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Lismore police pursuit ends in charges
Police say a man has been charged over alleged pursuits and a crash overnight.
Drowning risk warning for Australia Day weekend
Royal Life Saving is urging the public to take care around water this Australia Day weekend, with their research showing that the risk of drowning doubles on public holidays.
Wollumbin track closure may be permanent
Paul Bibby The debate over whether it’s appropriate to climb Wollumbin – also known as Mt Warning – could ultimately...
Teddy Sheean VC remembered in Ballina
Member for Richmond Justine Elliot spoke to a group who gathered at the Ballina Naval and Maritime Museum this week to remember Victoria Cross winner, Teddy Sheean, who was awarded the highest award for bravery in 2020.
Call to extend Job Keeper for live music industry
Blues Festival organiser Peter Noble has joined calls for the government to step forward and Save our Stages and support musicians and workers in the live music industry as they struggle to make ends meet.
Mandy Nolan
Mandy Nolan’s Soapbox: The Sol of Mullumbimby
I love walking through cemeteries. I love to read the gravestones. They are like the first and last page of a novel whose contents I will never know. Here lies many from my community; they were born, lived, and then lost. They were loved. This evening I am walking with my 11-year-old daughter and my husband through Mullumbimby’s cemetery. It is a quiet and beautiful place. I feel the stories rumbling under our feet. I never understand why people see these places as creepy. They are places of reverence and remembering.
Ballina News
From Young to Ballina: the Eoin and Barry story
Ballina councillor Eoin Johnston and local legend Barry Saxby have a long history together, as Echonetdaily discovered when Barry's race-walking champion daughter Kerry Saxby-Junna was honoured in Ballina last week.
Teddy Sheean VC remembered in Ballina
Member for Richmond Justine Elliot spoke to a group who gathered at the Ballina Naval and Maritime Museum this week to remember Victoria Cross winner, Teddy Sheean, who was awarded the highest award for bravery in 2020.
General Interest
Access to capital critical for small business
Many businesses and in particular small business, have been really struggling under the weight of COVID-19 and with the rollback of Jobkeeper, things have just gotten tougher.
Three day lockdown for Greater Brisbane announced
The Queensland Government has announced that Greater Brisbane will go into lockdown for three days, while contact tracers work to ensure the UK strain of COVID-19 is not circulating in the community.
PM Morrison on vaccine rollout plan
The Australian Government has again brought forward the proposed rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Entertainment
Interview with Austen Tayshus
Austentayshus is one of our fiercest satiricists. Speaking the unspeakable, the unflappable self-confessed provocateur is back for three shows in the New Year.
Interview with Michael Cormick
One of the great unexpected gifts of COVID-19 is that it grounded so many incredible artists. People who would usually be overseas working or touring nationally. Many of them have had to reimagine their creative outputs in a much smaller setting. One such person is Michael Cormick.
Retrospective
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.
Lismore police pursuit ends in charges
Police say a man has been charged over alleged pursuits and a crash overnight.
Is the failing state of the planet causing our youth to be stressed?
Poor mental health in youth is an ever increasing problem. It is often flagged at by the media and various organisations, and whilst there are often brilliant resources that can be found, when it comes down to the cause of the increase in mental illness in Gen Z, parents and caregivers tend to put it (somewhat jokingly) down to our phones.
Mandy Nolan’s Soapbox: The Sol of Mullumbimby
I love walking through cemeteries. I love to read the gravestones. They are like the first and last page of a novel whose contents I will never know. Here lies many from my community; they were born, lived, and then lost. They were loved. This evening I am walking with my 11-year-old daughter and my husband through Mullumbimby’s cemetery. It is a quiet and beautiful place. I feel the stories rumbling under our feet. I never understand why people see these places as creepy. They are places of reverence and remembering.
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Drowning risk warning for Australia Day weekend
Royal Life Saving is urging the public to take care around water this Australia Day weekend, with their research showing that the risk of drowning doubles on public holidays.
How the study of dolphin airways could help save endangered whales
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Paul Bibby A new study exploring the health of dolphin...
Wollumbin track closure may be permanent
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Paul Bibby The debate over whether it’s appropriate to climb...
Letters
Nice try Anastasia!
Graham Mathews, Possum Creek
I read with interest Anastasia’s insistence that the recent Qld outbreak of the new ‘super strain’...
Of concrete & canals
Matthew Hartley, Byron Bay
A sharp-eyed observer sent me a link to a paywalled article advancing the conversion of the...
Front page news
Jeff Rake, Byron
On the front page of last week’s Echo you highlighted unemployment in the Shire, with mullum at...
Eminent Australian
Michael Kelly, Wardell
It’s great to see such an eminent Australian scientist like Tim Flannery recently return to, and take...
Time to transition
Geraldine Crumpton, Fernleigh
I couldn’t agree more with Phillip Fraser’s article, that it really is time for Byron Shire to...
In other words
Jason van Tol, Myocum
I’m partially sympathetic to Patricia Warren’s letter (Echo 6/1/21). People at the drum circle should follow regulations...
Local News
Risk of more storms and heavy rain today
The SES is warning that more storms and heavy rain are forecast for the Northern Rivers today.
Mobile library returns to the Northern Rivers
The Richmond Tweed Regional Mobile Library was a common sight around the region prior to the COVID-19 pandemic and it is once again going to be out and about for readers from this week.
DA approval raises concerns over landslips and flooding
Council’s willingness to defend residents’ amenity and properties has been raised by concerned locals and residents following the outcome of the land and environment court case in Bian Court, Ocean Shores.
Be alert for tick fever
Following the confirmation of tick fever in cattle on two properties in the Tweed area, North Coast Local Land Services and NSW Department of Primary Industries are reminding producers to be alert to the risk and practice good farm biosecurity.
Print Edition
Make Politics Boring Again
The new year is still looking awfully like 2020 Part II: The Suckening.
Interview with Barry Ferrier
Forty years ago, musician Barry Ferrier rolled into Byron Bay. It was an idyllic place – with surfie bohemian types rubbing shoulders with the old school locals. Barry has been an integral part of a growing, thriving, and always-changing music and arts scene here. It all started when he teamed up with blues harp blower, and surfing legend, Rusty Miller. Barry spoke with The Echo about the early days, ahead of his nostalgic reappearance with Rusty, at the Rails, on Sunday.
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At Esperanza Farm you can taste the difference
Story & Photo Melissa Butters Down at Esperanza Farm, you’ll...
Did Reflections hire police to shut down the drum circle?
Locals gathered at the regular drumming circle at Torakina Park in Brunswick Heads on January 3 were disappointed but not surprised when the police arrived.
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Sport
Lismore Thistles sign Coach of the Year to lead Premier League team
Lismore Thistles have signed 2020 Northern NSW Coach of the Year, Chris Layland, to take charge of the men’s Premier League team for the upcoming 2021 season.
Re-booted academy for elite footballers looking forward to a big year
The Northern Rivers Football Academy is fielding more teams this year and is set to go from strength to strength according to senior coach Gavin Whitney.
Mikey wins Coffs Harbour Open
Ross Kendall Lennox Head surfer Mikey McDonagh won the inaugural Coffs Harbour Open – stop...
No stopping croquet at Cherry Street
Ross Kendall The Ballina Cherry Street Croquet Club has had a busy and successful membership...
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Good Life
Three young blokes having a crack at a dream
Story & photos Eve Jeffery Going into business can sometimes be hard work on top...
From high fashion to flowers, fruit and veggie farming
Briana Atkins was only two weeks old when her parents decided to leave Brisbane...
At Esperanza Farm you can taste the difference
Story & Photo Melissa Butters Down at Esperanza Farm, you’ll find Jerrod and Susana Henderson...
The big gardeners bringing the good goods to markets
Story & photo Melissa Butters Maree and Kenrick at Wiccawood supply certified organic vegetables, edible...
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Glance backlucky dip news Something from the last seven days
EVs charge ahead on the Gold Coast
World-first high speed electric vehicle (EV) charging technology has debuted on the Gold Coast, with the first supercharger installed at Broadbeach today.
Growing underclass
Jo Faith, Newtown
According to the Universal Declaration of Human...
Three young blokes having a crack at a dream
Story & photos Eve Jeffery Going into business can sometimes...
