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Floodplain Mullumbimby

Mullumbimby is a floodplain. Every time we have a heavy downpour I am up and down through the night,...

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Cannabis

I’m not sure Andrew Hall understands how politics works if he is blaming the Greens for cannabis not being...

Pirates plunder second-grade cricket grand final

Lennox Head Pirates second-grade cricketers have won this year’s Coastal League premiership after beating Byron Bay at their home ground, Megan Crescent Oval, last Saturday.

Goonengerry residents still impacted by 2022 landslide 

Residents awaiting the completion of the Federal Drive reconstruction have highlighted the impacts of losing connections to the hinterland...

Evans Head man charged with DV murder

Police on the Northern Rivers have charged a 39-year-old man with murder in relation to the discovery of a woman’s body in a car at Evans Head on Friday.

Bare as they dared for World Naked Bike Ride

There are many messages delivered with the World Naked Bike Ride with everything from encouraging drivers to take notice of cyclists and promoting cycling safety to saving the planet by not driving and burning fossil fuels, to promoting body awareness and positive self-image.

Water meter outrage

The Echo’s article about the Rous County Council (RCC) water meter flowback prevention device was very timely. We are...

About The Echo

The Echo: online daily news source Echonetdaily
and free weekly newspaper The Byron Shire Echo.

Echonetdaily

Echonetdaily is your independent source of local news on the NSW north coast, covering the Northern Rivers including the Tweed Shire, Byron Shire, Lismore and Ballina Shire.

Launched in August 2011 and drawing on over 28 years of experience producing the iconic Byron Shire Echo and other publications, Echonetdaily is the best place to get your local news, national news, world news and informative articles. We have thought-provoking columns, entertainment news, the most comprehensive gig guide showing what’s on in the north coast, and an archive of entertaining and compelling local videos. We also have an online restaurant guide to Byron and the region called The Good Life, covering food, wine and travel, service directory, classified ads and more.

From Byron Bay to Murwillumbah, Nimbin to Lennox Head, Kingscliff to Mullumbimby, Tweed Heads to Bangalow, Ballina to Coolangatta, Lismore and beyond, Echonetdaily has you covered!

In August 2013 Echonetdaily revamped its website with a new format improving functionality and compatibility with mobiles and other devices. More detailed information on the new website can be found in About the new Echonetdaily.

The Byron Shire Echo

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The first edition of The Echo.

The Byron Shire Echo is a free weekly independent tabloid newspaper that is published in the Byron Shire, New South Wales, Australia.

The Brunswick Valley Echo, as the newspaper was first known, was founded in 1986 as a result of marijuana raids by the NSW Police in the valleys behind Mullumbimby. Despite reports that the police were acting aggressively and illegally, news media refused to cover the story, so local resident Nicholas Shand founded the paper as a civil rights watchdog. Co-founder David Lovejoy continued that policy after Shand’s death in 1996.

The Echo has consistently campaigned in favour of the environment and against developer-driven government, local and state, which so often proves to be corrupt. Along the way it has always stood for free speech and personal liberty, scorning the war on drugs and mocking the war on terror. Although the newspaper has strong policies of factual accuracy and openness to correction, it allows a wide variety of unorthodox opinion to be aired.

Over the last three decades The Echo has grown steadily and currently distributes 24,500 copies every Wednesday. More information on the Byron Shire Echo can be found on our About The Byron Shire Echo page.

In 1991 Shand, Lovejoy and photographer Jeff Dawson ventured south of Byron Shire to create the Lismore Echo. This paper was subsequently sold to its employees and renamed the Northern Rivers Echo. It was purchased by Australian Provincial Newspapers in December, 2008.

The Echo published another newspaper in the Tweed Shire from August 2008 to January 2012. The Tweed Shire Echo was similar in format and outlook to its sister paper.

The first version of Echonetdaily.
The first version of Echonetdaily.

August 2011 saw the launch of The Echo‘s online daily newspaper, Echonetdaily, which is a weekday news service, also emailed to subscribers,  covering the Northern Rivers region.

Only a few independent country newspapers still survive in individual or family hands. Most weeklies are owned by corporations whose interests do not coincide with those of the residents in their area. The Echo, through the commitment of its staff and writers, endeavours to maintain the tradition of quality journalism with a social conscience both in its weekly free newspaper and its daily online news service.

The Echo is totally owned by people who live in Byron Shire. The shareholders are: the Shand family estate 43%, David Lovejoy 36%, Jeff Dawson 10%, Ziggi Browning 5%, Ewan Willis 2.5%, Simon Haslam 2.5%, Renee Fernley 1%.

 

Time to tape up

Could I suggest that all flood-affected residents in Mullumbimby turn up to the Byron Council chambers by 8.30am for the next meeting on 14...

Two charged following alleged pursuit – Ballina

About 12.20am (Thursday 14 March 2024), police from Richmond PD Highway Patrol attempted to stop an allegedly stolen Ford Focus on the M1 Motorway at West Ballina.

NSW bans offshore mining and exploration for gas and oil

The NSW Labor government has now banned offshore mining and exploration for gas and oil in NSW waters. NSW is the first state to...

Extreme slip site on Tyalgum Road needs further work leading to road closure

The current work site on Tyalgum Road slip site has slipped further, after heavy rains affected both the site itself and the slope above the site.