News Corp Gets Green Light to Buy Byron Shire News, Northern Star

News Corp boss Rupert Murdoch has extended his reach in northern NSW and Queensland. Photo: Christopher Pearce

Story by The Sydney Morning Herald.

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THE AUSTRALIAN Competition and Consumer Commission on Thursday gave the all-clear for Rupert Murdoch’s media giant to buy APN’s Australian Regional Media, which includes 12 daily newspapers, 60 smaller publications and more than 30 news websites.

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Byron Bay’s Russian Garlic Boom Crop

Byron Bay farmer Josh Dooley of The Farm with some of his harvested Russian garlic which is expected to fetch up to $55 a kg. It’s only his second season planting garlic and the crop is already selling like hot cakes. Photo: Mike Batterham.

Story by News Ltd.

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GARLIC IS supposed to keep vampires away but for everyone else this garlic crop is a magnet.

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