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What can Clarence Property actually do at Wallum now?

The slashers and bulldozers are preparing to move onto the Wallum site at Brunswick Heads. But after two major Federal Court judgments, what is developer Clarence Property actually entitled to do?
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Flood-free industrial land push emerges on Lismore’s eastern edge

One of Lismore’s few identified areas for future flood-free industrial development is moving through the planning system, as the city continues to grapple with where businesses can relocate away from the floodplain.
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How ready is the Northern Rivers for the next disaster?

Four-and-a-half years after the 2022 floods devastated the Northern Rivers, emergency workers, researchers and community groups are gathering in Lismore to ask a deceptively simple question: are we better prepared for the next one?
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Local NewsThe Echo - 0

Ballina draws line between homelessness and anti-social behaviour

Ballina Council has moved to draw a clearer distinction between homelessness and anti-social behaviour, declaring that rough sleeping is not an offence as it puts a new homelessness strategy out for public comment.
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Local NewsThe Echo - 0

Dance and raise funds for Nepal’s flood victims

Byron Shire’s music community is coming together on Sunday, 20 September from 2pm at Haven, Byron Bay to raise funds for flood relief in Nepal after the devastating floods and landslides.
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Mandy Nolan

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Mandy Nolan’s Soapbox: How do you view the world without taking your view from the world?

Sometimes people will say something, and the words just land inside me. Like a bird flying home to their nest. Like an ant finding the cool underside of a rock. Like a salmon swimming upstream to the place where they were born.
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General Interest

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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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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

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Cinema: & Sons

The estranged sons of a reclusive novelist are called to meet him after he becomes convinced he is about to die – is he?
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Pints and pats

Good news for dog lovers and beer lovers alike: the pups are heading back to Stone & Wood on Saturday, 19 September for a special Dog Adoption Day, Spring Edition!
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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

What can Clarence Property actually do at Wallum now?

The slashers and bulldozers are preparing to move onto the Wallum site at Brunswick Heads. But after two major Federal Court judgments, what is developer Clarence Property actually entitled to do?
Paul Bibby - 0
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Local News

The life and wins of local sports legend Ric Light

Ric Light’s influence on sport in Byron Bay started with his father who was the much-loved English master at Mullumbimby High.
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Byron Echo

Mandy Nolan’s Soapbox: How do you view the world without taking your view from the world?

Sometimes people will say something, and the words just land inside me. Like a bird flying home to their nest. Like an ant finding the cool underside of a rock. Like a salmon swimming upstream to the place where they were born.
Mandy Nolan - 0
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Local News

Flood-free industrial land push emerges on Lismore’s eastern edge

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One of Lismore’s few identified areas for future flood-free industrial development is moving through the planning system, as the city continues to grapple with where businesses can relocate away from the floodplain.
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Local News

How ready is the Northern Rivers for the next disaster?

The Echo - 0
Four-and-a-half years after the 2022 floods devastated the Northern Rivers, emergency workers, researchers and community groups are gathering in Lismore to ask a deceptively simple question: are we better prepared for the next one?
Read more
Local News

Ballina draws line between homelessness and anti-social behaviour

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Ballina Council has moved to draw a clearer distinction between homelessness and anti-social behaviour, declaring that rough sleeping is not an offence as it puts a new homelessness strategy out for public comment.
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Letters

E-bikes

Byron Echo Chris Sanders, Melbourne - 0
I’m a regular visitor from Melbourne staying at Suffolk Park. One recent change puzzles me: the seeming lack of...
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Byron’s character

Byron Echo Maxine Hawker, Byron Bay - 0
Protecting Byron’s character is not NIMBYism. The recent article (Echo, 2 September) on the increasing use of State Significant Development...
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Manufacture dissent

Byron Echo Michael Balson, Upper Wilsons Creek - 0
An extract from the latest GetUp! mail-out about One Nation’s use and abuse of AI. ‘Earlier this month, The Guardian...
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Rates rise IV

Byron Echo Jennifer Hunt, Myocum - 0
Byron Shire Council (BSC) charge 29 per cent more in rates than Ballina Shire, collecting $30.7 million, despite having...
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Immigration

Byron Echo Warwick Anderson, Suffolk Park - 0
I think migrants overall enrich our communities. I have an idea! For every new immigrant, we exile a bogan!...
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Rates rise III

Byron Echo R McLellan, Byron Bay - 0
As a local business owner and employer, I understand better than most that every dollar matters. That’s why a...
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Local News

John Weiley accepts lifetime achievement award

Last week a local filmmaker who has made a significant international impact was presented with the inaugural ScreenWorks Lifetime Achievement Award, at the Regional to Global Screen Forum in Lennox Head.
Local News David Lowe - 0
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Zomi Frankcom remembered on National Peacekeeper Day

On Monday, 14 September peackeepers from Australia and around the world were recognised at the Mullumbimby Cenotaph with particular recognition of aid worker Zomi Frankcom who was killed in Gaza by the Israel Defence Force.
Local News The Echo - 0
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Rally with Bangalow to reclaim the Bowlo

The Bangalow community are coming out in all their colour, uniforms, and fury this Saturday, 19 September from 2pm to raise their voice in protest at their treatment by Norths Collective who, they say, have not met the commitments they made to the Bangalow Bowlo, and the community, when they took over the club.
Local News Aslan Shand - 0
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Ballina draws line between homelessness and anti-social behaviour

Ballina Council has moved to draw a clearer distinction between homelessness and anti-social behaviour, declaring that rough sleeping is not an offence as it puts a new homelessness strategy out for public comment.
Local News The Echo - 0
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Current Print Edition

Byron Shire Echo issue 41.14 – September 16, 2026

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Local News

Mullumbimby burst into bloom

It was once again a popular events as the Byron District Orchid Society held their Annual Orchid and Plant Sale on Friday, 11 September at the Mullumbimby Ex-Services Club. 
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The Good Life

Spring by the glass at Bar Heather

Spring has a way of coaxing us all back...
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Local News

Sandhills Wetlands wins Green Apple Award

Byron Shire Council (BSC) have won the international Green Apple Award for their Sandhills Wetlands project in Byron Bay.
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Entertainment News

Celebrating 50 years of the Billinudgel-Ocean Shores RFS

The Billinudgel-Ocean Shores Rural Fire Service (RFS) has been working to keep their community safe for the last 50 years and are celebrating this weekend with an Emergency Services Expo on Saturday, 19 September and a fun Bush Dance Extravaganza at the Billinudgel Pub on Sunday, 20 September.
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Sport

Mark ‘Mono’ Stewart wins US Open in California

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Mark ‘Mono’ Stewart has won another US Open in California.
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Byron Bay Football Club grand final super Saturday

Byron Echo John Mckay - 0
Byron Bay Football Club (BBFC) went into Football Far North Coast’s (FFNC) grand final...
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Chris Graham recognised for his service to golf

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Chris Graham was presented with his ten-year service award by the North Coast Academy...
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Regional tennis camp comes to Mullumbimby

Byron Echo Aslan Shand - 0
Aslan Shand Young women and girls across regional NSW were recently given the opportunity to...
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Good Life

Spring by the glass at Bar Heather

The Good Life The Echo - 0
Spring has a way of coaxing us all back out into the world. In...
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Fresh from the boat to the farmers’ market

The Good Life The Echo - 0
Allie Godfrey When it comes to seafood, freshness is everything, and at JJ Seafood, the...
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Young growers shine at Mullum Farmers Market’s ‘Grow Your Own Lunchbox Challenge’

The Good Life The Echo - 0
Allie Godfrey Local school kids proved just how exciting growing and cooking your own food...
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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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Ballina draws line between homelessness and anti-social behaviour

Ballina Council has moved to draw a clearer distinction between homelessness and anti-social behaviour, declaring that rough sleeping is not an offence as it puts a new homelessness strategy out for public comment.
The Echo - 0
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Local News

How ready is the Northern Rivers for the next disaster?

Four-and-a-half years after the 2022 floods devastated the Northern Rivers, emergency workers, researchers and community groups are gathering in Lismore to ask a deceptively simple question: are we better prepared for the next one?
The Echo - 0
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Byron Echo

No traffic lights

As someone who lives on Ewingsdale Road, spends half...
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