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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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Cameras rolling on Ballina crime fight

A $1 million CCTV network targeting crime hotspots and major roads in Ballina and Lennox Head is finally moving into the installation phase, following years of calls for greater surveillance across the shire.
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Local NewsLeah Day, Northern Rivers Community Foundation - 0

New research highlights pressures facing Northern Rivers community organisations

More than 50 representatives from grassroots organisations across the Northern Rivers came together at Bangalow A&I Hall last week for the Northern Rivers Community Sector Sustainability Summit.
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Appeal to locate man missing from Broadwater

Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate a local missing man.
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LettersJustin Grimson, Tweed Heads - 0

50-metre Olympic-sized pool

We definitely need an updated 50m swimming facility closer to Tweed Heads. My preference is an outdoor facility. The...
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Byron EchoPatrick Morrisey, Goonengerry - 0

Big Council rates rise coming – We’ve got mail

Dear Mayor Ndiaye, councillors and general manager, we got your letter. You’re telling ratepayers that Council needs more money...
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Interhall Committee volunteers’ hazard update

As the weather warms up, so too are community volunteers. In mid August regional volunteers gathered at Clunes for the quarterly Interhall Committee meeting.
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Stories about "Women":

Women charged after alleged armed robbery in Lismore

Local News The Echo - 0
NSW Police say that two women have been charged following an alleged armed robbery recently in the area.
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Making the S.H.I.F.T. in women’s lives

Local News Mandy Nolan, The SHIFT Project - 0
Older women are disproportionately affected by the housing crisis and financial insecurity. They are the fastest-growing group of people experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness.
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Free workshops for people with intellectual disability

Local News David Lowe - 0
Suzanne Whiteman from the Council of Intellectual Disability (CID) says there will be free workshops in Ballina tomorrow (14 May) and Friday (15 May), with a particular focus on women.
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Free women’s clinic at Fletcher Street Cottage

Local News The Echo - 0
Every Tuesday there is a safe women’s space provided from 1pm to 3pm at Fletcher Street Cottage, 18 Fletcher Street, Byron Bay that now includes a free women’s clinic for women and their children.
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Migrant women find independence and more rights in Australia

National News The Echo - 0
Migrant women in Australia are finding more independence, equality and a healthier and wealthier life with more opportunity than in their home countries, according to a new survey.
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Rainbows but no rain for Bruns Holi Festival

Local News Jeff Dawson - 0
Nearly a hundred women and girls were seen powdering their noses and much more at Brunswick Heads on Sunday for local celebrations of the global Holi Festival of colour.
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Time for a Byron Shire Women’s Shed

Local News The Echo - 0
Men’s sheds have got a lot of traction over the last ten or more years, and now it is time to give some shed space to the women.
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Youth voices shine in new film ‘Voices in Light’

Local News Pancho Symes - 0
Northern Rivers Community Gateway (NRCG) has launched Voices in Light, a new youth-led short film created in Bundjalung Country for the UN 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence.
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Seven in ten women human rights defenders, activists and journalists report online violence

World News The Echo - 0
Online violence against women human rights defenders, activists and journalists has reached a tipping point, often fueling offline attacks, according to a major new international report.
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Seen, funded and heard: more marginalised voices to air on Bay FM

Local News Mia Armitage - 0
Youth, older women and voices from the queer community are all to be heard more prominently on Byron’s only community radio station, Bay FM, thanks to competitive funding approval.
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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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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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Katie Milne responds to Tweed’s draft housing and employment strategy

The Echo - 0
The former mayor of Tweed Shire Council, Kate Milne, has shared her submission to Tweed's Draft Growth Management Housing & Employment Strategy.
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