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Summer Wiggle will be rocking the solstice this Saturday with stellar DJs: Daddy Issues – bringing the chunky booty shakin’ house; Das Goode (aka Bhakti Nectar Cow) doing a mischievous dirty bass house set; Wiggle superstar favourites Pob and Halo; and special guests from Argentina, Lucas R and Maddog – deepdown maestros with their special progressive house techno vibes.
It's going to be hot! – The Echo
1 day ago · Mr How said it is important to keep an eye on latest updates from the RFS. ‘We do remind people through the community stay up to date with the latest advice from local fire authorities and emergency services and for the latest forecasted warnings, to visit the website: www.BOM.gov.au, or check the BOMweather app.’
Qld elections – The Echo
Nov 10, 2024 · The LNP’s ‘earth shattering’ win over Labor in Saturday’s Queensland state election and the Greens’ loss of one of their two iconic Brisbane seats sets the stage for the looming federal election. The Greens’ aim was to double its number of Brisbane seats via a wave of support from renters and younger voters suffering from […]
QLD – The Echo
Tweed Council prepping for 2025 Seniors Festival. ‘Adopt a family’ Christmas hamper appeal launched. Schoolies urged to be safe in the surf
A new clear vision for Australia? – The Echo
Jun 27, 2024 · Giant cost blowouts, inordinate delays and bribery scandals have plagued attempts to build reactors overseas. Experts are now calculating the Coalition’s proposal to build seven nuclear reactors could cost us as much as $600 billion and supply a mere 3.7 per cent of Australia’s energy mix by 2050.
Claims of temporary accom reduction a ‘misrepresentation’
1 day ago · C laims by Byron Mayor Sarah Ndiaye (Greens) that Homes NSW had removed temporary accommodation for homeless people in Byron Shire have been strongly refuted by NSW Minister for Housing and Homelessness Rose Jackson (Labor).. Cr Ndiaye said Council operates in collaboration with community-led initiative, Ending Rough Sleeping Collaboration Byron Shire (ERSCBS).
Editorial – Mining is back, baby! – The Echo
May 30, 2024 · Anandan Mcewen up a pole at Bentley blockade. Photo David Lowe. Nearly ten years ago in 2015, junior coal seam gas (CSG) miner Metgasco was paid out handsomely by the state government ($25m of your tax money) after its approval to frack Bentley, near Lismore, was fiercely fought off by thousands of well-organised protesters.. The community were passionate about protecting Country from the ...
What do real nature positive laws look like for Australia?
Nov 5, 2024 · Greater glider inside tree trunk hollow Buckenbowra State Forest September 2023. Photo Friends of the Forest Mogo. Brought to you by Cosmos Magazine and The Echo F ollowing a ‘disappointing’ inaugural Nature Positive Summit in Sydney, a team of researchers say that current laws are not sufficient to achieve the summit’s lofty goal.. In a perspective in Science, Australian researchers ...
Putting infrastructure into focus – The Echo
Apr 4, 2024 · This is all sunny news. So after last year’s budget announcements, everyone returned to focusing on salaries and interest rates. But since then, dark clouds have started forming – the Albanese Labor government received a report on the Commonwealth government’s infrastructure $120 billion pipeline, which identified an eye-watering $44 billion in cost blow-outs.
$35.3 million invested to accelerate water saving across NSW
Oct 24, 2024 · Aqua analytics. Photo Elodie Gooden. The Minns government has announced it is injecting $35.3 million into an arsenal of water efficiency programs across NSW, potentially saving billions of litres and arming regional and metro towns …