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Byron Echo November 5, 2024. Mullum Roots Festival announce first round of performing artists. The inaugural Mullum Roots Festival is set to take over all of our favourite venues in Mullumbimby on July 12 and 13, 2025, and they’re beyond excited to announce the first wave of incredible artists who will grace the stages.
COVID-19 reduces Australian life expectancy – The Echo
3 days ago · The ABS says the highest number of COVID-19 deaths in Australia happened in the years 2021-2023. Nearly 16,000 COVID-19 deaths are reported in those years in Australia, 4,100 more deaths than in the years from 2020-2022. Life expectancy across the nation subsequently decreased by 0.1 years for men and 0.2 years for women over this period.
Nations must dramatically increase climate change adaptation
2 days ago · Nations are not doing enough to address the rising impacts of climate change the United Nations Environment Program’s (UNEP) latest Adaptation Gap Report 2024: Come hell and high water has found. The report recommends a dramatic scale up of adaptation efforts this decade, starting with a commitment to act on finance at COP29.
Thunderstorm and hail risk later today – The Echo
1 day ago · By The Echo. The BOM says there is a significant thunderstorm risk for large parts of the east coast. The Bureau of Meteorology is warning of thunderstorms and possible hail across a large area of eastern Australia today, including the Northern Rivers of NSW and southeast Queensland. Forecaster Jonathan How is predicting severe thunderstorms ...
How prepared are you for the next disaster? Lismore takes the lead
2 days ago · November 12, 2024. Flood rubbish around You Are Here sign in Lismore, 7 March 2022. Photo David Lowe. Two recent reports, the Lismore Flood Zone Survey and Outreach Report and the the Resilient Lismore Social Impact Report, have both highlighted the need for ongoing community disaster recovery support in Lismore and on the Northern Rivers.
Qld elections – The Echo
4 days ago · By The Echo. November 10, 2024. 8. The LNP’s ‘earth shattering’ win over Labor in Saturday’s Queensland state election and the Greens’ loss of one of their two iconic Brisbane seats sets the stage for the looming federal election. The Greens’ aim was to double its number of Brisbane seats via a wave of support from renters and ...
Bangalow bush poets return – The Echo
2 days ago · Bangalow bards Angus Dickson, Dave Eastwell and Angus Thurgate at last year’s bush poetry event. Photo Jeff Dawson. The popular bush poetry event returns to the Bangalow Show, at a new time of 11am Saturday, November 16. Co-organiser Sue Franklin says it promises to be an entertaining showcase of literary talent and creativity.
What do real nature positive laws look like for Australia?
Nov 4, 2024 · In a perspective in Science, Australian researchers argue that ‘net gain’ legislation – that is, legislation that doesn’t allow for any loss – is required to make the world, and Australia, truly nature positive. ‘Nature positive means holding or stopping and reversing nature loss by 2030, with a full recovery by 2050, using 2020 ...
There are challenges ahead, but there is still hope – The Echo
Jun 7, 2024 · By Aslan Shand, Sustainability editor. June 7, 2024. In 2023, scientists from around the world said that action needs to be taken on climate change before it is too late. They made the call for action through the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPPC), with UN secretary general, António Guterres, saying, ‘This report is a clarion ...
How feasible are EVs for remote Australia, really? – The Echo
Jul 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 ...