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Playlist by Community NewsroomResonating stories and information from the Northern Rivers and afar. Join Community Newsroom reporters as they interview locals and guests from beyond the rainbow region. Tune in to the Community Ne…53 clip(s) in playlist
Greens senator calls on federal government to pardon McBride
featuring Greens Senator David Shoebridge Reporter: Dr John Jiggins PIC: Major David McBride outside the Mullumbimby ex-services club, 2023 (Mia Armitage)
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Thousands of homes approved, not built owing to zombie DAs in NSW
Thousands of homes have been approved across swathes of land in NSW North and South coast regions but are yet to be built, with so-called ‘zombie DAs’ the subject of a parliamentary inquiry led by Labor Member for Cessnock, Clayton Barr. featuring Labor NSW Member for Cessnock and Inquiry into His…
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Time to decide where to spend $5 billion on social housing w NSW Housing, Homelessness Minister Rose Jackson
NSW Minister for Housing and Homelessness, Rose Jackson, says the government has $5 billion ready to spend on social housing, so will the Northern Rivers benefit? The minister was in the Byron Shire recently as part of the local council election campaign for Labor’s Asren Pugh and says longterm fu…
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How to vote in upcoming council elections - literally
Local government elections are coming up but do you even know how to fill out the voting forms? Stay tuned to find out, as Anny Reed takes us through a simple explainer for voters on the Northern Rivers. with Anny Reed Reporter: Mia Armitage PIC: Community Newsroom reporters Mia Armitage and Ann…
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Tide turning on cannabis reformations in NSW says Jeremy Buckingham MP
Submissions for a state parliamentary inquiry into NSW cannabis regulations are still being accepted and inquiry chair Jeremy Buckingham MP says the tide is turning. featuring Legalise Cannabis NSW Member of the Legislative Council Jeremy Buckingham Reporter: Mia Armitage PIC Legalise Cannabise …
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Byron Shire's uninspiring upcoming elections with Echo co-editor Hans Lovejoy
Candidates for the Byron Shire Council election are to meet for a live broadcast forum in the Byron Theatre Monday night but Echo co-editor Hans Lovejoy says he’s uninspired, find out what it is about the campaigns so far that has dimmed his enthusiasm. with Echo Publications co-editor Hans Lovejo…
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Byron Young Community Member of the Year Monet Shortland
Proudly introducing Byron Community Award 2024 recipient of Young Community Member of the Year, our very own beloved Bay FM volunteer trainee producer, Belly Show host Rasela Torise mentee, Community Newsroom junior contributor and more recently co-founder of the brand new project, Ocean Voices, Mo…
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Byron's community heroes
Today we celebrate not one, not two, but three of this year’s Byron Shire Community Award recipients, starting with founder of the former Family and Friends of Feros Residents Maree Eddings and the coordinator of the popular Fletcher Street Cottage breakfast, Steve Strang. Featuring founder of for…
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Byron's only openly conservative councillor fares local governmrnt well
The only openly conservative councillor to have had a seat for the past eight years, Alan Hunter, joins us for some reflections and musings on his time serving on local government in the Byron Shire. Councillor Hunter says some may be surprised to find some conservative views among 2024 nominated c…
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Peter Hanna's 20-year chess dream comes true
The love for chess is strong in Byron Bay, where Peter Hanna sets up an oversized chess set and surrounding regular-sized chess tables overlooking Main Beach, weather permitting. Mr Hanna has been trying to have a permanent, sheltered chess area happening for twenty years and finally has the suppo…
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