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June 6, 2026
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Tweed GM apologises

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Marooned yacht on rocks near Ballina

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Update on Mullumbimby house fire which destroyed locals’ home

Long-term residents of Mullumbimby, Jeff and Alma Jackson lost their home to fire last week.
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World Environment Day celebrated in M’bah, 7 June

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Teen charged over Mullum crash

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Ballina Council wrap

With local government meeting practice across the state returning to confusion following the NSW Legislative Council's recent decision, Ballina Shire Council's last meeting included a lot of unanimous decisions and an argument about the remnants of the Big Scrub, in which Mayor Cadwallader used her casting vote to squash Cr Simon Chate's motion.
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Troy Green, General Manager, Tweed Shire Council

I would like to retract and apologise for statements about the objectives of Threatened Species Conservation Society members, made in a letter to The Echo on May 5, 2016.

My letter concludes with a reference to the substitution of a habitat corridor in Dunloe Park for vegetation in the Black Rocks sports field and I would like to withdraw any assertion about the motivations and integrity of the Threatened Species Conservation Society and its membership on this matter.

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Marooned yacht on rocks near Ballina

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A local photographer has shot a marooned yacht at Flat Rock, in Ballina Shire. It's the second boat to be washed ashore in recent months
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Echo celebrates 40 with awards night tomorrow

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Tickets are selling fast! Come join a fun-filled night of community celebration – This Saturday (tomorrow) The Echo is set to mark its 40th year in style with a ’30s swing-era style party and community awards night featuring the dynamic sounds of the Melbourne Ska Orchestra.
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Author Tristan Bancks follows up with Two Wolves sequel

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Local author Tristan Bancks launched his new book for readers 10+, Raised By Wolves, at Byron Book Room last night (Thursday 4 June).
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Lismore City Council recognised for environmental leadership at LG awards

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Lismore City Council has been recognised for outstanding achievement in environmental leadership, resilience and community infrastructure at the 2026 LG Professionals NSW Local Government Excellence Awards.
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Tweed Council urgently meet over Code of Meeting Practice reform

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Tweed Shire Council staff say they will hold an Extraordinary Meeting today, Tuesday 2 June at 3.30 pm to 'address an urgent governance matter relating to its Code of Meeting Practice'.
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Consultants hired for Tweed’s vacated floodplains

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A ‘resilience-focused master plan’ and ‘specialist consultants’ were announced on Friday for a new South Murwillumbah flood buyback precinct, more than four years after the 2022 disasters.
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Tweed Council budget partly ‘aspirational’ thanks to oil crisis

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While local governments in Ballina, Byron and Lismore were yet to publicly consider impacts of the geopolitical oil crisis on the Northern Rivers, the Tweed Shire Council said last week budget adjustments may be needed.
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