Backlash Last week’s Echo colourful insert urging people to chill out and get vaxed resulted in a lot of hurumph and yabber yabber. The paid insert was provided already printed, so The Echo could not include ‘advertisement’ on the message, which The Echo normally does. Getting vaccinated is a personal choice of course, and should not be forced upon us. And no, The Echo has not been bought out by Murdoch or been paid off by Big Pharma.
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‘We follow the health advice’, says Premier Gladys, yet does she? Like the PM, she appears to instead follow big business and the police for a COVID-19 response. With both of them now giving up on containment measures because Gladys botched preventing an early spread, it looks like we are about to find out whether the Doherty Report is accurate. And why no focus on treatments? Is it a case of state capture by Big Pharma?
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Feral deers are on the rise, say Tweed Council, with ten confirmed sightings of the pest in the Tweed and two in the Kyogle region since the Northern Rivers Feral Deer Alert program was launched in May. A sighting in Byron Shire’s north was also recorded in early August. To report a sighting, visit www.feralscan.org.au or or call Local Land Services on 1300 795 299. Vale Jack Sugarman who died on August 8. As a former local government candidate critical of Byron Council, his notable contribution was running on a platform of amalgamation, hence making his job, if elected, redundant.
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A parliamentary petition to Immediately Stop COVID-19 Vaccines for children aged 12–16 has nearly 40,000 signatures, according to www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/petition/EN3046. Within its reasoning, the petition states, ‘The TGA advises we will only register a vaccine if its benefits are much greater than its risks. For children 12–16, the benefits do not outweigh the risk’.
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Federal Environment Minister, Sussan Ley, is appealing a landmark court case that ruled she has a duty of care to act reasonably and avoid causing children personal injury and death while doing her job. The group of Aussie kids who took her to court are appealing for the public to help in their legal fight. Over $130,000 has been raised of the $350,000 needed – see www.bit.ly/3zji7Xm for more info on Sharma v Minister For Environment.
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