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The Cunning Stunts are pretty chuffed to be celebrating nine years and their 80th event this weekend, having raised over $421k for dozens of very good causes and raised the fun levels of everyone at their gigs.
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Where is Australia going? – The Echo
3 days ago · Hundreds of people claiming their right not to celebrate gathered as one mob in Apex Park on Byron Bay's Main Beach yesterday, for Survival Day. NSW Police say a teenager has been charged and another remains in hospital following an alleged pursuit in Casino in the early hours of Saturday. Last week ...
Are megadroughts upon us? – The Echo
1 day ago · ‘The MYD that occurred in the southwestern Amazon lasted 9 years, and the annual coverage gradually increased from 112,540 km 2 in 2010 to 212,925 km 2 in 2014, which is nearly equivalent to the size of the United Kingdom. ‘Severe societal and ecological disruptions were seen in several prominent multiyear drought events, such as the US Dust Bowl in the 1930s (1931 to 1939), the Australian ...
Australia's threatened species in crisis – The Echo
Jan 21, 2025 · Koalas are just one of many species coming under increasing pressure from habitat destruction. Photo CSIRO. The Albanese government, which committed to ‘no new extinctions’ in 2022, approved more than 25,000 hectares of threatened species habitat to be destroyed in 2024 – more than twice as much as the previous year, according to new analysis by the Australian Conservation Foundation.
What did we learn from the latest Cabinet papers? – The Echo
Jan 6, 2025 · With the aim of improving road safety with a focus on vulnerable road users like pedestrians and cyclists, the Mid Richmond Three Villages Cycleway project has received a financial boost. Police from the Tweed/Byron Police District say a body has been located in the search for a man missing in ...
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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 …
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.