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Local NewsThe Echo - July 25, 20210

COVID traveller at Ballina Airport and North Coast sewage test results

A public health alert has been issued after a positive COVID-19 case travelled on the Virgin Australia flight VA1139 from Sydney, arriving in Ballina on 14 July at 11.45am.

Local NewsThe Echo - July 24, 20210

Byron Shire residents urged to get tested

Fragments of the COVID-19 virus have been found in the Byron Bay sewerage treatment plant (STP) that services Byron Bay, Broken Head, Suffolk Park, Wategos, and Sunrise areas and the Northern NSW Local Health District (NNSWHD) are asking residents and visitors to get tested at the first sign of any symptoms.

Local NewsSimon Haslam - July 23, 20213

John ‘Strop’ Cornell dies

John Cornell, a character credited with initiating major change in Byron Bay after his purchase of the Beach Hotel, has died at his home in Byron Bay, aged 80, surrounded by his wife Delvene Delaney and family.

Local NewsAslan Shand - July 23, 20215

Criticism of Ballina Cr Cadwallader’s water election tactics

The Ballina Environment Society (BES) has accused Ballina Councillor Sharon Cadwallader of politicising water security by using ‘the Dunoon Dam as one of her key concerns in her bid for mayor in September’s local government elections’.

Byron EchoPaul Bibby - July 23, 20211

Old Byron Hospital DA on exhibition

Plans are finally in for the redevelopment of the old Byron Hospital that will facilitate its transformation into a much-needed community hub.

Mandy Nolan

Byron EchoMandy Nolan - July 20, 202188

Mandy Nolan’s Soapbox: My Town and The Great Divide

When I walk the streets of my town I feel this. I feel the divide. I watch the masked mingle with the ‘medically exempt’. There’s an unspoken agitation. A sense of ‘them’ and ‘us’. My town is no longer a place of love and acceptance. It is not a place of compassion and kindness. There is an undercurrent of distrust, suspicion and potential violence. We are being taken.

General Interest

Local NewsThe Echo - July 22, 20210

Queensland and NSW border – hard closure 1am Friday, 23 July

The Queensland government has declared all of NSW a COVID hotspot and will close its border to NSW at 1am Friday, 23 July for four weeks.

National NewsThe Echo - July 12, 20210

Regional areas coped better than the city during COVID

A study shows that rural and regional communities across NSW have fared better than those in Sydney in dealing with the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health.

Local NewsThe Echo - June 26, 20210

Greater Sydney goes into two week lockdown

New South Wales Health has announced that to protect the people of NSW from the evolving COVID-19 outbreak, current stay-at-home orders will be extended across all of Greater Sydney including the Blue Mountains, Central Coast and Wollongong from 6pm today (26 June) until 11.59pm Friday, 9 July.

Entertainment

Byron EchoEve Jeffery - June 29, 20210

Don’t Give Up Your Day Job: Scott Owen, The Living End

Legendary band member of The Living End, one of Australia’s foremost musical exports, Scott Owen can usually be seen climbing the heights of his double bass on stage during high octane live sets

Byron EchoThe Echo - June 29, 20210

Entertainment for the Byron Shire and beyond for the week beginning 30 June

What's still on and what's not , in the Byron Shire and nearby, this week

Retrospective

Articles & ColumnsDavid Lovejoy - August 16, 20180

The end of fun: David Lovejoy concludes the story of the The Echo’s early years

While the drama of general manager Max Eastcott’s departure was playing out, The Echo passed its tenth birthday, and we marked the jubilee with a fourth awards night.

Articles & Columns

Spyware unplugged – New software attacks cast a light on cybersecurity

A major investigation conducted by news organisations has found that governments around the world may have been spied on by a malicious software called Pegasus.

The Echo - July 26, 2021 0

Articles & Columns

The legalities around pork barrelling in NSW

The misallocation of public funds to benefit partisan interest, to the detriment of making such decisions based on merit, is nothing new in the state of NSW. However, the blatant justifications of the practice by the current coalition government are something new.

The Echo - July 20, 2021 2

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Mandy Nolan’s Soapbox: My Town and The Great Divide

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COVID traveller at Ballina Airport and North Coast sewage test results

The Echo - July 25, 2021 0

A public health alert has been issued after a positive COVID-19 case travelled on the Virgin Australia flight VA1139 from Sydney, arriving in Ballina on 14 July at 11.45am.

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Byron Shire residents urged to get tested

The Echo - July 24, 2021 0

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COVID fragments in Byron’s sewage – have symptoms? Get tested

The Echo - July 23, 2021 11

Do you live in Byron Bay, Wategos, Suffolk Park, Sunrise, or Broken Head? If you have any COVID symptoms or have potentially been exposed get tested.

Jeff off

Byron Echo The Echo - July 21, 2021 0

Stephen Totterman, Ballina Local Government elections are coming and Cr Jeff Johnson is on the campaign trail, telling us that...

Dropping a few 5Gs

Byron Echo The Echo - July 21, 2021 2

Dale Steedman, Suffolk Park Apparently Bill Gates’ plane has been flying over the Shire dropping 5Gs from its ChemTrails. These go...

Cartoon of the week – 21 July, 2021

Byron Echo The Echo - July 21, 2021 0

We love to receive letters, but not every letter will be published; the publication of letters is at the discretion of the online and print letters editors.

Strange figures

Byron Echo The Echo - July 23, 2021 0

Alan Dickens, Brunswick Heads To date (10/07/2021), the inflow into Brunswick Waste Water Treatment Plant has been 1,056,459.53 kilolitres, recycled water...

Local Labor

Byron Echo The Echo - July 25, 2021 2

Asren Pugh, Labor candidate for Mayor Labor has a very long and proud history as part of the Byron Shire community...

Our water future – Rous County Council

Byron Echo The Echo - July 22, 2021 1

Hugh Nicholson, The Channon A spokesperson for Our Future Northern Rivers (OFNR), explains clearly why the OFNR position on water...

Male incontinence bin trial at Banora Point Community Centre

Highlighting the issue of gender equality at the Tweed Shire Council meeting Councillor Katie Milne put forward a notice of motion for a trail continence bin for men at Banora Point Community Centre.

Local News Aslan Shand - July 20, 2021 0

COVID traveller at Ballina Airport and North Coast sewage test results

A public health alert has been issued after a positive COVID-19 case travelled on the Virgin Australia flight VA1139 from Sydney, arriving in Ballina on 14 July at 11.45am.

Local News The Echo - July 25, 2021 0

Police seek help finding missing Casino teenager

Police are asking the public for help finding an eighteen-year-old man reported missing from Casino.

Local News The Echo - July 20, 2021 0

Byron Shire residents urged to get tested

Local News The Echo - July 24, 2021 0

Byron Shire Echo issue 36.06 – July 21, 2021

Byron Echo

Interview with Emily Wurramara

Emily Wurramara’s childhood was one of water and music. Growing up on Groote Eylandt her days were filled with travel, fishing and extended family, and a mother telling stories of dreams and dolphins that would one day become the seeds of Emily’s music.

Eve Jeffery - July 20, 2021 0

Byron Echo

Civil war

Peter Olson, Goonengerry Professor Klaus Schwab, founder of the World Economic...

The Echo - July 23, 2021 2

Byron Echo

Balance

Gareth W R Smith, Byron Bay Danny Wakil you are wrong...

The Echo - July 21, 2021 1

Byron Echo

Our water future – Rous County Council

Hugh Nicholson, The Channon A spokesperson for Our Future Northern...

The Echo - July 22, 2021 1

Red Devils closing in on the top five

Sport The Echo - July 19, 2021 0

The Byron Bay Red Devils kept their chances of a final’s berth alive last Sunday when they beat the Tweed Coast Raiders 35–26 in round 10 of the NRRRL, playing at home.

New sailing winners on the Tweed

Sport The Echo - July 9, 2021 0

Matt Andrews Forty-eight people took to the water in twenty-four boats at Fingal Head on...

Lennox Head Trojans maintain their winning ways

Sport The Echo - July 8, 2021 0

The Lennox Head Trojans have confirmed themselves as this year’s favourite for the Far North Coast Rugby Union premiership with solid wins over their major rivals over the last two weeks.

Surfing great hones coaching skills ahead of Olympics

Byron Echo The Echo - June 29, 2021 0

Ross Kendall Former surf champion and Kingscliff local, Chelsea Hedges, was a successful recipient of...

Blueberry fields forever!

The Good Life The Echo - July 20, 2021 0

Everyone’s beloved blueberry is now fresh in season and we can look forward to...

Winning karkalla

The Good Life The Echo - July 13, 2021 0

We often talk in these pages about the high standard of local produce, and...

The only whey is up!

The Good Life The Echo - July 13, 2021 0

Fifth-generation dairy farmers and now award-winning cheesemakers, Paul and Kerry Wilson have come a...

Lunchbox ideas

The Good Life The Echo - July 13, 2021 0

Need a little inspiration in those first weeks back at school when we’re all...

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The new Wollumbin stamp that doesn’t feature Wollumbin…

When Australia Post’s new volcano series was proudly unveiled last week it included an image labelled ‘Wollumbin Mt Warning NSW’.

Paul Bibby - July 21, 2021 5

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Before a vaccine – living in the time of polio

I have a friend my age who was infected by polio. Here is an excerpt from a letter that he wrote to me:

The Echo - July 21, 2021 4

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Byron Shire look out

Paul Brecht, Evans Head Michael Lyon has formed a Council candidates...

The Echo - July 20, 2021 1

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Spyware unplugged – New software attacks cast a light on cybersecurity

Articles & Columns The Echo - July 26, 2021 0

A major investigation conducted by news organisations has found that governments around the world may have been spied on by a malicious software called Pegasus.

COVID traveller at Ballina Airport and North Coast sewage test results

Local News The Echo - July 25, 2021 0

A public health alert has been issued after a positive COVID-19 case travelled on the Virgin Australia flight VA1139 from Sydney, arriving in Ballina on 14 July at 11.45am.

Byron Shire residents urged to get tested

Local News The Echo - July 24, 2021 0

COVID fragments in Byron’s sewage – have symptoms? Get tested

Local News The Echo - July 23, 2021 11

Do you live in Byron Bay, Wategos, Suffolk Park, Sunrise, or Broken Head? If you have any COVID symptoms or have potentially been exposed get tested.

Kingscliff’s amenity or company profit?

Local News The Echo - February 9, 2021 8

Kingscliff property developer Gales Holgins is seeking to increase truck movements by bringing in fill from the M1 road works rather than using fill from the development site. But Kingscliff Ratepayers and Progress Association say that the impact on residents and business is too high a cost to pay.

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