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WEBA bee lab to fight Varroa. In the fight to keep the industry healthy beekeepers and bee industry representatives are gathering today at Southern Cross University for the official launch of the Bee Research and Extension Lab. The …
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WEBEchonetdaily is your independent source of local news on the NSW north coast. The Echo covers the northern rivers including the Tweed Shire, Byron Shire, Lismore City and Ballina Shire. Our experienced team of reporters have a wealth of local knowledge and are passionate about protecting and promoting our community and unique way of life. With good old-fashioned journalism, in-depth articles ...
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WEBKeep up to date with Echonetdaily's national news coverage including federal and state politics and environmental and social issues. Drawing on the resources of AAP and other selected sources. Independent, unbiased and eclectic, you can trust The Echo to bring to your attention the important current affairs of the nation.
Pay rise for NSW firefighters – The Echo
WEB1 day ago · The pay increase for 6,800 Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) firefighters is to be backdated to February, Monday morning’s announcement read. The pay increase is in addition to a 4.5 per cent pay increase for firefighters last year, which the government says was the highest in more than a decade. The deal …
Volunteer lifeguards return to NSW beaches – The Echo
WEB1 day ago · Thousands of surf lifesaving volunteers have officially returned to the NSW coastline for the 2024/25 Surf Life Saving Patrol Season. Minister for Emergency Services Jihad Dib joined life savers at Coogee Beach in Sydney on Saturday to mark the start of the patrol season, which runs to 27 April 2025. The government says …
Guess who? – The Echo
WEB1 day ago · Guess who? – The Echo. Updated: September 24, 2024. I am home to native animals; I have prevented mass extinction and every national park is birthed from my womb. I use three per cent of my land and produce the only sustainable product in the world and that will regrow forever. I am the last manufacturing business in Aussie except for mining.
Data shows doubt over Australia’s net zero goal – The Echo
WEBNov 1, 2023 · More than half of respondents in a recent Essential Media say they support on and off-shore wind farms (PIC supplied). Closer analysis of October’s survey results show 60% of respondents think Australia needs to rapidly develop renewables.
How feasible are EVs for remote Australia, really? – The Echo
WEBJul 11, 2022 · 95%. <99%. Percentage of people in remote northern Australia who could access their nearest big town with an EV. They found that 81% of people in remote communities would be able to get to a town with a population of more than 5,000 in a short-range EV, without stopping to charge the car. An additional 15% of people would need only one charging ...
A history of ‘freedom’ and the Northern Rivers vaccine divide
WEBOct 22, 2021 · Among the many myths about the COVID-19 vaccines is a belief they contain live virus that a vaccinated person will shed in social and intimate circumstances. Along with many other vaccine myths, this belief is contributing to a significant divide in the Northern Rivers community. By good fortune, sensible …
Time to turn Australia, and the world, around on deforestation
WEBNov 3, 2021 · The news that Australia has signed the Glasgow Leaders’ Declaration on Forest and Land Use, committing the nation to halting and reversing forest loss and land degradation by 2030 is cause for celebration. However, the fact that Australia has been declared one of the world’s worst deforestation hotspots, along with Brazil and the Congo, is ...