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Members from the newly formed Northern Rivers Wildlife Hospital are having a community update and fundraising event Wednesday May 1 at the Seven Mile Brewery in Ballina from 6pm. Supported by the Northern Rivers Community Foundation (NRCF), the night will include prizes, food and drinks. The Brewery is located at 188202 Southern Cross Drive, Ballina and to RSVP call Tania 0420833479 or email events@nrwh.org.au. Q Q Q Q
Anzac Day is Thursday, and for Mullum residents wanting to take part, the dawn service will be held at 4.30am at the cenotaph opposite the Services Club. Marchers can also assemble at 10.30am for a 10.50am start behind the Mullum Council Chambers, and proceed down the main street and end at the cenotaph. A 11am service will follow. Q Q Q Q
Vale British barrister and ‘Earth lawyer’ Polly Higgins, who died Monday. She advocated for the criminal law of ecocide, which aims to impose a legal duty on governments to protect the public from dangerous industrial practices. In March 2014, she was part of a panel discussion in Mullumbimby called Ecocide: The Rights of Nature Q Q Q Q
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Further to Byron Greens convener Duncan Dey rebutting acting mayor Michael Lyon on some of his mayoral comment last week (page 1), it should be pointed out that many bypass issues remain, and protagonists cannot claim there has been a good process that has led to this point. Councillors and staff
Diverse culture, colour, movement and fabulous food, Harmony Day always delivers in spades. Now in its 13th year, the day-long event offers a fantastic lineup of traditional and contemporary performances from all around the world. On Saturday 27 April 2019, Byron Harmony Festival, at Mullumbimby Civic Hall and Park 11am till 7pm followed by an evening concert from 8.30pm till 10pm. Photo Jeff Dawson need to do better on this. Q Q Q Q
Extinction Rebellion (see page 2) appears the latest emergence of a collective empathetic response to being alive on a pale blue dot. The collective sociopathic response, of course, is the prevailing business model, led by the one per cent.
Those wanting to get involved in planting natives and koalafeed trees can do so April 27 in Ewingsdale. For more see
story page 6, or contact Linda Sparrow on twodogsmedia@ optusnet.com.au. Q Q Q Q
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Geez, Barnaby Joyce sounded like he was on the sauce on ABC radio Monday. Is he just a misunderstood political genius, or should the electorate be concerned that he appears somewhat responsible for the Murray Darling and the federal Treasury being sucked dry by large corporate parasites? Is it all QLD Labor’s fault? To her credit, RN host Patricia Karvelas kept her cool with a shouty incoherent ranting minister – and former deputy PM. That’s where we are with politics, people, and the federal election is May 18.
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