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September 23, 2021

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Lismore LGA to re-enter Queensland border bubble

As Lismore local government area comes out of lockdown residents will also be permitted extra reasons to cross the border into Queensland from 1am 23 September.
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Byron EchoRoland Dickson of Bangalow - 0

ScoMo does it again

ScoMo recently travelled from the ACT to Sydney, not something to be recommended at the moment. What is an essential...
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LettersAlan Veacock of Cumbalum - 4

The Greens and Ballina Council

With the Greens announcing their intention to contest the Ballina Shire local government election to be held in December...
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Local NewsThe Echo - 1

Images released of men who robbed the Byron Bowlo

Detectives investigating the armed robbery of a licensed premises in Byron Bay earlier this year, have released CCTV images and are appealing for public information that may assist their inquiries.
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LettersGary Opit of Brunswick Heads - 0

Viruses

Viruses are organisms at the edge of life and possess genes, evolve by natural selection, and reproduce by creating...
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Local NewsThe Echo - 2

Queensland passes voluntary assisted dying laws

Dying with Dignity NSW has welcomed the passage of Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) laws in Queensland and is hoping that NSW Parliament resumes next month so that this issue can be addressed in NSW without further delay.
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Local NewsMia Armitage - 0

NSW Regional Housing Taskforce to recommend holiday rental regulation changes

Regional Housing Taskforce Chair Garry Fielding says recommendations around short-term holiday letting regulations will feature in his report to planning minister Rob Stokes later this month.
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Volume 20

Byron Shire Echo issues May 24, 2005 to June 6, 2006

Byron Echo

Vale Aunty Dulcie Nicholls 21.19.29 – 19.09.21

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There is deep sadness in the community at the passing of Arakwal elder and matriarch, Dulcie Joan Nicholls, nee Kay, who was a proud Bundjalung woman born on Country at Tallow Creek, Byron Bay, October 21, 1929.
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Local News

Lismore coming out of lockdown

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At midnight tonight (Wednesday 22 September) lockdown will be lifted for the Lismore local government area (LGA).
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Local News

Controversial Iron Gates development open for comment on 24 September

Aslan Shand - 0
The community has 30 days to comment on the latest amended DA for the controversial Iron Gates development at Evans Head before it goes before the Northern Rivers Planning Panel once again.
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Richmond Valley Council looks at thermal waste to energy

Eve Jeffery - 2
At last night’s Richmond Valley Council meeting, councillors looked at a recommendation that Council receives and notes the information on the next steps to seek Alternate Waste Treatment solutions for landfill and recyclable waste streams.
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Lismore LGA to re-enter Queensland border bubble

Local News The Echo - 0
As Lismore local government area comes out of lockdown residents will also be permitted extra reasons to cross the border into Queensland from 1am 23 September.
Read more

Richmond Valley Council looks at thermal waste to energy

Local News Eve Jeffery - 2
At last night’s Richmond Valley Council meeting, councillors looked at a recommendation that Council receives and notes the information on the next steps to seek Alternate Waste Treatment solutions for landfill and recyclable waste streams.
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Nuclear-powered subs? Dr Caldicott speaks

Byron Echo Aslan Shand - 10
‘America has 18 Trident submarines, powered by highly enriched Uranium 235, which can be used as fuel for nuclear weapons. Each sub carries 24 missiles, each one is armed with eight hydrogen bombs – 30 times the killing power of one Hiroshima bomb. That’s enough subs to produce nuclear winter and end life on Earth.’
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September 21: NNSWLHD COVID update and Byron-Tweed lockdown

Local News The Echo - 0
The Northern NSW Local Health District held a press conference at Lismore Base Hospital this afternoon.
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Kingscliff’s amenity or company profit?

Local News The Echo - 10
Kingscliff property developer Gales Holgins is seeking to increase truck movements by bringing in fill from the M1 road works rather than using fill from the development site. But Kingscliff Ratepayers and Progress Association say that the impact on residents and business is too high a cost to pay.
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Local concert series organiser hit with $5,000 fine

Local News Paul Bibby - 10
When local musician Lisa Hunt arrived for a meeting with police last Thursday she was hoping for a somewhat friendlier reception than she had received on the last occasion.
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Car mania clogs Mullumbimby

Byron Echo The Echo - 18
It was a fatal error – driving half a kilometre into Mullumbimby to pick up a carton of milk. My partner drove while I conducted reconnaissance for that elusive parking spot. 
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Byron Shire Mayor, staff mute over Council court loss

Byron Echo Hans Lovejoy - 0
Byron Mayor, Simon Richardson (Greens), is again remaining mute over questions around Council’s court loss, this time over a fencing dispute in Suffolk Park.
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