - 0

Science in the Pub digs into hydrodynamic modelling

With half the Northern Rivers suddenly an expert on how water moves across the landscape, there will be a chance to hear from some real experts at the next Science in the Pub, to be held on Thursday 3 September at the Federal Hotel in Alstonville.
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National NewsThe Echo - 0

Greens urged to back pathway to end native forest logging

Some of NSW’s most respected and long-standing forest campaigners and scientists have today urged the Greens not to support the Nationals' attempt to disallow the Improved Native Forest Management (INFM) method.
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Stories about "Wardell CORE":

Five Northern Rivers projects to benefit from ‘pokie’ profits

Local News Mia Armitage - 0
A community disaster recovery and preparedness group on the Northern Rivers is listed among 39 NSW projects to be approved for the latest round of the NSW Government’s Infrastructure Grants program.
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Ballina Council December wrap-up

Local News David Lowe - 0
Ballina Shire Council's final meeting for 2025 covered a lot of ground.
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Community Grant Giving event sees more than $300k distributed locally

Local News The Echo - 0
Local philanthropic organisation, Northern Rivers Community Foundation (NRCF) held their Community Grant Giving event last Thursday at Elements of Byron, where $376,385 was distributed locally.
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Wardell River Festival will celebrate new community green space

Local News The Echo - 1
It is time to celebrate Wardell with the opening of the vibrant new community green space at the western end of Richmond Street and the upcoming Wardell River Festival on 26 July. 
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Big cheque for WardellCORE

Local News David Lowe - 3
This week, Wardell's Community Organised Resilience Effort was awarded $10,000 by Southern Cross Credit Union to start a community garden program.
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NSW government awards instead of funds community-led disaster efforts

Local News Mia Armitage - 1
The NSW government is yet to announce dedicated public funding for community-led disaster recovery groups on the Northern Rivers but last week officially commended three at parliament house.
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Were you affected by the floods or landslides? 

Local News The Echo - 1
What were the effects of the February floods on you, your home, your property, your neighbours and your community? How could the response have been more effective and better assisted you and those around you to recover?
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Six months of community-led disaster recovery efforts, zero gov’t support

Local News Mia Armitage - 2
The only dedicated flood and landslide recovery group in Wardell village is still without government funding six months after record-breaking disasters devastated the region.
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Ballina council refuses to help pay volunteer flood recovery team’s rent

Local News Mia Armitage - 7
The future of a volunteer-led community disaster recovery response group on the Northern Rivers remains in jeopardy after a local council voted against subsidising its rent.
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Zero official support for community group helping flood survivors

Local News Mia Armitage - 1
Northern Rivers flood survivors are living in flimsy tents by the side of the road, in caravan parks, out bush or in backyards, as morning frost appears this winter.
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National News

Greens urged to back pathway to end native forest logging

The Echo - 0
Some of NSW’s most respected and long-standing forest campaigners and scientists have today urged the Greens not to support the Nationals' attempt to disallow the Improved Native Forest Management (INFM) method.
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Local News

Ballina Council makes decision on Ross Lane

David Lowe - 0
With the absence of all four of its progressive councillors for various reasons, Ballina Council pushed ahead with its agenda at yesterday's monthly meeting, including a decision which is likely to close Ross Lane for months while the road is upgraded.
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Local News

Mullumbimby puts new governance models first, and now wants to build it

The Echo - 0
Imagine Northern Rivers says Mullumbimby is the only community across the region to rank new models of governance and decision-making as the number one element of its preferred future, and last week locals gathered to work out how to make it real.
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Local News

Appeal to locate man missing from Broadwater

The Echo - 0
Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate a local missing man.
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