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Local NewsPaul Bibby - 0

Back on track: major plan calls for fresh rail trail funding bid

A fresh State and Federal funding bid to complete the Northern Rivers Rail Trail should be launched following the failure of a $42 million application earlier this year, according to a major new blueprint for the region’s economic future.
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Local NewsThe Echo - 0

Save Wallum judgment to be handed down on Monday

On Monday, 7 September, the community is invited to come together at Bayside Park, Brunswick Heads to hear Federal Court Justice Perry deliver judgment in the Save Wallum case.
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Local NewsThe Echo - 0

Plastic pollution goes under the microscope at Lennox

Plastic has become such a permanent fixture of modern life that avoiding it can feel a bit like trying to dodge sand at the beach.
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Local NewsThe Echo - 0

Byron’s ‘great walker’ takes out Wollumbin Art Award

A much-loved Byron Shire character has helped carry artist Stephen Bird to the top prize in this year’s Wollumbin Art Award.
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Local NewsAslan Shand - 0

Mullum Primary basketball team bounces their way to state championships

Mullumbimby Public Schools PSSA boys basketball team has made it to the NSW state finals and will be heading to Sydney on Monday, 7 September and they are asking for a bit of a hand to get there. 
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Mandy Nolan

Byron EchoMandy Nolan - 0

Mandy Nolan’s Soapbox: Warning: Choking Hazard

There is no safe way of choking someone.
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General Interest

National NewsThe Echo - 0

Mangroves are crucial

A global study of mangroves has found a modest boost in conserved area could significantly increase their ability to adapt to the changing climate, including rising sea levels.
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National NewsAslan Shand - 0

As report highlights dangerous climate warning for Australia IPC rejects reopening Redbank Power Station

The Independent Planning Commission (IPC) has rejected Verdant Earth Technologies’ biomass power plans at Redbank Power Station on the same day the government released the country's first National Climate Risk Assessment which highlighted Australians are at risk from more frequent and severe flooding, cyclones, heatwaves, droughts and bushfires. 
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National NewsEve Jeffery - 2

The Living Lab helping researchers get to net zero

The CSIRO has launched the National Energy Analysis Centre – which is vital new research infrastructure to support, accelerate and de-risk Australia’s complex energy transition.  
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Entertainment

Local NewsThe Echo - 0

Sex Drugs and Handrails

The near sell-out show Sex Drugs and Handrails (Stiff in all the wrong places!) has added an extra show for Sunday, 23 August that will raise funds for refugee settlement in the Northern Rivers.
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Entertainment NewsEve Jeffery - 0

Sydney Film Festival highlights in Lismore

Following the highest selling film festival in its history,...
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Retrospective

Articles & ColumnsDavid Lovejoy - 1

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.
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Local News

Back on track: major plan calls for fresh rail trail funding bid

A fresh State and Federal funding bid to complete the Northern Rivers Rail Trail should be launched following the failure of a $42 million application earlier this year, according to a major new blueprint for the region’s economic future.
Paul Bibby - 0
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Articles & Columns

Lessons from Secret Harbour

Held by Labor since 1989, Pauline Hanson's One Nation has comfortably won the Western Australian state lower house seat of Secret Harbour in Saturday's by-election, sending shockwaves across the country.
David Lowe - 0
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Articles & Columns

Honeyeaters of the Wallum

To the untrained eye, Wallum might appear to be a chaotic tangle of vegetation intersected here and there by foot-made pathways through the sandy soil. But this surface view belies the intricate and complex web of life woven over epochs.
Byron Bird Buddies - 0
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Local News

Save Wallum judgment to be handed down on Monday

The Echo - 0
On Monday, 7 September, the community is invited to come together at Bayside Park, Brunswick Heads to hear Federal Court Justice Perry deliver judgment in the Save Wallum case.
Read more
Local News

Plastic pollution goes under the microscope at Lennox

The Echo - 0
Plastic has become such a permanent fixture of modern life that avoiding it can feel a bit like trying to dodge sand at the beach.
Read more
Local News

Byron’s ‘great walker’ takes out Wollumbin Art Award

The Echo - 0
A much-loved Byron Shire character has helped carry artist Stephen Bird to the top prize in this year’s Wollumbin Art Award.
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Letters

Check your rates

Byron Echo John Lazarus, Byron Bay - 0
Check your Council rates notice. If you are the 44 per cent part of the community charged a ‘Minimum...
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Council: rate rise

Byron Echo Jude Fanton, Byron Bay - 0
Firstly, do note that Byron Shire Council (BSC) put the rates up less than ten years ago. As for us...
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Flora, fauna, and funga

Byron Echo Mike Balson, Upper Wilsons Creek - 0
Last week, science added a new branch to the Tree of Life. Instead of just flora and fauna, the world...
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Time for a bed tax

Byron Echo Raphael Cass, Byron Bay - 0
Bed tax. No rate rise. Tax the tourists. No rate rise. Tax the tourists. Insert plausible argument here to...
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Big Council rates rise coming – self-reflection

Byron Echo Graham Porter, Mullumbimby - 0
A chance for self-reflection? Maybe Byron Shire Council should look at having a staff reduction, instead of a rate...
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Big Council rates rise coming – We’ve got mail

Byron Echo Patrick Morrisey, Goonengerry - 0
Dear Mayor Ndiaye, councillors and general manager, we got your letter. You’re telling ratepayers that Council needs more money...
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Local News

Plastic pollution goes under the microscope at Lennox

Plastic has become such a permanent fixture of modern life that avoiding it can feel a bit like trying to dodge sand at the beach.
Local News The Echo - 0
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Local artist at Ground Zero for 9/11 memorial

Twenty-five years after the September 11 attacks changed the way we experienced terrorism, Ground Zero 360 Remembrance will open at the historic New York City Fire Museum in Lower Manhattan.
Local News Eve Jeffery - 0
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$304m Clarrie Hall Dam raising clears major hurdle

The Tweed’s $304 million plan to more than double the capacity of Clarrie Hall Dam has cleared a major planning hurdle, as the region races to secure enough water for its growing population.
Local News The Echo - 0
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Ballina Council makes decision on Ross Lane

With the absence of all four of its progressive councillors for various reasons, Ballina Council pushed ahead with its agenda at yesterday's monthly meeting, including a decision which is likely to close Ross Lane for months while the road is upgraded.
Local News David Lowe - 0
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Current Print Edition

Byron Shire Echo issue 41.12 – September 2, 2026

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Local News

Mullum CWA celebrates 100 years

The Mullumbimby Country Women’s Association has played a pivotal role in the local community for the last 100 years.
The Echo - 0
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Byron Echo

Big Council rates rise coming – self-reflection

A chance for self-reflection? Maybe Byron Shire Council should...
Graham Porter, Mullumbimby - 0
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Byron Echo

Unnecessary rate rise

The proposed unnecessary rate rise doesn’t get decided until...
Sharon Kelly, Ocean Shores - 0
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The Good Life

School lunchbox inspiration

Forget the soggy sandwich and packaged snack – some of our local school kids are showing us just how exciting a healthy lunchbox can be.
Allie Godfrey - 0
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Sport

Mullum wins the grand final in Lismore

Byron Echo Mark Quinn - 0
Mullumbimby Brunswick Valley Football Club (BVFC) Grade 15, Division 1 soccer team won the grand final by defeating Alstonville FC 2-0 at Oakes Oval in Lismore last Saturday, 29 August.
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Mullum Gold Club charity day Saturday

Byron Echo The Echo - 0
This Saturday, 29 August  the Mullumbimby Golf Club (MGC) is hosting its rescheduled MND (Motor Neurone Disease) Charity Day in honour of Steve Ryan.
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Ocean Shores golf winners

Byron Echo The Echo - 0
The Ocean Shores division one team won the clubs first ever NRDGA division one pennant flag.
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A hole in one!

Byron Echo The Echo - 0
Mullumbimby Golf Club’s Cody Watego get a hole in one.
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Good Life

In The Pink is now … PINK

The Good Life The Echo - 0
After 38 years of ‘In The Pink Byron Bay’ it's time for an exciting change. This local family business is welcoming a new chapter with a complete renovation of the shop and a rebrand to ‘PINK’.
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School lunchbox inspiration

The Good Life Allie Godfrey - 0
Forget the soggy sandwich and packaged snack – some of our local school kids are showing us just how exciting a healthy lunchbox can be.
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No food fraud at the farmers’ market

The Good Life The Echo - 0
Food fraud has made headlines recently after an investigation by ABC program Four Corners found the issue is rampant in major supermarket aisles in Australia.
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Perk up, Byron – spring is coming

The Good Life The Echo - 0
Winter is on its way out, and The Roadhouse is throwing open the precinct to celebrate.
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Local News

Appeal to locate man missing from Broadwater

Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate a local missing man.
The Echo - 0
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Entertainment News

Three screen divas in nuns habits

After what felt like an unusually cold winter, get ready to celebrate warm spring nights with a packed September program at Brunswick Picture House. And what better way to sort out your Father’s Day with some good old-fashioned live entertainment?
The Echo - 0
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Byron Echo

Flora, fauna, and funga

Last week, science added a new branch to the...
Mike Balson, Upper Wilsons Creek - 0
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