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Natasha Lechner inquest: ‘kambo’ proponents underestimate its ‘clear and identified risks’ , NSW coroner says

The 39-year-old died suddenly and violently after a ritual involving Amazonian frog poison in Mullumbimby in 2019

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Two years after silt and mud trashed them, Northern Rivers schools rise from ruin

Dave Lees, principal of the newly rebuilt Mullumbimby public school, vividly recalls the emotion of his first visit to assess the flood damage

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A Landlord’s Been Obliterated Online For Renting Out A Janky Caravan/Tent Hybrid For $400 A Week

“Is this even legal?"

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Alternative reality: two kambo deaths spark soul-searching in Australia’s counter-culture capital

Two weeks of harrowing testimony at consecutive inquests shines a light on the northern rivers’ alternative therapy scene

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Natasha Lechner not told about risk of death from Kambo frog poison vomiting ritual, inquest told

A coronial inquest has been told a Mullumbimby woman who died minutes after using Kambo frog poison was not properly advised about the risks involved.

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Frog poison used in kambo vomiting ritual carries 'risk of death', Natasha Lechner inquest told

A woman who trained Natasha Lechner as a kambo practitioner, just two months before she died following a vomiting ritual in Mullumbimby, tells a court it is understood the practice can cause death.

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Natasha Lechner died minutes after using frog poison in 'Kambo' vomiting ritual, inquest told

A coronial inquest is investigating whether a ritual known as Kambo, which uses poison from the Amazonian giant tree frog, caused Natasha Lechner's sudden death at Mullumbimby in March 2019.

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Syd Landlord Who Was Taken To Tribunal Forced To Drop Prices Of Rentals & Karma Is A God

Yet another chapter in the rent spike saga.

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Site for NSW flood victims approved as only their ‘feet would get wet’ in a future disaster

Parts of the Mullumbimby site were ‘too flood-prone’ for temporary housing but others could be raised, inquiry hears

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Emergency housing rollout across flood-hit NSW north coast a ‘dog’s breakfast’, critics say

Government defends measures against claims of slow progress, lack of consultation and a decision to put pods in a flood zone

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Why Diane honoured her husband Michael's death with a natural burial

Michael was a man of the woods, so when he died, his body was not embalmed and he was placed — as he wished — into the earth just 1.5 metres deep.

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When will the rain end? NSW and Queensland's record-breaking year of floods and rain

We're just over halfway through 2022 and rainfall records are tumbling as the east coast hunkers down for more to come.

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Homeless Mullumbimby, Byron Shire flood victims and SES front NSW independent inquiry

Survivors have shared their experiences in this year’s Northern Rivers floods at a meeting in Mullumbimby.

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Locals vent fury over NSW flood response

People from the northern NSW town of Mullumbimby say "crumbling and dangerous" flood damaged roads in the area pose a daily threat to lives.

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Northern NSW towns under evacuation orders as heavy rainfall hits flood-ravaged regions

SES issues evacuation orders for parts of Lismore, Billinudgel, Mullumbimby and Tumbulgum as severe weather lashes parts of NSW and Queensland

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Flood-ravaged Mullumbimby suffers another setback as mobile phone tower is damaged in fire

People trying to rebuild their lives in the wake of recent flooding face another obstacle, with fire cutting mobile communications in and around Mullumbimby in northern NSW.

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5G tower fire in flood-hit Mullumbimby under NSW police investigation

Telstra says the fire appeared to be deliberately lit and would make the town’s recovery ‘much harder’

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Over-reliance on volunteers at the peak of the flood emergency in northern NSW must be addressed, locals say

As communities in northern New South Wales begin the long road to recovery after the floods, many believe there was an over-reliance on volunteers at the height of the emergency which needs to urgently be addressed.

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‘We’ve run out of options here’: NSW flood disaster worsens housing crisis in northern rivers

Thousands of homes are unliveable in flood-ravaged towns that already struggled with accommodation shortages

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After the floods, Mullumbimby is a disaster zone. But the community pulls together like no other

Australia’s biggest little town has been devastated by the east coast floods. But when the community needs help, this place excels

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‘Next level destruction’: NSW residents detail the moments floods devastated their homes

Residents of townships around Lismore and Mullumbimby recall destructive landslides, rising flood waters and raging torrents

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Queensland records 11th flood death; Australia reports 48 Covid deaths – as it happened

Queensland announces financial support of $558.5m for flood-hit communities as insurance claims estimated to hit $1bn. This blog is now closed

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‘Catastrophic failure’: fury among NSW northern rivers locals ‘forgotten’ by authorities

As the scale of the devastation around Mullumbimby emerges, locals are relying on each other in the absence of government help

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‘His body was just there’: Mullumbimby volunteers confronted by horrors and chaos of flood aftermath

With government emergency services at capacity, locals in northern NSW are ‘running like an army’ to rescue isolated residents

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Fifth death reported in NSW; ‘it’s climate change,’ Palaszczuk says as Qld death toll rises to 10 – as it happened

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