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Calls on NRPP to defer consent for Mullumbimby’s 57 Station Street DA on Monday

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At Thursday’s Byron Shire Council meeting there were multiple calls for a deferral of the 57 Station Street, Mullumbimby car park development application.
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McAuleys estate changes approved, but pet ban and cycle path stay

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Developers have secured approval for changes to a contentious Myocum subdivision, but requirements banning pets and providing a cycle path and vehicle turnaround will remain.
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New koala strategy leaves local priorities to later implementation plan

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Northern Rivers residents are being invited to help shape a new NSW koala conservation strategy, with specific local actions and investment priorities to be detailed in a separate implementation plan.
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Fish kill follows Belongil Creek opening as Council reviews protocols

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A fish kill at Belongil Creek has prompted warnings to avoid the affected area, with Byron Shire Council and government agencies investigating the incident following an artificial opening of the creek.
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Double trouble as Byron High fundraiser hits $20,000!

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A thousand dollars was enough to put Byron Bay High School’s principal in the barber’s chair. Twenty thousand means she’ll have company.
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Norma Gunhoe brings the ‘Gunghoedown’ to town

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Radio broadcasting sensation, Norma Gunghoe, is launching herself at the world from the Mullumbimby Golf Club with the Gunghoedown this Saturday, 17 October at 6pm and you are invited to come along and join the fun.
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Northern Rivers Bushwalkers Club celebrates their 50th

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Little did a small group of bushwalkers know, when they went on their first club walk to Salty Lagoon back in 1976, that their club would still be thriving 50 years later.
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Suffolk residents raise concerns over Clifford Street DA

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Last Tuesday saw around 40-50 Suffolk Park residents come together to discuss the latest development application (DA 10.2026.476.1) for 9-15 Clifford Street, Suffolk Park. Two previous DAs from Denwol have been refused by the Land and Environment Court and this is the fifth public meeting addressing development at this site over the last four-and-a-half years.
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Found –Missing Robert Craig, last seen at South Golden Beach

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Police are searching for 72yo, Robert Craig, last seen on a bush track at Helen Street, South Golden Beach, about 7.30am this morning.
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Push for free conservation rezoning as report reveals Byron habitat protection gap

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Byron Shire landholders could be offered a free pathway to stronger conservation zoning under a proposal coming before today’s Council meeting, following a report identifying significant gaps in protection for the Shire’s valuable habitat.
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Courtney Act puts Gerwyn Davies’ colourful world in the spotlight

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Sequins, spandex and seaside souvenirs will be up for discussion when Courtney Act takes the interviewer’s chair in Murwillumbah next month.
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Early works finished for Byron’s $8.2 million fire station

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Early works have been completed for Byron Bay’s new $8.2 million fire station, with construction of the building set to begin.
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Tobias Moran sues police over Simone Strobel murder prosecution

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Tobias Moran has launched legal action against NSW Police for malicious prosecution over the withdrawn charge that he murdered his girlfriend, German backpacker Simone Strobel, in Lismore in 2005.
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Countless Strokes: Hend brings his world indoors

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If you’ve walked down Mullumbimby’s main street and stopped to admire the murals, chances are you’ve already seen the work of local artist and muralist Daniel Hend.
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Mayor Sharon Cadwallader announces bid for state seat of Ballina 

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Ballina Mayor Sharon Cadwallader will contest the state seat of Ballina as an independent, arguing that local ratepayers are carrying costs that should be met by the NSW government.
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Lismore seeks feedback on waste rethink as disposal choices remain unresolved

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Lismore residents are being asked to comment on a revised waste strategy as Council works towards diverting rubbish from landfill while leaving its long-term disposal options unresolved.
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Bruns residents and Reflections struggle to find common ground

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Brunswick Heads residents called on their local MP Tamara Smith for a meeting to discuss the fences that Reflections Holiday Parks have erected around the park area where the community planted native cypress pines commemorating the Battle of Lone Pine in WWI, which has been utilised by the community for over 60 years for recreation.
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Coorabell Hall Spring Fever

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Spring Fever Fashion Parade celebrates a stream of flower-powered, funky, upcycled, reloved and new fashion for gals, guys and some kidswear along with jewellery, hats and reloved accessories twirling on the Coorabell Hall runway on Friday, 16 October at 7pm. Music from DJ MLC and co MC Dr Baz.
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Tweed sets out stronger shorebird protections after nesting failures

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Tweed Shire Council is considering formal guidelines to protect threatened beach-nesting birds, following breeding failures linked to visitor disturbance at Hastings Point.
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Cheaper school pool access proposed as Byron faces financial squeeze

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Byron Shire’s schools could receive cheaper access to Council pools for swimming and water-safety programs under a proposal going before councillors on October 15.
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Homicide investigation underway after missing woman identified

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A homicide investigation is underway after a body located near Terragon last week was identified as missing Northern Rivers woman Yvonne Whear.
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RUNDIPG raises $240,000 with OX 100K event

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Over 24 hours last weekend at Lennox Head, 300 runners from near and far helped raise thousands of dollars to fight DIPG, a cancer which has taken the lives of many young Australians.
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Joel Orchard named Northern Rivers Volunteer of the Year

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The co-founder of Wardell CORE, Joel Orchard, has been named the 2026 Northern Rivers Volunteer of the Year, recognising his contribution to community connection, disaster preparedness and food relief through the Wardell Neighbourhood Centre.
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Dingo Festival goes off

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The inaugural Dingo Festival wrapped on Sunday, with multiple events happening in Bangalow and Byron Bay. Happy punters celebrated a new festival anchored in jazz and programmed through a contemporary lens.
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Concerns raised over security at Wallum

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A number of locals have approached The Echo raising issues concerned with intimidation and filming on Crown and public land near the Wallum site in Brunswick Heads.
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The Channon Market celebrates 50 years

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On Sunday the iconic Channon Craft Market celebrated fifty years of handmade, homegrown and locally made with a special market event.
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Discovering the best of Byron with The Byron App

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Suzie Bradley, Adhere Marketing founder, has taken her long-standing knowledge of Byron’s visitor economy and turned it into a digital space with The Byron App.
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Celebrating George Feros’s 123rd birthday

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Residents and staff at George’s Cottages in Byron Bay celebrated George Feros’s 123rd birthday on 16 September.
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Cinema under the stars brings dragons to Lismore

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The dragons are coming as Newcastle Permanent's renowned Cinema Under the Stars (CUTS) program returns to Lismore this November.
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Byron Bay march calls for peace in Gaza

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A peaceful march through Byron Bay on Sunday morning brought people together in solidarity with Palestinians and to call for an end to the continuing violence in Gaza.
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Police go APES on the Gold Coast

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A field of more than 3,600 competitors are on the Gold Coast to take part in this week’s Australasian Police and Emergency Services Games (APES).
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Vale Rumpel Stiltskin

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I first met Rumpel Stiltskin (legal name Jolly Goodfellow) performing at a late night trippers ball at Tuntable Community Hall in the late ‘80s. We remained friends ever since.
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Man’s body found after bush party at Drake

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NSW Police say an investigation is underway after a man’s body was found on a rural property at Drake on the weekend.
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Do you want to speak to the NRPP on the 57 Station Street development decision?

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The development application (DA.10.2025.212.1) for the 57 Station Street carpark site is going before the Northern Rivers Planning Panel on Monday, 19 October at 2pm.
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Driver charged over alleged pursuit after fatal Eungella shooting

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A man wounded in a fatal shooting near Murwillumbah last year has been charged after allegedly pursuing and running over another man as he fled the scene.
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Janet Swain launches Labor campaign for Ballina

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Byron Shire councillor Janet Swain has officially launched her campaign as Labor’s candidate for the state seat of Ballina at the March 2027 NSW election.
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Tow or bury? Tweed seeks public views on dead whale disposal

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What should happen to a dead whale when it washes up on a Tweed beach?
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Byron faces $2.4 million annual grant loss as councils demand rethink

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Byron Shire Council could lose more than half its annual Financial Assistance Grant funding under proposed changes to NSW’s allocation formula, according to a joint statement issued by five councils.
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Wallum court appeal abandoned but fight goes on

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Save Wallum has abandoned plans to appeal the Federal Court’s dismissal of its bid to protect the Brunswick Heads development site, but says the community campaign will continue through other avenues.
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Flood survivors’ lost homes recreated in Ballina exhibition

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As floodwater rose through her Lismore home in 2022, artist Antoinette O’Brien watched her unfired ceramic pieces turn back into mud.
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Local sculptor exhibits in Mudgee

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Local artist Damien Lucus has a piece of his work that will be displayed at the prestigious Sculptures in the Garden event in Mudgee from 10 to 25 October.
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16-year-old Livi Eddington from Byron receiving treatment in US

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The family of Livi (Oliver) Eddington, a 16-year-old from Byron Bay, are asking for help from the community as he undergoes experimental treatment for an extremely rare and aggressive brain cancer.
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Calls on NRPP to defer consent for Mullumbimby’s 57 Station Street DA on Monday

Aslan Shand - 0
At Thursday’s Byron Shire Council meeting there were multiple calls for a deferral of the 57 Station Street, Mullumbimby car park development application.
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McAuleys estate changes approved, but pet ban and cycle path stay

The Echo - 0
Developers have secured approval for changes to a contentious Myocum subdivision, but requirements banning pets and providing a cycle path and vehicle turnaround will remain.
Read more
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New koala strategy leaves local priorities to later implementation plan

The Echo - 0
Northern Rivers residents are being invited to help shape a new NSW koala conservation strategy, with specific local actions and investment priorities to be detailed in a separate implementation plan.
Read more
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Fish kill follows Belongil Creek opening as Council reviews protocols

The Echo - 0
A fish kill at Belongil Creek has prompted warnings to avoid the affected area, with Byron Shire Council and government agencies investigating the incident following an artificial opening of the creek.
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