Backlash Congrats to 17-year-old Byron Bay High School student, Erin Woolsey, who came third in the national songwriting competition, hosted by The Australian Children’s Music Foundation (ACMF). Erin opened for Katie Noonan earlier this year at the Bruns Picture House. For more info visit acmf.com.au/nationalsongwriting-competition/ Business NSW Northern Rivers have released an online directory called Bigger Backyard Northern Rivers. It’s aimed at all business types: start-ups, micro, home-based, small, medium-sized and large businesses based in the Northern Rivers. To register for free, visit www.biggerbackyardnorthernrivers.com.au.
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Covid vaccination rates have plunged, says think tank, Grattan Institute. ‘In December 2021, more than 90 per cent of high-risk adults had been vaccinated for Covid in the previous six months. Today, it is just 27 per cent’. ICYMI the president of the 28th United Nations Climate Change conference, COP28, is the CEO of a Middle Eastern oil corporation. While he is telling us to reduce carbon emissions, Dr Sultan Al Jaber from the United Arab Emirates, is managing director and group CEO of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company. Read more at www.cop28.com. Good riddance to career federal bureaucrat, Mike Pezzullo, who was finally sacked after being exposed for lobbying government. Independence and the integrity of the public service has been eroding for decades, and it’s unlikely Pezzullo is the only one engaging
$37 million home record, set by Tom and Emma Lane’s Coopers Shoot farmhouse. Psst: Lismore’s Norco ice cream factory has reopened after the floods, thanks to nearly $55 million in government funds.
Titled, ‘When the staff meeting is about to end and someone asks another question’. Photo Classical Memes in such dishonesty. But he is a top scalp, being on a yearly taxpayer-funded income of $918,905 (that’s $17,671.25 per week!). Not good news for climate denialists, but good for those wanting a habitable planet: within seven years, the federal government wants 82 per cent of Australia’s power to come from renewable sources, including wind, solar, batteries and pumped hydro — up from about 35 per cent at present. More good news from federal Labor: Regional Development Minister, Catherine King, has announced her government will gradually increase funding for the Roads to Recovery program from $500 million to a $1 billion program over the next four years. The National Farmers’ Federation says ‘Many rural councils are at breaking point with large road networks to manage and low populations’.
For those struggling to find a home, listen up! A newly listed Belongil luxury property, owned by Sydney property developer Shane Smollen, is expected to surpass the area’s
A new book by author and psychiatrist, Dr John Wilson, shifts the blame for the ecological crisis from climate change to human psychology. Ecocide will launch on Friday December 1, at Byron’s Marvell Hall, from 6pm. Guest speakers for the event include David Heilpern AM, Dr Harry Freeman, Chris Dewhirst OAM, Louise Graves and Michael Balderstone. Remember: growing your own tomatoes is the best way to devote three months of your life to saving $2.18.
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