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LettersAnnie Radermacher, Brunswick Heads  - 0

How can we keep paying for incompetence

The only way forward is going backwards. That’s how I explain the current situation of Byron Shire Council. The...
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Local NewsThe Echo - 0

Wollumbin Art Award winners to be revealed this Saturday

The winners of one of the Northern Rivers’ major regional art awards will be revealed at Tweed Regional Gallery this Saturday, as the 2026 Wollumbin Art Award exhibition opens in Murwillumbah.
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Articles & ColumnsDr Will Tregoning, CEO of Unharm - 0

How to stop overdoses? Dr Will Tregoning has some thoughts

With International Overdose Awareness Day approaching on 31 August, NSW now has the evidence, the tools and record overdose deaths but lacks the will on permanent, community based pill testing.
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Ocean Shores golf winners

The Ocean Shores division one team won the clubs first ever NRDGA division one pennant flag.
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Byron EchoGraham Porter, Mullumbimby - 0

Big Council rates rise coming – self-reflection

A chance for self-reflection? Maybe Byron Shire Council should look at having a staff reduction, instead of a rate...
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The Good LifeThe Echo - 0

Perk up, Byron – spring is coming

Winter is on its way out, and The Roadhouse is throwing open the precinct to celebrate.
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Mullum Gold Club charity day Saturday

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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The Juice Media have racked up over 237,000 YouTube views for their latest Honest Government ad ‘We’re F**ked’.

Authorised by the Department of Genuine Satire, with the support of Patreon, The Juice Media have been churning out honest government advertising since 2016.

With a background in history, theatre and satire. Giordano Nanni is the main brain behind the enterprise.

The Juice Media has found viral success in Australia and beyond with a series of films explaining and satirising the idiocy of government policy.

Their new film calls for viewers to take action by supporting the forthcoming Global Climate Strike (Sept 20-27) https://globalclimatestrike.net and Worldwide Rebellion Oct 7-18: https://rebellion.global

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National News

Greens urged to back pathway to end native forest logging

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Some of NSW’s most respected and long-standing forest campaigners and scientists have today urged the Greens not to support the Nationals' attempt to disallow the Improved Native Forest Management (INFM) method.
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Local News

Ballina Council makes decision on Ross Lane

David Lowe - 0
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.
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Mullumbimby puts new governance models first, and now wants to build it

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Imagine Northern Rivers says Mullumbimby is the only community across the region to rank new models of governance and decision-making as the number one element of its preferred future, and last week locals gathered to work out how to make it real.
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Appeal to locate man missing from Broadwater

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Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate a local missing man.
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‘No more gas, no more oil. Keep our carbon in the soil’

Local News Aslan Shand - 2
The message was clear. They want change, they want action and they are prepared to get out on the streets and hold their governments accountable whether they can vote or not.
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Climate activists refused bail

Local News The Echo - 12
In a Queensland first, three climate protesters have been refused bail in a Brisbane magistrate court.
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Climate action protests inspire federal government to change policy – NOT

Local News Mia Armitage - 8
The minister for energy and emissions reductions says acknowledging Australia’s increase in emissions every year for the past four years is ‘cherry-picking’ figures.
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